By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Hi. This is a hard for me to write. I'm paranoid that my parents will see it somehow and figure out that it is I. I'm goon to take the risk. First of all, I have been dealing with my problem for a while. I ...
By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, manic depression, OCD, and generalized anxiety disorder. Before I continue I must tell you first that I DID consume psychoactive elements such as psilocybin mushrooms and a MDMA for a year and a half, i took MDMA ...
By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, May 20th, 2012
I have some behavior issues that are starting to really affect my life. I'm having problems at school, work, home, and socially. I really need some help and I'm sorry for such a long and chaotic post. I'll try and briefly go ...
Q: I have bipolar disorder, along with ADHD and OCD. Recently, I have started going to see a psychiatrist about my issue. But when I go to her, I feel as though she doesn't ask ME how I am, she asks my mother. There are ...
Q: OK, I been having a problem where if I see someone that's uneven or something it will bother me greatly and my mind tells me that if I don't fix it something bad will happen to my mom. It's weird, but say I'm reading ...
By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
I have a question about state i am currently in. I'm 22 year old female, engineering student. 2.5 months ago my relative had a psychosis and was diagnosed schizophrenia. As i am a member of family i heard a lot of symptoms that she had ...
By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Monday, April 30th, 2012
I'm 18 and for some time I have been debating whether or not I'm gay, bi, or neither. The thing is that I am really turned on to other males from a physical perspective, but the thought of having sex with another male isn't all ...
By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, April 13th, 2012
Hello, please help! I am a 48 year old male, married with kids. I have always had some degree of anxiety (a worrier), usually very minor but with all the stressors I've endured lately (double job loss, part time business failure), I believe it ...
By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
I was reading one of my client's profiles when I came across the term "trichotillomania" so i googled it. Now I am bothered by it. I remember when I was young my parents would always scold me to stop pulling my hair. Now that I ...
By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
I can't tell what I have. I feel frustrated sometimes because I have little control over my thoughts. I will often get very stressed out because of some horrible thing I think, like saying bad things about people in my mind. I never mean ...
By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
I am 14 years old, I am female, and I have known I was different ever since I was about seven years old. When I was seven, these "voices" started talking in my head. I didn't know any different, but what they were saying scared ...
By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Hello, I have never had a formal diagnosis however over the past 13months I have been dealing with OCD (I believe). I had some issues when I was younger with OCD symptoms (checking etc) however it went away and has remained dormant for ...