The following questions are related to ‘Sleep’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: At what age should a child no longer be sleeping in a parent’s bed, especially when the adult/adults sleep naked? I know that parents tend to have open nudity with their children a lot, but it makes me very uncomfortable when I wake in the middle of the night and find my boyfriend’s 7-year-old [...]
Q: I’m a 25-year-old female. In October 2008 I began experiencing a tightening feeling in my throat and feeling of tingling in my mouth/tonsils. I had been under some stress at work, and at first the feeling would come and pass — but after awhile I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. I researched on the [...]
Q: My question concerns my husband’s practice of still putting his 10-year-old to bed. She is my step-daughter, and her dad and I are recently married. I understand based on asking him that when she is at home, she sleeps with her mother. She has a 14-year-old sister who does not have this problem.
What [...]
Q: I have been on Prozac for some time, apparently without side effects. I am now 48 and menopausal and have struggled this year to find a natural or unnatural HRT (hormone replacement treatment) therapy that works for me. My doctor changed the antidepressant to Lexamil (a generic escitalopram) about a month ago, 20mg — [...]
Q: I divorced 2 years ago. I moved out from our country home with my daughter, who is a high functioning autistic person (APDD). She is 24 and has been working at retail for 6 years now. I didn’t manage to get much money from my husband because I was scared, and I am sure [...]
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