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Seven Years of Treatment for Panic Attacks and Still No Results

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: My partner suffers from panic attacks and anxiety. He has been seeing the same therapist now for the last 7 years, but it seems he hasn’t moved forward with his problems. Although I am sympathetic to his problems, I feel (as does he) that his therapy has stalled and the counselor he’s been seeing [...]

How to Get Rid of Crazy, Intrusive Thoughts

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: I’m 20 years old, and for the past 8 months I’ve been having some really upsetting obsessive thoughts and it’s driving me crazy. I started having random thoughts that I might be gay even though I know that’s not true. Then I started to think maybe it wasn’t that I was gay but rather [...]

At a Loss For Words

By Dr Alisa Robinson, PhD |

Q: I have rarely been able to defend myself verbally. As I approach 64 years of age I find it even more difficult to find the words I need, even when the words are quite ordinary. It’s not that I have a poor memory (I score 99+ percentile in memory), nor poor vocabulary (I score [...]

Social Anxiety and Visiting Brothels Just to “Connect”

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: I’m a 25-year-old male originally from India but born and raised in Dubai. I’ve always been kind of an introvert. I had a conservative Muslim upbringing and went to an all boys school and generally was and am very quiet and keep to myself. I’ve never felt comfortable socially. About 4 years ago, a [...]

Obsessions and Compulsions: Feeling Like I “Have” to Do Things

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: I am a 15-year-old male. I’ve just been thinking about some things I do and decided to ask somebody who knows about such things whether I have a problem or not. Sometimes, I sort of scrape my index finger along the edge of something like a desk, and then I feel as if I [...]

Paranoia and Fear of Being Alone Rising to the Surface at Night

By Dr Alisa Robinson, PhD |

Q: For about two and a half years now I have been having some weird depression episodes. I haven’t found a disorder that has these specific symptoms, which is why I think it is weird. It doesn’t happen every day, and it usually only happens at night when I’m alone. The usual symptoms include: irrational [...]

Safe, Effective Ways to Combat Anxiety Without Medicine

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: I have been diagnosed with a Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. I have been dealing with these disorders, I think, pretty well. I have been researching my conditions and educating myself on effective coping methods. I’ve also been seeing a therapist once a week. I am very against medication, and [...]

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