Q: I have always been self-conscious. I never noticed it when I was really young, but around 3rd or 4th grade I started to realize it. I was not as pretty or as outgoing as the other girls. I envied the popular crowd all through high school. College was a little different. I had plenty [...]
‘School and Studies’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 15
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Self-Conscious With Low Self-Esteem My Whole Life
Real Learning Problems or Just Laziness?
Q: Before I begin, let me thank you for your time and this service. Here is my problem: ever since I can remember I have been lazy to learn. What I mean is that I am selective about the things I might find interesting, and I learn those things well. But when it comes to [...]
Depression and Memory Problems
Q: I’m constantly feeling depressed. The worst part of what I’ve been going through is that my memory seriously doesn’t seem to be working at all anymore. I’m a student, and this has really become a big problem for me. My mind blanks out whenever I’m on a topic or trying to solve a problem, [...]
How Do I Know What’s “Normal” for My Child?
Q: I have an 8-year-old son who is in the third grade. He has always been a very high energy kid, although he has never excelled at sports. He would much rather research historic facts than anything else. Last year he developed a fascination with Presidents and history. He could answer any question or tell [...]
A Bad Combination for Our Daughter: A Boy, Alcohol, and Prescription Drugs
Q: My daughter is a freshman at our local college and currently living in a student apartment. Up until last year she had never been in serious trouble of any kind, but she met a boy who was not in the same intellectual circle as she, and things went downhill from there. During her last [...]
Stressed By My Studies and the Loss of My Childhood
Q: I’m a 16-year-old student in the 11th grade. Since the age of 12, I’ve experienced occasional bouts of depression and have struggled with fears such as the fear of death and so on. Recently, my anxiety has increased, and I’m under a lot of stress because of my studies. On top of that, whenever [...]
