The following questions are related to ‘Panic’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I am an 18-year-old male, and about a year ago I had what I believed to be food poisoning. I threw up early in the morning, skipped breakfast because I did not really feel like eating and went to school. That whole week, whenever I ate lunch at school, I felt sick to my [...]
Q: I’m a 40-year-old female who has smoked for 25 years. Each time I’ve tried to quit, I get physical symptoms that I have read are normal and should go away. For example, I get a sore throat. For most people this lasts a couple of weeks. But mine lasts three months, which is as [...]
Q: Several years ago, my primary care doctor diagnosed me with an anxiety disorder and prescribed me Paxil. I took the medication for a while, but never felt it was truly helping. I have also taken several other anxiety medications throughout the years. I still got very anxious at job interviews, doctor appointments, and when [...]
Q: I am a 25-year-old male from Pakistan. I’ve had a problem for the past 5 years or so. The problem is that whenever anyone talks to me in a harsh manner, I feel my heart start to beat quickly, and my hands and legs tingling, and I shut down and can’t find words to [...]
Q: I have been struggling with guilt over some childhood behaviors for a long time and really need to talk to somebody. I’m a 19-year-old female, and when I was about age 9 or 10 I used to occasionally play with a girl whose mother was a friend of my mom. This girl was a [...]
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