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I Lean to One Side — What is This?

Last updated 5th September 2008

Q: I suffer from Major Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). My question is I often walk leaning to one side if I come under any kind of stress or within a foot of another individual. This happens even with people I really like and trust. In hallways [...]

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A Friend Told Me I May Have Schizophrenia

Last updated 4th September 2008

Q: My friend told me that I might be having a disorder of the mind called Schizophrenia or Dissociative Identity Disorder, but I’m not exactly sure if I do or not because I haven’t been to see a doctor about it. I experience hallucinations which do scare me sometimes, for example I’ve seen a car [...]

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Sister-in-Law Trying to Control the Family

Last updated 4th September 2008

Q: My sister-in-law has recently sent my husband numerous emails with the following:

Accusing us of not wanting her and her husband in our daughter’s life and that we give “framed pictures of our daughter to everyone and their dog but not them”. (We only see them at family functions and always give them pictures. We [...]

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Can You Get Earworms from Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder?

Last updated 3rd September 2008

Q: Can you get earworms from having premenstrual dysphoric disorder? The reason I’m asking is that before I got the music (earworms) I do remember becoming depressed around that time of the month. So I was just wondering if that could have lead to the earworms. Thanks.

A: An “earworm” is a song or a part [...]

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Abusive Husband — Should I Give Him A Chance?

Last updated 3rd September 2008

Q: I’d like to know: why do I still have feelings for my soon to be ex-husband? He was diagnosed with a score of 90 on the MMPI-II for Histronic and I have a compulsive with passive/submissive personality. He isolated me from family and friends and made me move 2000 miles away from everyone so [...]

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