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 mind is playing tricks on me. I hear things, mostly whispering, but there is no one else around. I have an overwhelming feeling that someone is watching me, or that people on the street or in a store somehow know my thoughts and are talking about me. This makes it increasingly difficult to [...]
Q: I don’t know what’s up with me, but I just have this habit of repeating a word ALOUD until my mouth and my tongue hurt. I don’t know what’s going on. Is there a way to cure this?! A: Shorter questions seem the most complex for some reason. When you describe this behavior as [...]
Q: I am in a very serious relationship and engaged. It it is very difficult for me to just walk away from the relationship. The problem is that my fiancé looks at and uses porn at least once a day. This is happening despite the fact that I am willing to have sex with him [...]
Q: I have horrible evil thoughts about people I love. They are so bad, and I get so upset that I sometimes end up crying or hitting myself in the head with frustration. I’m 18, and I’m not depressed, but I find the thoughts are at times unbearably upsetting. Please help me: I’m embarrassed and [...]
Q: What’s wrong with me? I can make friends in an instant, and I am smart funny and could have or do anything I set my mind to. So what’s my problem? I recently went back to school to get my masters (in something). The thing is that I must upgrade my marks first. Because [...]
Q: Growing up I was abused physically, sexually, emotionally and psychologically. I was lucky to come out with my humanity still intact, but I did. But I seem to be caught in some strange limbo, somewhere in between being human and being a monster. I’m totally in control of myself, but I see things from [...]
Q: My mother and I have had a very tense relationship in the past few years. She has always been very controlling and manipulative. In the past, I would do whatever she asked of me to keep her happy and thus stayed in her “good graces”. Recently, however, I realized that I have been sacrificing [...]
