Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD has answered the following questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: My friend told me that I might be having a disorder of the mind called Schizophrenia or Dissociative Identity Disorder, but I’m not exactly sure if I do or not because I haven’t been to see a doctor about it. I experience hallucinations which do scare me sometimes, for example I’ve seen a car [...]
Q: My sister-in-law has recently sent my husband numerous emails with the following: Accusing us of not wanting her and her husband in our daughter’s life and that we give “framed pictures of our daughter to everyone and their dog but not them”. (We only see them at family functions and always give them pictures. [...]
Q: Can you get earworms from having premenstrual dysphoric disorder? The reason I’m asking is that before I got the music (earworms) I do remember becoming depressed around that time of the month. So I was just wondering if that could have lead to the earworms. Thanks. A: An “earworm” is a song or a [...]
Q: I’d like to know: why do I still have feelings for my soon to be ex-husband? He was diagnosed with a score of 90 on the MMPI-II for Histronic and I have a compulsive with passive/submissive personality. He isolated me from family and friends and made me move 2000 miles away from everyone so [...]
Q: I am 55 years old, and I have a 23-year-old son with a “not very pleasant, bordering on evil wife”. He will not take my calls, allow me to see my grandchildren or speak with them. I send gifts with no response, I leave emails with no response, I call with no response as [...]
Q: I’m from Bangladesh, female, 25 years old, unmarried. I live with my parents. We have a healthy environment in our family and always have. I was brought up with my other 4 siblings, 3 of whom are married now. Recently, I think I’m getting depressed, but I couldn’t find why and don’t know how [...]
Q: My best friend has recently told me that she was she was mentally, physically and sexually abused by her father as a child (her parents divorced when she was 13). As such, she suffers from PTSD and has flashbacks. She also is currently going through the legal systems in a case against her father [...]
