The following questions are related to ‘Creativity’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I make up people and various scenes and “play them out” in my head. It’s like having a soap opera in my mind. I usually do this while listening to music and pacing. I have done this since I was a child. I don’t hear voices or anything like that. I just visualize people [...]
Q: I’ve heard very different opinions about the so-called differences between men and women. Some say that there are really no differences, just cultural stereotypes. Others say men and women are really different. On a psychological level, what’s the evidence that men and women are the same or different?
A: For a long while, it wasn’t [...]
Q: I’m a 20-year-old college student and have been hiding the fact that I have had imaginary friends my entire life. As a kid it’s okay — people expect it even. But I find that I spend more time talking to them and leaning on them for support than I do my “real” friends; it’s [...]
Q: I am 26, and I realized that at this present moment I am not accomplished, and I am losing the possibility of becoming it. Furthermore, I realized this long ago, and I keep on “realizing” it, feeling bad about it, and I just seem not to have enough responsibility, dedication or force of will [...]
Q: I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder type one after a mental breakdown at age 16. Right now I am taking 300 mg of Seroquel and 900 mg of lithium carbonate and 10 mg of Prozac. The medications are working well. I am now a third year Senior Chemistry major. But there is one question [...]
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