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Do I Have Pica?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
I have been wondering this for a while now, because I have a weird habit of eating things off of my body. I don't eat like, soap or rocks or paper or anything, but I eat like, scabs, dandruff, boogers and eye mucus.i am concerned ...
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Bad Time to Quit Smoking?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
I am 50 years old, the age where loved ones get sick, need care, and die. I am currently caring for one relative in my home who has in curable cancer after having cared for a different relative (only a few hours per week) who ...
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Does My Friend Have Borderline Personality Disorder?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
First, I would like to explain that I am a Psych major and have been in counseling for years for PTSD and now ADD, among other issues. I believe this person I will describe does have BPD, but I'm not a professional and can't ...
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Best Friend Went “Crazy”

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Hi, I came here to this site because I really don't know what else to do. I guess I will try to explain as best I can and sincerely hope I hear back soon. So last night my best friend of 5 years claimed that ...
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Always Crying

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
I cry all the time Everything sets me off I am very short with people. I space out sometimes when I get upset. I talk in my sleep and my husband says it suicidal talking I used to wake up crying and shaking from them ...
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Unstable Emotions, Difficulty In Speech

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
I have always been an unhappy person. However, for about 3 years this feeling has become much more intense. I think of death and suicide almost every morning, with no concrete reason actually. I have no friends. And although my boyfriend is the only person who ...
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Hallucinations & Sleep Problems

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, December 7th, 2012
Over the past 6 years or so, I have experienced various symptoms of depression which i seemed to be coping with until recently. I have started to suffer from sleep paralysis and hallucinations which are affecting my desire to sleep and making me paranoid and ...
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Depressed or Simply Unhappy?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, November 30th, 2012
At the age of 13 I was diagnosed with Adolescent Scoliosis, a problem with the spine. I had to wear a back brace, as an already shy person this didn't help as I felt like a freak. When I was 14 I found out ...
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Early Menopause?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, November 30th, 2012
After about six months of going to doctors and more doctors to try to find an explanation for some strange physical symptoms I have been having, I was recently told that I am very likely to go through menopause in the next two years or ...
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Orthodontic Obsession?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, November 29th, 2012
I need help. I wake up in the morning and go to bed thinking about my "overjet." It is something that I didn't know much about until a few months ago. I have done a ton of research about it which, I suppose, contributes to ...
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No Cause for Absence of Appetite

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
I'm 14. Just recently my appetite has abruptly taken a turn for the worse. I used to often and a lot (and this was only when I felt hunger pangs!), but I have recently lost that urge to eat. Nowadays I am lucky if I ...
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Disturbing Thoughts, Images Increasing with Pregnancy

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
I will try to make this as short as I can, I am 15 weeks pregnant, starting just before I became pregnant I began to have terrible images, thoughts and nightmares regarding my two toddler boys, Not that I will harm them, but that something ...
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