Psychology Articles

Trusting My Boyfriend

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
My boyfriend & I have a 9-year past. We both have very horrible drinking partying sleeping around pasts. We have currently been together for 14 months no breakups and only some fights. I have caught him lying to me twice once he was super drunk ...

Toxic Friend

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, May 19th, 2013
Hi, one of my friends that I have is becoming very toxic to me and I don't know what to do. She and I met over a decade ago when we worked in the same place. She is on the one hand, tries to be ...

I Believe That My Girlfriend Raped Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Today while we were both in respective dark depressed moods, my girlfriend jumped on me and started kissing me very forcefully. I told her I really did not want to and pushed her aside. I got up and she came up to me, pulled down ...

Dealing with My Partner’s Depression

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, May 17th, 2013
My current boyfriend and I have been dating for about 3 1/2 years and living together for about 3 years. We are in a band together and rely on this for most of our income. Since I've known him, he has dealt with minor depression. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Am I Borderline?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, May 9th, 2013
I might be suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder, but I don't know. It might be Bipolar Disorder as well. I have a lot of mood swings, that can last a week at least, and sometimes a month. My moods varies between depression/anxiety with extreme suicidal ...

I Imagine Killing People

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
I fantasize about killing people in extreme detail. My most recent "fantasy" (I don't prefer saying fantasize because I feel that people assume I like it.) was of me going to school with a gun and a camera and I would go to my home ...

Asperger’s?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
I have always felt different than everyone else. I had never had real friends or anything besides my family (that is, my dad, my brother, and my mom); it's not that I am myself with them; it's more like they accept me with all of ...

Abusive Relationship

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Monday, May 6th, 2013
My boyfriend has an anger issue n I have been the victim for a long time. We both live together and he finds silly reasons to get angry on me or hit me even. He is mean in every way he can be but when ...