Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy’

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Pregnancy and Depression, OCD, Anxiety

Last updated 12th May 2008

Q: Last May 2007, I suffered a miscarriage at 5 weeks. I suffered severe anxiety attacks, waking up in a panic often with heart palpitations, which lasted about 2-3 months. Since that time, I fell into a pattern that something was wrong with me, constantly seeking health problems, specifically OB/GYN related. This has escalated into [...]

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Is Psychological Testing Accurate When You’re Pregnant?

Last updated 8th May 2008

Q: Would it be likely to get an inaccurate assessment on the MMPI-2, MCMI-III, and TSI if the person being administered the inventories was in a third trimester pregnancy and answering questions based on physical and emotional tendencies that are a direct result of the pregnancy and not necessarily occurring when not pregnant? (I.e. food [...]

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Expectant Mother Dealing With Abuser and Controller

Last updated 3rd April 2008

Q: I am a 41 year old woman who was in a 9-month relationship with a man who clearly showed some Loser/Controlling tendencies. When I realized he could never be happy unless I changed to meet his “needs”, I broke off the relationship. This break-up/reconciliation happened three times in the nine months.
During the last reconciliation, [...]

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Daughter Expecting, While Long-Distance Father Threatens

Last updated 1st April 2008

Q: I am at my wits’ end. My daughter is 16 and pregnant. I am getting texts and voicemails from her father, who hasn’t been a part of her life for many years. When she used to visit him, she would get physically ill, throwing up, shaking, and wanting to come home. She stated that [...]

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Sight of Babies Makes My Heart Ache

Last updated 31st August 2007

Q: Three months after my youngest child was born, my husband convinced me that it was time for him to have a vasectomy. That was four years ago, and I don’t think that I was really ready for him to do it.
How do I get over this overwhelming feeling of sadness and emptiness every [...]

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