| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Chewing clothes and behavior issue | 2/9/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: I am a teacher and I have a student who is 6 years old. He has a very bad habit of chewing his ...
A: The behavior you describe sounds like what we call a compulsive behavior. It usually comes from ...
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| Body Language misunderstandings | 2/9/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: I am a talkative, normal heterosexual male in early 30's who has been having difficulties ...
A: Forget "body language." It's only a guess based on somebody's idea of common sense, and not ...
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| Follow up~ | 2/8/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: You gave me a useful answer to my very long question yesterday - thank you for taking the time to ...
A: OK, Timothy, in terms of your 'lack' of emotions, it's a difficult question to answer, for several ...
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| Incredibly confused... | 2/8/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: I'm in a weird place - here is a little (actually, a lot...) of background... Last August I started ...
A: you are correct, this is much to long to do any justice to. You have so many questions that it would ...
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| Too long to find the right words | 2/8/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: I'm not sure if my problem is a psychiatric issue or even if it is a issue at all. I searched the ...
A: I can't tell for sure, but my guess is that it's simply your normal response pattern. I base this on ...
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| Tip of the ice berg | 2/7/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: I realize problems such as we are experiencing are usually the tip of the ice berg, but we need help ...
A: gigipro, You have brought up what is probably one of the most difficult questions / problems / ...
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| Trust Issues | 2/6/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: I have very serious trust issues. Especially with my husband. He was a very promiscuous person in ...
A: There's no psychological term for this, just the common ones such as suspicious, mistrustful, ...
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| fear of losing | 2/6/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: Its a strange situation for me as I love my wife very much and I feel that I am sharing my love with ...
A: ivra, thanks for asking your question. You asked, "can you help me regarding this in terms the way ...
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| Psychologist's Opinion Regarding Brain Injury | 2/5/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: My husband is diagnosed bipolar, takes prescribed medication, and has a previous history of drug and ...
A: I don't know exactly what's at stake, Kathy, for instance, whether your main objective is medical ...
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| Sleep Disorder? | 2/3/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: I have spoken to my family doctor, and a psychologist about this but no one has been able to help me ...
A: I'll help insofar as I can, Alyssa. While we know a lot about dreams we can't say what they're for ...
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| was just an inpatient | 2/3/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: was kept in the neurology department and seen by neurologist they ran test saw nothing discharged me ...
A: your question is: "can i be on Disability? or get on it?" This is not really a psychology ...
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| Can I teach with B S degree in Psychology | 2/2/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: I asked before about studying Psychology and witch specialty would I choose Actually, I made my mind ...
A: "My question is ; can I teach in high school or in a primary school" Mohamed, my friend, sorry, ...
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| Repressed Emotions | 2/1/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: I am having some issues with dealing/coping/releasing my emotions..... I know what has caused ...
A: First let me express my sympathy for such losses. Second, may I congratulate you for finding ways to ...
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| fear of father | 2/1/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: I am a 30 yrs old unmarried girl.I don't feel safety with my father.Sometimes I don't even sit ...
A: shiva, there are dozens of 'reason' 'why' you might be having the feelings that you do. From a ...
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| Female Saviour Complex | 2/1/2010 | Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. |
Q: A female friend of mine keeps going for guys that are underdogs, loosers that drain her financially ...
A: These may be of help - click on the links: Rescue Fantasies - Surviving the Narcissist ...
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| I can't be faithful... | 2/1/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: my name is grant and almost every girlfriend I have ever had I have cheated on. Well I consider it ...
A: I think you already have insight into this, Grant, because you've taken the right steps. You simply ...
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| Question | 2/1/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: I even dropped out of school for a while. Recently I have had very disturbing thoughts, thoughts of ...
A: As you have likely concluded by now, we don't always have good control over our fears and our ...
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| Moody | 1/31/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: my name is Pauline, and I am thirteen years old. I am writing to you Dr. Bruce, because I feel that ...
A: Pauline, thanks for asking your questions. I am not really sure what you exact questions are, but I ...
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| Psychology | 1/30/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: You have helped out with a few questions in the past and needed to see if you could provide some ...
A: In subtle ways we use different languages for different purposes, and scientific communication has a ...
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| Memories | 1/29/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: but very clear and vivid memories of something that actually did not happen. I now know that they ...
A: As we get older it's natural and common to get increasingly confused between our actual memories, ...
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| Anxiety or something. | 1/28/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: I was diagnosed with mild Asperger's Syndrome by a behavioural psychologist when I was thirteen. ...
A: Of course, Emily, you SHOULD find out what's going on with you, but nobody can give an answer based ...
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| HELP PLEASE | 1/28/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: I am 25 female, as a child it was allright, my parents seemed happy and in love I also have a 35 ...
A: Here is the essence of your question, as I understand it: "I just want my mom to want me" Mommy, ...
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| Problem or just personality? | 1/26/2010 | Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. |
Q: I am 42 my husband is 58.We have been married for almost 5yrs,but lived together 4yrs before that. ...
A: These may be of help: Approach-Avoidance Repetition Complex and Fear of Intimacy ...
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| help please. | 1/23/2010 | Daniel S. Harrop, M.D. |
Q: Imagine an 18 year old teenager, who like any other girl in her first semester in college is in ...
A: Your father's support is excellent. He sounds like a great father. Really, 18 is too young to marry. ...
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| Sociopath? | 1/23/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: I am 99% sure I am a sociopath. I almost 18 and for the past few years have been able to finally ...
A: Diagnosis is the same as labeling, and it is usually not very helpful for almost all purposes. ...
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| Mom age 83 and me (age 54) | 1/22/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: Mom and me help i need advice This is probably in my mind (1) How do I not feel like I have to ...
A: I think it quite marvellous of you to be sharing living space with your mom, because you're not just ...
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| Mom age 83 and me (age 54) | 1/22/2010 | Daniel S. Harrop, M.D. |
Q: Mom and me help i need advice This is probably in my mind (1) How do I not feel like I have to ...
A: (1) Why do you need to defend yourself? Usually only people who don't have enough self-esteem ...
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| Meds--too much sleep | 1/21/2010 | Daniel S. Harrop, M.D. |
Q: I have been diagnosed with bipolar and have been on Depakote ER (2000 mgs) and Zyprexa for about ...
A: Other people have this problem. It is caused by the combination of Zyprexa and Depakote but these ...
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| study psychology | 1/21/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: what are the available degrees in psychology ? and how many years it would take to finish every ...
A: I wish I had better news for you, Mohamed. What you are interested in is considered "popular ...
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| speech or emotional disorder | 1/21/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: I remember, as a child, my friend's father would always make a "hmmm" sound after each sentence he ...
A: You asked: "Is this an emotional disorder? A speech disorder? Does it have a name?" It might be ...
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| could this be anxiety or possibly something worse? | 1/21/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: This is so hard to explain and i may be explaining it wrong, therefore making it sound worse than it ...
A: Linda, thanks for your questions you asked: "I feel maybe unreal or maybe its aware of things ...
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| Prozac | 1/20/2010 | Daniel S. Harrop, M.D. |
Q: I had an my first psychiatry appointment today. I told the psychiatrist how I have a hard time ...
A: Prozac is also used for Obsessions. The prescription is perfectly appropriate. Sometimes some ...
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| Psychology Project | 1/20/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: For school, we need to do a psychology project. I am pretty sure that I want to do something either ...
A: Michelle, thanks for asking your question. Well, people always love to eat, so anything that ...
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| 22 year old son with 3 year old daughter | 1/18/2010 | Daniel S. Harrop, M.D. |
Q: My son and his girlfriend got pregnant in his senior year in High School - they chose to have the ...
A: The best thing would be to get them into some counseling so they can work on being parents -- they ...
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| Need Guidance | 1/18/2010 | Daniel S. Harrop, M.D. |
Q: For the last several years I have been severely depressed and suicidal. Recently, I started cutting ...
A: It is always best to see a primary care MD first -- you could have thyroid disease causing the mood ...
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| Psychology | 1/17/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: Could you tell me how has psychology become integrated with evolutionary theory? This was a ...
A: Studying anything can be done with, to use an analogy from astronomy or microscopy, a wide-angle ...
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| Psychology | 1/16/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: Could you tell me how has psychology become integrated with evolutionary theory? This was a ...
A: I can understand why the question threw you. It's complex and not well covered in most textbooks. ...
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| study psychology | 1/16/2010 | Alan Auerbach |
Q: what are the available degrees in psychology ? and how many years it would take to finish every ...
A: It's not clear to me where you studied sociology and took the psychology courses, but I'll try to ...
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| psychologist | 1/15/2010 | Bruce Borkosky |
Q: I currently see a PhD psychologist and don't find us particularly compatible. She gave me the name ...
A: there, I changed you question to public, because you provide no information about yourself - ...
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| OCD and fear of chemicals | 1/15/2010 | Daniel S. Harrop, M.D. |
Q: I've had OCD since age 15. Last september I had to clear a blocked drain with sulphuric acid and ...
A: Your OCD may be having a slight worsening, since in this question you are showing signs of such (the ...
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