‘Sleep’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist

Q: My mother is 61 years old, and I consider her to be a hypochondriac. She is completely focused on mysterious health problems and sees numerous specialists for complaints that most of us believe don’t really exist. As a result, she takes a number of medications, including some very strong pain meds. My sister and [...]

Q: I recently read a question and answer in your column regarding a person who blanked out when trying to learn things. I found the question to touch on some territory very familiar to me.
I have some reactions similar to blanking out during emotionally-charged discussions. I will suddenly become incredibly sleepy. My eyes will begin [...]

Q: I have been diagnosed with depression, and I am currently receiving treatment for it. However, I am still having a lot of anxiety as well as problems sleeping. Is there anything that I can do to help with these these things besides just taking the medication I’ve been given? I am in a perpetually [...]

Q: How do I know if my stress is becoming a serious problem? I grew up in a very stressful home environment where all I remember is yelling and arguments between my mom and my step-dad. I am now 27 years old, and for the past 10+ years I have been on and off of [...]

Q: Ever since I was a little girl, I can remember times when I woke up not being able to remember the events of the previous day. Slowly, things would come back to me. I never forgot who I was, where I was, or anything like that, but I woke up in a state of [...]