Anxiety Articles

Jealous or Insecure?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, June 15th, 2013

I have been married to my husband for 12 yrs we have 4 children the oldest is 9 and the youngest is 9 months old. My husband and I have been having problems for a long time. Our problem is me I guess to ...

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I Have Trouble Being Around People

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, June 14th, 2013

I like to be alone ,and I just don't know what to do about it to be a normal girl. I feel a sense of relief when I am alone ,and I don't like to put in an effort to get ready ,and go out. ...

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Boyfriend Prefers Pictures to Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, June 13th, 2013

My boyfriend has hundreds of pictures of naked women on his phone and computer, which I know is kind of normal for men but the issue is he is not very intimate with me. He hardly touches my body, doesn't not try to get to ...

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Love My Parents, Don’t Like Them

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

I grew up in a divorced home with its share of dysfunction. My parents bad-talked each other to me starting when I was as young as six or seven--about totally inappropriate things such as infidelity. I was an only child being shuttled back and forth ...

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Intense, Inexplicable Fear

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 10th, 2013

I am eighteen years old and have yet to see a psychologist, although I've been dealing with depression for 5 years now. It has gotten worse over the years, but at the beginning of my sophomore year of high school I had developed a strong ...

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Nightmares from Past Abuse?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, June 9th, 2013

My grandson's mother suffers from nightmares, that seem real to her...Hallucinations? Can we help her? She is a 25 year old mother of one, she was sexually abused as and adolescent, and her father abandoned the family when she was about 11 years old, she ...

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Spouse Refuses to Admit Mental Illness

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, June 8th, 2013

18 months ago my wife had a nervous breakdown at work. She had psychotherapy and is on meds for anxiety/depression, but has never been able to return to work. Since that time, she has been having conversations with herself, sometimes out loud, usually not, that ...

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How Do I Deal with My Boyfriend’s PTSD?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, June 6th, 2013

I've been with my bf now for 6 months but we've known each other for much longer. My question is how do I get through his bad anxiety-ridden days when he can barely get through them. He has ptsd and generalized anxiety but some days ...

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Trouble with a Bunch of Things

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

I wanted to say thank you for reading this first of all. Here's the thing: When it comes to school there is one thing that always worries me when I leave the house which would be my classmates. In certain classes there can be huge ...

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He Doesn’t Love Me Back

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, June 1st, 2013

I told my bf of 6 months that I loved him. He said he does not love me yet and does not know if he ever will. He contemplated breaking up with me but then decided we would still give it a try. He said ...

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Virginity Hindering My Chances at Love

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, May 31st, 2013

I'm a 31 year old virgin male. Beyond the obvious pain and humiliation of never having had sex (I prefer not to wait until marriage), I genuinely fear I will never have sex or love because so many women want a man my age ...

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