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Have Sexual Fantasies Corrupted My Eyes and Body?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I am suffering from serious problems. Mainly initially it used to be in sexual fantasies. Now I am feeling my eyes have become corrupt as some bad thing filled my eyes and my whole body is intoxicated (may be due to bad hormone levels) and I am frequently having bad thoughts. For some time [...]

Constipation as a Side Effect of a Medication that Works

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I’m a 28-year-old female and have been suffering with depression for over 15 years. I had very severe O.C.D and an eating disorder for 12 years. I was put on Luvox for about two years and it hardly helped, so my doctor put me on Anafranil. It worked and cured me for many years [...]

Uncomfortable Intrusive Thoughts

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I am not certain if this is a concern or not. I noticed many times that my mind wanders and has really bad thoughts that come to mind and I need to immediately rebuke these thoughts. Such as…thinking of hitting someone in the face while talking to them (and it isn’t that I have [...]

Treating OCD Symptoms in a Limited Community

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I’m 33 years old. I have a fear of seeing certain people. When I do I have to wash everything that was in physical contact with me before washing myself, e.g. my clothes, things that I was carrying, the floor, etc. I do not know why and how I choose the people. I had [...]

I Keep Replaying Conversations with My Therapist in My Head

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: Would you be able to tell me if I have OCD or another problem and what I should do? I find this very tormenting but I don’t know who to ask. I had been seeing a therapist for help with some depression over a year ago, but I stopped once the depression seemed to [...]

I’m Preoccupied with Lines

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD
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Q: I am an 18-year-old male college student. Whenever I walk around, I make myself not step on the lines (cracks in the sidewalk). These lines can also be imaginary. I always extend lines from corners of walls, legs of a chair, basically anything that touches the ground or is close to the ground (closet [...]

I Group Everything in 3s…What is That?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I am a 24-year-old female and for as long as I can remember I have grouped things into 3s. I do it with letters in words, words in sentences — even in conversations with people I will mentally pause them after 3 words, then play, then pause. I do this with billboards as I [...]

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