Depression Articles

Always Crying

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, April 28th, 2013
I feel like crying all the time and I’m not able to concentrate on any task or talk to someone. My sister got divorced after a 2 year marriage and it has been 2 years and still she is not able to recover from the trauma. ...

Long-Term Apathy and Depression

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, April 27th, 2013
I spent last winter in an apathetic state where I completely lost interest in things that were important to me and I avoided interacting with friends at all costs. I spent my days distracting myself with videos and mindless things. At the start of this ...

Normal Grieving or Depression?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Hi, Im wondering if what I went through was physical depression. When I was 7 my mother died and after that I would get sick almost everyday, it got better over the years and by the time I was 12 I was fine. Im 13 ...

Adopted Teen Wants “Normal” Family

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
I am very confused right now. I don't know if I am happy because I always feel like something is missing in my life and I know I shouldn't ask for more. I was adopted when I was 3 years old by a single middle ...

Problems with My Family

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Hi, I am one of four sisters and have four brothers. We are a total of eight siblings. My father past away almost six years ago and so did my grandmother from my mother’s side. My mother was left to care for us all. She ...

Am I Normal or Not?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, April 22nd, 2013
I have thought maybe I would classify under ultradian/rapid cycle bipolar because my father, grandmother and great-grandfather suffered from bpd and my moods change over the course of hours to a couple of days at most. However I don't really suffer through "manic" episodes, ...

Feeling Betrayed and Adrift

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, April 21st, 2013
I am 21 years old girl and I've got much interest in psychology. So sometimes I doubt that I'm assuming all problems and in real I'm OK. Summarizing all issues, I have trust problem so I'm very reserved. I am survivor of suicide and also ...

What Should I Do?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, April 20th, 2013
At 14, I'm obviously very young, which makes this so much harder. I've been researching and i've come to notice I have symptoms of Bipolar Depression - Depression. I don't know what to do? I don't want to ask my mom to get me ...

Issue with Girlfriend’s Past

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, April 20th, 2013
3 months ago I went back to my home country. I fell in love with my best friend’s elder sister. She is 2 years older than me. We had known each other 3years back but we never spoke. This time we dated few times and ...

Miscarried and Grieving Alone

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, April 19th, 2013
I had a silent miscarriage and found out at my 12 week scan that I was no longer pregnant a few weeks ago. Not even 48 hours after finding out the worst news of my life that killed me inside my sister decided to rub ...

Feeling Really Down

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Hi, I'm 19 years of age. I have had a really hard past foster care, my mother using with as her drug, and losing my brother and sister as they had to move with their dad to a different state at a young age. I ...

I Want to Commit Murder

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Hello, my name is Jane and I'm from Germany, I have already been in therapy for depression because I used to want to kill myself. Well, now I just want to kill people around me. I get really excited when I think about getting a ...