The following questions are related to ‘School and Studies’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I know that no one can diagnose me over the internet. But I’m beginning to wonder if I might have Borderline Personality Disorder. I am a 19-year-old male college student. For at least the past five years, I have been a very emotionally volatile person. Close friends have thought I might be bipolar, but [...]
Q: I have a friend who I think is in trouble but refuses to get help. He is a college student and seems to be heading further and further downhill everyday. On the outside he can wear a smile and look okay but he really isn’t. He doesn’t seem to care about anything and will [...]
Q: I’m wondering if the right kind of counseling even exists for my son. His story is roughly similar to: “I’m a 28-year-old guy who still lives at home…“. I believe my son and I are both undiagnosed Aspies, so I think he needs something a bit different from traditional counseling. I see a lot [...]
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 [...]
Q: I am in school to be a clinical social worker and one of my cases has clear OCD (obsessions about something bad happening if she doesn’t repeatedly count/tap/touch things), but I want to know if she also may have Separation Anxiety. She is able to go to school and her sports/dance lessons, but becomes [...]
Q: Do I have a controlling mother?  When I was younger I didn’t think much about it, but it seems through high school and college things became worse. During breaks from college I had set times to be home, usually around midnight. This was usually set if I had a girlfriend, but not with other [...]
Q: I’m a freshman, and there’s just so much depression surrounding me. You see, my best friend used to cut her wrists, and I fear she’s reverted back to old habits. She refuses to talk to me about it, and I get that it might be a tough subject, but she shuts me out completely. [...]
