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Social Problems, Clutter and Addiction

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 ...
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Sleep Problems

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Because of my work as a nurse, I have to get up at 5:00am. It is just the anticipation of this unpleasant hour of waking that seems to keep me from having uninterrupted sleep. I tend to fall asleep easily, sleep for three hours, then ...
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Sudden Extreme Tiredness

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
Dear therapist, I have type 1 Bipolar disorder and have been fairly stable lately. My mood swings have been fairly mild, but I have been bothered by this sudden extreme tiredness that overwhelms me every now and then. I was just sitting at work when, ...
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Night-time Anxiety

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Hello, Ok I'm 19 and I have a 5 month old baby girl. I’m also married unemployed and living in my own apartment with my husband. I am constantly scared. It happens at night. I dread the minute my husband wants to go to bed. ...
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Possible Depression

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Lately I have been going over a number of problems I have been having and am trying to piece together if they may somehow be related. Since in high school I have been struggling with not being able to handle high stress or emotional situations. ...
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Poor Sleep Affects Everything Else

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, February 24th, 2012
Where do I start? Well First of all I've had sleeping problems ever since i was in year 5 which was when I felt completely crazy and had no idea why but never told anyone. Due to not being able to sleep, I stress out ...
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Frightening Sleep Disturbances

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, January 21st, 2012
This is a new problem that has just happened to me twice in the last week. What it is that I wake up and can't move. It's like my brain and body aren't connected. And during this state I feel someone climbing up on ...
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I Have Brief Transient Complex Visual Hallucinations of People

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, October 27th, 2011
I have intermittent episodes where I see brief glimpses of people (and occasional animals), mostly out of the corner of my eye. I do not recognize any of these figures and upon turning my full attention to the illusions they are not there. This ...
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Night Hallucinations And I Fear It’s Something Worse

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 22nd, 2011
I would like to begin by saying I have never taken any drugs nor am I on any medication of any sorts. I believe my problem began, or the earliest attack I can remember, was when I was five. I was sleeping soundly when I ...
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Can Dream Journals Be Helpful in Understanding Weird Dreams?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Having weird dreams and therapist is questioning if they are happening because i could be repressing  internal battles. My new therapist is having me keep a "Dream Journal." Freud has said that "dreams are the royal road to the unconscious mind." I'm wondering if you ...
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Sadistically abused dreams, recurring for numerous years

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Thursday, July 28th, 2011
My Girlfriend of 3 years had told me of her dreams. She wants me to help her solve the issues of her nightmares. She dreams of a dark figured man sexually abusing her in sadistic manor. And over the years, it has turned her into ...
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Irrational Thoughts, Dreams & Reoccurring Daydreams

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, July 22nd, 2011
My work can be very busy, demanding and emotionally challenging, I work with the elderly. Since childhood I have always had recoccuring dreams and nearly an obsession with boarding schools. Since 2002 and seeing the film 'The Magdalene Sisters' I have had reoccuring dreams, night ...
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