The following questions are related to ‘Anxiety and Stress’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I am 21 years old and in my 5th year of medical school. I’ve been experiencing some symptoms, and I need your help to sort this out. It started about 6 months ago when I used to like a girl and it didn’t work out well. I was hurt when the relationship didn’t work [...]
Q: I am a 36-year-old married man. I have a problem that I want to get rid of: I often find that unwittingly my gaze goes toward men’s pants. I think this is because I have a complex that my penis is small in size. Please suggest to me how this can be cured.
A: First [...]
Q: I’m a 23-year-old male, and I’ve been suffering from something that sounds very much like HOCD (Homosexual Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder).
I have had troubling thoughts ever since a “porn incident” when I was 17: I accidentally saw a gay porn picture and became intensely aroused by it. Following that episode, I had escalating fear and rumination [...]
Q: I am 17 years old and have been having some problems. Ever since I was in 4th grade, I have had trouble with hair pulling. When I was around 11, I pulled out all my eyelashes and patches of my eyebrows. I also used to pull out my hair. To try and get over [...]
Q: I am hoping I can get a fresh opinion about my unusual Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Five years ago, a relative of mine died in a car crash. After that tragedy, I started thinking that everyone believed I was dying. So, I have been living with a constant fear of dying since I was 13; I’m [...]
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