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What does my dream mean?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Two weeks ago I had this dream: I woke up in a trailer, went out and yelled at my boyfriend's friend in the yard (they were being loud). I saw John Cena, followed him, and came to a huge nest of killer bees; he was ...
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[Video] Is My Eating Disorder Serious?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Q: Hello. About four months ago I diagnosed myself with possible anorexia. I skip about 2 meals a day but I eat try to eat a full meal for dinner. I exercise for at least an hour daily. I am 16, my height is 5 ...
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[Video] How Often Should I Meet With My Psychiatrist?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Friday, May 11th, 2012
Q: I have been seeing my therapist for almost 2 years, and I just had my first psychiatrist appointment 2 weeks ago (per my therapist's referral). The psychiatrist wants me to come back every month, but I would much rather see my therapist more often. ...
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[Video] Mentally Ill Sister Won’t Seek Psychiatric Help

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Q: Hello, six years ago my sister started having aches and pains everywhere. She spends her time running around to hospitals for physical diagnoses. They will not treat her because she has been examined physically and tested millions of times. She is physically fine confirmed ...
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[Video] Feelings Of Complete Emptiness

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Q: I do not . . . feel anymore. My lack of empathy has reached its highest peak. I do not feel the need to socialize with anyone at all. As self - destructive as it may seem a complete and constant escape from reality ...
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Driftless Soon-to-be Graduate Needs Help

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
I've always been kinda socially awkward but in the last 4 years it has become a pretty extreme phobia. And in just the last 2 years alone I've gained almost 60 pounds due to stress that causes me to eat to much (I was really ...
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Fear of Intercourse

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, May 6th, 2012
hi i am 25 years old. I am still a virgin and have only messed around with my ex of 5 years. I cant help it i try not to get scared and tense up but every time i came close to ...
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I Think I’m Schizoid — What Should I Do?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, May 6th, 2012
I've taken the "tests" and come out that I could be an intermediate schizoid. I live at home with my parents and the times I have bought it up, they avoid the question. They can't understand why I can't simply ignore it or control my ...
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Was This Sexual Abuse?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, May 5th, 2012
I can't beleive I'm writing this. OK, when we were kids my cousin and I used to be really, really close, even though he was 5 years older than me. He taught me how to swim, and ride a bike, etc. When I was 11 ...
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Isolated and Feel Horrible Inside

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, May 5th, 2012
I feel really depressed a lot of the time sometimes I feel completely numb and empty and my I get shooting pains in my heart, and other times I feel so panicked and frustrated and my heart beets out of my chest. the problem I ...
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Obsessed with Harmful Behaviors

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, May 4th, 2012
I have a good life, job, home, family yet I think everyday about wishing i were dead. I have cut in the past which I know I am too old to do, I have the scars on my arms but still think about it ...
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Brother Might Be Homicidal

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
I have a brother 11yrs of age that i believe is showing signs of homicidal tendencies. He has held a butcher knife to one of his other sisters back. A journal was found saying that he hated my grandmother and wanted to slit her throat ...
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