The following questions are related to ‘Depression’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I have rarely been able to defend myself verbally. As I approach 64 years of age I find it even more difficult to find the words I need, even when the words are quite ordinary. It’s not that I have a poor memory (I score 99+ percentile in memory), nor poor vocabulary (I score [...]
Q: Hey, I hope you can help. OK I’ll be blunt, because I believe all details are necessary. I’m a depressed third-year college student (I live at home and commute). I’m 20 years old, single, and I have never even kissed a girl let alone anything else! My mom died when I was 3 years [...]
Q: I am a 15-year-old male. I’ve just been thinking about some things I do and decided to ask somebody who knows about such things whether I have a problem or not.
Sometimes, I sort of scrape my index finger along the edge of something like a desk, and then I feel as if I must [...]
Q: For about two and a half years now I have been having some weird depression episodes. I haven’t found a disorder that has these specific symptoms, which is why I think it is weird. It doesn’t happen every day, and it usually only happens at night when I’m alone. The usual symptoms include: irrational [...]
Q: First, thanks for being here and answering questions.
I am trying to withdraw from Klonopin. But I don’t understand: why would a doctor have you come off this medication if you have depression, anxiety and a personality disorder? I don’t understand this. A lot of my borderline symptoms have come back with a vengeance [...]
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