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My Father Fears Me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
To many people, I come off as the typical man. I've played sports and attended school while excelling in both. I seem like I am a fun person with a great demeanor. However, I feel like my emotions are sensitive and people don't really understand ...
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Hallucinating?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Please help me understand this. Because of money reasons I had to move and stop seeing my therapist. Twice now I have seen her when she isn't really there. Once I got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and ...
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What’s Wrong with My Wife?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
My wife's erratic behavior has gotten me tied in knots. She's acting like she did before we got married, like she did when she was 15-18. She lives like two people. We had an "intervention" a couple of weeks ago. I have three children all ...
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Am I Cyclothymic?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, May 13th, 2013
So I'm not positive, but I think I may be cyclothymic. I tend to "cycle" through moods as the disease is described, only i don't have long periods of mild mania or depression. It tends to be a short period of calm, good self-esteem, ...
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Fear of Former Colleagues

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, May 13th, 2013
I recently attended a conference and ran into a former colleague who was very cruel to me. I was a victim of mobbing at a previous job. I am petrified that this woman talked to my current colleague and she has sabotaged my job. I ...
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How to Find Help?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, May 12th, 2013
I know something is wrong with me, I know I need help but I don't know where to start. Do I call my family doctor to get a referral for somewhere? Do I call a therapist directly? What do I do? A. Your question about where ...
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Am I Difficult to Love or Like?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, May 12th, 2013
I was diagnosed Bipolar II in 2007. My family and friends have had a hard time accepting this and most of my friends stopped talking to me and said I was faking it for attention and my mother told a family member that I ...
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Worsening Depression

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, May 11th, 2013
I'm 36. I can't seem to get over my depression. It gets worse every time and I don't know what to do. A: You must be feeling desperate. You didn't give me much to go on but I'll try. If you are only taking ...
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Problems with Choosing a Major and a College

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, May 11th, 2013
I am currently a college freshman studying in the medical field and looking to transfer out. I have realized that the medical field is not for me but I have no clue what I want to do. I'm transferring to a different school ...
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Scared I’m Going to Lose Myself In Psychosis

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, May 10th, 2013
I off my meds cause I want to get pregnant. Its been 2 months since I went off my meds. Me and my husband have been wanting to get pregnant for a while now. I really dont want to take any meds while pregnant. ...
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Difficult-to-Handle 6-Year-Old

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, May 10th, 2013
My 6-year-old daughter has become so contrary! Every answer to every question, (when there is an answer) is negative. She has huge tantrums at school when she feels she has been slighted in any way and becomes violent when reprimanded. She has ...
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Emotionally Detached

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Hello! Between age 21-25 I went through 3 very bad relationships ended in rejection, on the last one I had to be hospitalized, I couldn`t eat for days huge stomach pains from stress but I recovered and moved on. I noticed now in my 30+ ...
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