Q: I’ve recently been diagnosed with Bipolar l (Mixed) and a Personality Disorder NOS. I’m confused on what the Personality Disorder (NOS) actually means. What is the difference between Borderline Personality Disorder and a Personality Disorder?
A: In current clinical practice, recognized mental health conditions and disorders are grouped by a general category — then [...]
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Q: I am a medical student, and I have a concern about seeking some counseling therapy. My school offers counselors for us, so my concern is the confidentiality of the sessions. In other words, if someone goes in and talks about their depression or talks about their personality traits, etc. and then the therpaist decides [...]
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Q: I’m 22 years old. I have had a problem with blushing, sweating and being uncomfortable in a variety of social situations, which started as long ago as I can remember. I like being around people but I often feel insecure. I get nervous around strangers and family alike. I have attempted several different solutions [...]
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Q: Thanks for taking the time to consider my question — it means a lot to me since I don’t know to whom I could ask it otherwise. My problem is that for the last 2 1/2 years of my life I’ve been seeing therapists but have gotten next to nothing out of them. I’m [...]
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Q: What was I dealing with? How can I heal? I’m having a terrible time letting him go, and understanding who exactly he was. He says I am obsessed with the past and he just wants to forget it and move on.
Before I knew my husband he lived in a “boy’s only dormitory” (in [...]
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