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| Parkinson's and alzheimer's disease cure? | 11/19/2009 |
Q: 1. is there a known cure for these diseases? 2. if there is no cure, or if there is a cure, are ...
A: Sehee, I am no medical doctor, but here is what I think: 1. no known cure. If there were, you ...
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| therapists asking about domestic abuse | 11/19/2009 |
Q: My husband and I are seeing a family therapist due to my daughter's anger issues. We do have ...
A: Dona, thanks for the excellent question. First of all, it is hard to provide an exact answer, ...
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| Excrement left at scene of crime - why? | 11/18/2009 |
Q: We believe that my husband's friend staged his own robbery at his apartment in order to steal a ...
A: Mandy, thanks for the very interesting question! There could be hundreds of theories about 'why', of ...
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| my girlfriend | 11/18/2009 |
Q: I've never done this before but I don't know what else to do. I have a girlfriend that I am deeply ...
A: Lenny, thanks for asking. You have asked one of the top 3 questions - 'how do I get someone else to ...
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| medications half life | 11/17/2009 |
Q: i wanted to know how long anti depressant/anti anxiety meds stay in the system, even if symptoms ...
A: Jackson, thanks for asking. Let me preface my answer by the disclaimer of not being a medical doctor ...
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| Multimedia guidelines in Psychology | 11/13/2009 |
Q: Borkosky, I am currently a student a Walden University and I am researching the ethical guidelines ...
A: I am reading your question two ways. The first is that you are doing research, and you want to make ...
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| ayuda | 11/9/2009 |
Q: I have visited so many mental health professionals with different theoretical orientations. (more ...
A: Holy Cow Aurux! Can you spell 'doctor shopping'? I think you passed the 'maximum number of ...
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| phenomena - follow up | 11/8/2009 |
Q: Following is the reason: Moudi, it is difficult to understand your question. Part of the problem ...
A: "with time the brillant of joyness disappear" --- welcome to the human condition. This is a problem ...
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| terminology? | 11/8/2009 |
Q: Could you please tell me if there's a term in psychoanalysis that describes the tendency to focus ...
A: Kelly, I am not an expert on psychoanalysis or mythology, but one way of describing the phenomenom ...
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| Laughing Problem?/Disorder? | 11/7/2009 |
Q: I have a laughing problem that has been on my mind since a few weeks ago. I've had this laughing ...
A: Are you laughing while watching any of the following? - child being molested? - people having their ...
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| Laughing Problem?/Disorder? | 11/7/2009 |
Q: I have a laughing problem that has been on my mind since a few weeks ago. I've had this laughing ...
A: IMO, what is healthy is laughing. Our world needs more people like you. What IS unnatural is ...
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| ADHD careers | 11/2/2009 |
Q: I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD. This condition has affected me for a lot of my life (I'm ...
A: Well, if you have a 130 IQ, I would say that is more than decent. That places you in the gifted / ...
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| Re: | 11/2/2009 |
Q: I'm just a kid in need of simple replies, I don't think it would hurt to take 10 minutes out of your ...
A: Michelle, If I am not mistaken, the homework instruction says (I know this, because I am asked this ...
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| marriage | 10/31/2009 |
Q: My son has been married 2 months. They have been together 7 years. He found out last night that ...
A: In the big scheme of things, such things are extremely unimportant. As I said before, my advice is ...
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| marriage | 10/30/2009 |
Q: My son has been married 2 months. They have been together 7 years. He found out last night that ...
A: 1. it can always help to seek professional counseling. Usually there is no easy answer. Most of us ...
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| marriage | 10/29/2009 |
Q: My son has been married 2 months. They have been together 7 years. He found out last night that ...
A: yes, I have (what I think is excellent) advice for you. Stay out of it. Learn when to stop being a ...
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| Query regarding "abusive" rituals | 10/28/2009 |
Q: when I was in the Boy Scouts as a youth (35 years ago), the older kids in many Boy Scout troops had ...
A: great question! In general, I hate trying to answer "why" questions, because, first of all, there ...
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| frequent eye blinking in my 9 year old daughter | 10/27/2009 |
Q: My 9 year old daughter had been blinking her eyes often for about 1 year now. She might be under ...
A: unless you daughter is extraordinarily gifted, I don't recommend that you have her do relaxation ...
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| Self acceptance. | 10/26/2009 |
Q: Borkosky, I have been wearing hearing aids for the past 23 years from the age of 6 and i struggle ...
A: Katey, those are EXCELLENT questions, thank you! Q "I thought functionality was a "normal" of ...
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| Questions on Mental Health | 10/26/2009 |
Q: My mother has an undiagnosed mental health problem. From a layman's point of view it is either ...
A: Ever hear the expression, 'you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink'? That is ...
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| Self acceptance. | 10/26/2009 |
Q: Borkosky, I have been wearing hearing aids for the past 23 years from the age of 6 and i struggle ...
A: Katey, First of all, why not choose psychotherapy? That is the best thing for self acceptance. Now, ...
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| Wellbutrin SR vs. Wellbutrin XL | 10/25/2009 |
Q: I have recently been started on Wellbutrin SR, 150 mg twice daily. I have always been a "take my ...
A: Ryan, thank you for asking. I am not a psychiatrist, nor an expert in medications. I suggest that ...
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| self and personality | 10/24/2009 |
Q: In your view what is the difference between self and personality? Thank you.
A: probably, if you could answer this question, you would have yourself a good career as an academic ...
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| Family Depression | 10/24/2009 |
Q: My name is Brittany. I'm a 21 year old college student that lives away from home, and I am beyond ...
A: Do you have any reccomendations as to how I can let my mother know about my concern without cuasing ...
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| help | 10/22/2009 |
Q: I am visiting a lacanian psichoanalist and I have felt too good after leaving the consult.Because ...
A: auripol - thank you for asking. I don't understand your question and I think perhaps your ...
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| I'm so scared. | 10/22/2009 |
Q: The pursuit of education... really worries me. I'm going for a PhD in either clinical or counseling ...
A: Ashley - well, I don't blame you. Some psychologists believe that the field is becoming greatly ...
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| Thank you | 10/18/2009 |
Q: I believe you're right, I think I am scared. I'm scared to be wrong. I just want to know for sure ...
A: I would say, 'if you don't remember, don't worry about it'. Even IF something bad DID happen to you, ...
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| embarrassing | 10/17/2009 |
Q: I'm 16 and I have a very heavy secret. When I was around 11 to 12 years old I started having dreams. ...
A: thats a very excellent question, and I'm glad you asked that. There are probably other people who ...
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| grief | 10/16/2009 |
Q: what are the psychological reasons for people having an almost morbid interest in other peoples ...
A: Portia, I am not aware of any research in this area. There may be some, but I am not aware of it. I ...
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| Avoid laughing! | 10/15/2009 |
Q: I heard that one way for looking gentle, nice and desirable is to be serious. Though I try, I am not ...
A: Mojtaba, that's a good question.... I supposes that it is possible to suppress (i.e., not express) ...
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| Avoid laughing! | 10/15/2009 |
Q: I heard that one way for looking gentle, nice and desirable is to be serious. Though I try, I am not ...
A: Mojaba - the world needs more smiling and laughing people. Please don't stop. Please learn to be ...
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| psychologist | 10/13/2009 |
Q: and thank you for your help. My question has to do with the psychologist I am seeing. I had been in ...
A: Lee, excellent and interesting questions. You bring up quite a number of issues; I hope I can do ...
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| How much stress needed to cause PTSD? | 10/11/2009 |
Q: I was hoping you could tell me how traumatic something has to be in order to cause PTSD. I recently ...
A: You bring up a lot of issues; let me see if I can address some of them: 1. I don't recommend that ...
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| reward activity vs non reward | 10/3/2009 |
Q: my name is Michelle and i am doing a research activity based on children on *Does a reward motivate ...
A: Excellent question, Michelle. First of all, in psychology, we have a different definition for the ...
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| a person's trauma | 10/1/2009 |
Q: Years ago, I was giving a short presentation in speech class on drunk drivers. A young woman stood ...
A: Demetrius, I try to be polite, when I tell people that we cannot know what other people are ...
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| a person's trauma | 9/30/2009 |
Q: Years ago, I was giving a short presentation in speech class on drunk drivers. A young woman stood ...
A: Demetrius, thanks for asking a question. Sure, it's possible, perhaps even likely. It's hard to ...
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| Hi Bruce, could you help me with these questions? | 9/27/2009 |
Q: Which of the following aspect or aspects is possible? Johnny Johnson seems to have a peculiar ...
A: Is this a homework question? It seems very abstract.... I am not a geneticist, but as far as I know, ...
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| a disturbing way of keeping friends | 9/26/2009 |
Q: this is all about this guy I know for acouple of years. You see when we met he told me that he was ...
A: horusdude, again, I'm not sure I understand your question. 'Getting away' from anything/anyone is ...
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| personality disorders | 9/23/2009 |
Q: My ex has avoidant-borderline mix. We where together 3yrs.( I was his only girlfriend ever when we ...
A: Holly, if you had read any of my other answers, you will know that I don't care much for labels. ...
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| Hearing things | 9/23/2009 |
Q: My boyfriend keeps claiming to hear that every where he goes people are calling him "gay". I have ...
A: I appreciate that you are concerned about your boyfriend. As I have said many times, you cannot ...
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| stuck | 9/22/2009 |
Q: I feel like i'm losing my footing on my mental health, almost on the verge of panic, but am ...
A: Going to see a therapist is difficult, because it makes us vulnerable to another human being. You ...
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| agoraphobia | 9/21/2009 |
Q: I am wondering if there are any options out there? I have tried to email therapists members of ADAA ...
A: Doodle, you didn't answer my questions, but, then again, perhaps they didn't need answering. Of ...
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| agoraphobia | 9/21/2009 |
Q: I am wondering if there are any options out there? I have tried to email therapists members of ADAA ...
A: I'm not sure what your question is. I read this note. It's very long, and it seems that you have a ...
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| Time Agnosia | 9/20/2009 |
Q: When I was 12 I was a social and joyful kid. I am not miserable or despressed as far as I can tell. ...
A: Like I said, Bailey, diagnoses are harmful for laypeople. There is nothing good that can come from ...
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| Can we.. talk interactively? It.. might be easier. | 9/19/2009 |
Q: When I was 12 I was a social and joyful kid. I am not miserable or despressed as far as I can tell. ...
A: Bailey - I am not a big believer in diagnoses. You are not a label and a label is not you. The ONLY ...
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| agoraphobia | 9/19/2009 |
Q: I am wondering if there are any options out there? I have tried to email therapists members of ADAA ...
A: I'm not sure exactly what your question is, but allow me to say (or ask, as the case might be), a ...
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| 4 years old | 9/16/2009 |
Q: My child is 4 years old, he is very smart and sensetive, he is in love with palying, he never get ...
A: I think your question is - how do I get my child to do his homework? If that's not it, I apologize - ...
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| Divorce on 2 yr old | 9/15/2009 |
Q: I filed for divorce 12 weeks ago and my husband took off. He came back into town 3 weeks ago even ...
A: Sorry it took me a coupla days to answer this - I had to testify in court, so I was tied up ...
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| PTSD depersonalization | 9/14/2009 |
Q: I'm 28. From about 17-23ish I experienced a lot of trauma. I had the surreal fight or flight feeling ...
A: Adam, thanks for your question. There are lots of people in your situation. IMO, the best that ...
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| psychology question | 9/13/2009 |
Q: I have a friend that can transform herself to whom ever she is around, if they are good people she ...
A: Stacey, let me answer the 2nd question first, because a sociopath is a kind of a personality ...
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