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I Feel Inferior and Don’t Like How I Look

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I know it is wrong to put feelings before actions, but that’s what I’m doing. I’m selfish. I am a spoiled child. I’m fully sponsored by my parents to pursue my studies at university, yet here I am, after three years of success in college…throwing all their hopes and dreams away. I really want [...]

Do I Need to Tell My Mother That I Want Help?

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I am a 20-year-old college student. When I was a child I dealt with depression after my father left. I was sent to a child psychiatrist to deal with my father’s leaving and with self-esteem issues. Things seemed fine after my final session, but for years I still felt depressed. I want to get [...]

I’m Isolated and Depressed — Where Did It All Start?

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I was wondering if being an only child raised in a single-parent household could increase the likelihood of developing avoidant personality disorder. My father died just before I was two, and my mom never remarried. She wasn’t abusive in any way intentionally, but she wasn’t able to be around for me very much either. [...]

Stopping Their Negative Personalities From Rubbing Off on Me

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: How can I stop my grandmother’s and mother’s negative personalities from passing on to me? My grandmother always was on my mother’s case. She can say nothing positive, she’s always criticizing her, and she does it to me as well. My mother does it to me too; they are awful. My grandmother raised me, [...]

Compulsive Eating as a Coping Mechanism

By Dr Susan Berel, PhD |

Q: I am frustrated by how I keep eating and eating without stopping. This problem began when my mother divorced my father because he sexually abused my older sister. I am always fighting with my mother and think that she hates me because I remind her of my father. I’m really frustrated and always seem [...]

My Mother Listened to My Plans, Then Laughed Her Head Off

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I want to go to therapy. I have talked to my parents about it, and they’ve said they’re not going to take me because they don’t think I need it. I have a lot of self doubt, and I feel I cannot amount to anything in life. I feel this way because of my [...]

The Birth of Perversion?

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I am an Indian male, age 21. I recently got pantsed in front of all my friends (six people, all boys) two times. It is so embarrassing. After getting pantsed, I got interested in pantsing others and getting pantsed. I am worried about this perverted thought and am unable to come out of it. [...]

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