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Anger, Nightmares, Thumb Sucking, Binging. What’s Wrong With Me?

By Dr Misty Hook, PhD |

Q: I think that maybe I have dissociative identity disorder. I know for a fact that I am clinically depressed. I was diagnosed with depression about five years ago, and it hasn’t gotten any easier. This was the first red flag for me. My personality shifts rapidly… sometimes. I never know when I’m going to [...]

The Pitter-Patter of Little Feet…Before Something Grabbed Her

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I am very worried for my mom. She had a dream — well, she says it wasn’t a dream. I don’t know what to call it. This is her story. She was asleep in her bed next to my dad when something suddenly woke her up. She doesn’t know what it was, only that she awoke. She walked [...]

Why am I Having These Nightmares?

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I’m a 17-year-old guy from Brazil. I have been dealing with some issues for the past few years. During all my childhood, my father touched me inappropriately. He didn’t actually rape me but he would ‘play’ with my genitalia. I didn’t like it and I wanted to fight it but he was stronger than [...]

And Then the two Therapists Retired to One of the Beds Together

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I had a dream that I had two therapists (one female and my real therapist and the second male — my therapist only in the dream). I dreamt the three of us met in a waiting room with chairs and beds in it. Just after meeting, the two therapists retired to one of the [...]

Helped Clean Up After a Suicide

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: My neighbor committed suicide when I was 16. His family volunteered to clean up the mess, my father and I refused to let them, and we did it ourselves. It messed with me for a long time, and I sought counseling and honestly it doesn’t really bother me anymore (I am 21 now), but [...]

Dreams of Sexual Abuse

By Dr Virginia S. Wood, PsyD |

Q: A couple of years back, I had dreams for two consecutive nights of being molested as a child. All this while, I have ignored the dreams, but I must say that whenever I think about it I feel disturbed. However, I had managed to keep it from everyone all this while — even my [...]

The ‘Meaning’ of Dreams About Sex

By Dr Cynthia Giocomarra, PsyD |

Q: I’m a 16-year-old studying in Kuwait. I’m Indian by nationality. I’ve been having dreams in which a man, whom I don’t know nor recognize, has been forcing me to get into physical relations with him. In the dream, I don’t want to be sexual with this person. Why is it that I get these [...]

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