Q: I have had anger problems for many years. I am currently married and have two beautiful children. I do not want to hurt them and I definitely do not want to lose them or for them to be afraid of me. I would like to seek professional help, perhaps with a psychiatrist. Would this [...]

Q: In 2007, I was diagnosed with Bipolar I and PTSD from years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse in childhood and early adulthood. Today I saw a new psychiatrist and she added adult ADD/ADHD and dissociative disorder to my diagnoses. Is it possible or common for psychiatrists to miss or combine some diagnoses/symptoms in [...]

Q: I’m seeking help for my mum. She has been suffering from major depression since she had me 17 years ago. She keeps saying that she wants to commit suicide. She has even tried hanging herself with a rope, and using gas fumes from the stove. She shivers with cold most of the time and [...]

Q: I’m a 16-year-old girl. I have been told my whole life that I have two personalities. Recently this has become a serious issue. People have told me I suddenly act aggressively — that I hit, swear, and throw things — then behave as if I have done nothing wrong. It’s like I am aggressive [...]

Q: I have had a recurring issue since I was young (early high school) of ignoring consequences and of simply ignoring my responsibilities. This manifested itself the most in college, where I went from having my freshman year a 3.1 GPA, a job, a great social life, and good shape/health to now (my supposed senior [...]

Q: My mother has been formally diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. One of her traits is that she rewrites history to fit her own view of things, even to the point of denying something she’s said only a few moments earlier. For example, she denies ever raging at my sister and me and hitting us [...]

Ever since I was 13 I have been in the mental health system. It’s hard to explain, but I met this girl at school when I was 14 and she had Borderline Personality Disorder. She was not yet diagnosed but was at 18, so I didn’t know that at the time. We went through a [...]