The following questions are related to ‘Drug Abuse’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I’m a 19-year-old male and I’ve been going through the hardest times of my life. The problem is that my mind is active 24/7, and I find myself thinking of questions like “What is time?,” “What is the present?,” “What is ego?,” and “Who am I?”. I wonder things like how I can control [...]
Q: I’m a twenty-year-old male, and I have a problem. Every time I get a paycheck or have a decent amount of money I immediately start to do drugs and lie to my family. I don’t always behave like that. I only do it when I’m alone and I have any cash in my pocket. [...]
Q: I must be feeling desperate to go online and ask this question, but here goes. I actually had to leave my house tonight to get away. My 18-year-old daughter seems to run our lives. She is disrespectful and refuses to abide by any rules. This has actually been going on for a few years [...]
Q: I need some information about psychiatric illnesses. I am 29 and have gone through substance abuse treatment and have been clean and sober for over 2 years now. I have a brother who is 33 who I thought was also alcoholic, but now I’m coming to believe he is schizophrenic. My brother claims people [...]
Q: I’m an almost 18-year-old male. I’m terribly depressed and have been for a few years, and I also have a lot of anxiety problems. I’ve been smoking marijuana and drinking since I was fifteen. I recreationally tried Xanax for the first time when I was 16 with some friends, and I’ve been through heroin [...]
Q: I am married to a man who 5 years ago at the age of 35 decided to try methamphetamine (“Meth”) for the first time. Over his 4-month addiction, he used nearly $10K in meth alone. It was horrifying. During that time, I became the center of his focus. According to him I was having [...]
Q: I’m 15 years old and just recently tried marijuana. I absolutely hated my experience because it made me feel “panicky” and like things were “vague.” I’m still not feeling myself, even after 2 weeks. I feel like everything I do is sort of like a dream that I can control. I have never experienced [...]
