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What would a psychologist say? There’s an easy way to find out: just ask! Get feedback directly from a Clinical Psychologist on issues ranging from relationships to depression and anxiety, trauma, and a whole bunch more. Please note that replies are provided for informational and educational purposes only.

Girlfriend Killed in My Presence. Was My Behavior Insane?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I fought in Afghanistan alongside my girlfriend of 3 years. She was killed in front of me last year. It was just her and I because we were seperated from the group. I don’t know what made me do it, but while we were waiting for help and everything was quiet again I made [...]

Could My 5 Year Old Have ADHD?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I am very worried about my son who is approaching his 5th birthday. He is very loud, aggressive, argumentative, always runs off in shops, and hurts his 1-year-old sister. He has been at infant school since Sept 07 and has already punched a boy resulting in a black eye, bit another child and kicked [...]

Is Missing a Long-Distance Sweetheart a Chemical Imbalance?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I have been in a relationship for two and a half years. All but the first three months have been long distance. We have survived a lot of tough things but have grown stronger in love, trust, communication and companionship. We have tried our best to see each other once a month. Usually it [...]

I Know I Should Leave, But How?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: After reading several questions on your site, they all pertain to me, but none of them pertain to me. I have been with the same man for 20 years. We have been married for 18 of those years and we have 3 wonderful children…I don’t know how they became wonderful, unless they are becoming [...]

My Ability to Experience Emotions Has Left Me

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I have a condition that has been plaguing me for six months now; I’m not sure if it’s a type of depression, but I’ve been told it might be (I have had major depression in the past, but nothing similar to this). I thought it also might be anhedonia. Basically, I woke up one [...]

Cannot Understand My Ex-Boyfriend Loser

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: Not only was I involved with someone who meets the criteria of a Loser…he was madly in love with me the minute he laid eyes on me, asked me to marry him within a week, told me I was amazing, only to swing to “you’re just a workaholic, you know nothing about intimacy” (he [...]

Is Demonic Possession Merely a Case of Psychological Illness?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I am a third year college Mass Communication student in the Phillippines and am doing an Investigative research on exorcism. Part of this is to deeply explore “possession” as its main root. For my questions, is possession merely a case of psychological illness? Is it all about a person’s mental state and there is [...]

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