Personality Articles

Jealousy Issues

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
My boyfriend and I have been off and on for three and a half years. He has cheated on me, and I have cheated on him. We have both tried to pursue other people, but we often end up agreeing that we should be together. ...

Boyfriend Can’t Cope with My Past

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, December 30th, 2012
I have currently been dating my boyfriend for a little less than a year. My boyfriend has several issues he is trying to work through and I want to know what can I or we do to help him overcome these issues. 1. I have had ...

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 ...

Sociopath?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, December 13th, 2012
I was subjected to repeated abuse and trauma from age 2 until about 5. I've had several other traumatic experiences both physical and mental since then. In school I never fit in with others (fighting, manipulation, terrorize) finding them to be mindless robots that have ...

I Feel Like I’m Losing My Mind

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 9th, 2012
When I was younger everyone thought I was a happy kid even if I didnt talk too much, I never really worried about things until about 8th grade. My grandmother has been raising me since I was 2 years old, and I never thought much ...

Jealousy

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
I have been with my boyfriend for a year and it has been rough. He has displayed jealousy issues from the get go which I ignored out of love. I feel we are too old for these issues. I have a few ...

Cheating Boyfriend

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, November 25th, 2012
My cheating Boyfriend trying to commit suicide. I have had quite some issues. I had been seeing this guy for 4 yrs. and we literally lived-in together. I thought we were happy and perfect.2 months back, out of the blue I came across a sex ...

Is My 5-Year-Old Too Shy?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
I have a 5 year old daughter who is extremely shy! She attended Pre-K last year and is currently in Kindergarten at the same school. She's always been the type of child to take longer to warm up to situations and does not ...

Parents Think My Boyfriend is Abusive

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Me and my boyfriend are 17 years old and both will be turning 18 in a couple of months. My boyfriend bit me and left me a bruise on my arm but he said he didn't mean to it was by accident and he was ...

Husband Says Insulting Me is Fun

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, November 10th, 2012
My husband has very low self esteem, and he takes that out on me through a nearly constant barrage of insults, name calling, and accusations. I know it is verbal abuse, but I am committed to helping him through this. His treatment of me is ...

No Job and Depressed

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, November 4th, 2012
I am recently graduated (with A marks), looking for job with quite good skills and knowledge, but still unable to acquire any position. All of my friends are having full-filling relationships and successful jobs and I feel unearthly inferior to them when hanging out. I ...

Do I Have Schizotypal Personality Disorder?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, October 21st, 2012
Hey, firstly, I have already been diagnosed with having mild Social Anxiety (by a psychiatrist) and am definitely an introverted person anyway. I came across schizotypal personality disorder having seen it mentioned and being curious as to what it was and upon googling, discovered a ...