Depression Articles

I Don’t Want to Live Anymore

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
I'm 15 and I have lived the worst life possible so far. My parents are separated and my dad is not in my life anymore he used to keep in touch every once in a while but since last summer after he married my cousin ...

Boyfriend Can’t Get Over My Past Relationship

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, June 17th, 2013
I've currently been dating a man for 8 months. He's 45, never been married and has no kids. I'm 1 month away from a finalized divorce and share 2 little boys with my ex. My married relationship has been over for years ...

How to Get Help?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, June 15th, 2013
I've noticed for a while that i have a depression but didnt go to a therapist yet. This is because i only made bad experiences with psychologists so far, i had an anorexia when i was 16, probably it wasnt a real anorexia, i didnt ...

Struggling with Self-Improvement

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, June 14th, 2013
im 16 yrs old ..my dad was an alcoholic and has passed away(4 years ago).i live with my mom and sister now.i used to be a normal moody teen but lately i find myself worried about everything. i love drawing and would like to ...

Difficult Mother-in-Law

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
I've been happily married for 22 years. For 15 of those years, I thought I had a good relationship with both my in-laws. FIL called me “number 1” and loved me, but he passed away 3 years ago. I bent over backwards ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is My Boyfriend Abusive? Am I Insecure?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Monday, June 10th, 2013
My boyfriend and I have been on and off for just over two years. We can’t even go 1 week without fighting and will go long periods of time (up to four months) without talking. I have taken him on 1 date, and he may ...

Am I Schizophrenic?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, June 8th, 2013
Hello, over the past few months I have been concerned with the progressing status of my mental health and believe I am experiencing some symptoms of schizophrenia. I am about to graduate Grade 12 and have recently been losing all interest in school work, ...

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 ...

Can I Get a Diagnosis?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, June 7th, 2013
I just want help. I know you can't diagnose me through the internet, but can you at least help me narrow it down? Here are some characteristics of mine. I have to have everything end in five or zero. If it doesn't, then I have an anxiety ...

Voices

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, June 7th, 2013
I'm not sure what’s wrong with me. I was diagnosed with depression in the middle of 8th grade but now I'm almost done with tenth grade and I feel like everything's getting worse. I'm hearing voices in my head and I hate eating because it ...