The following questions are related to ‘Sleep’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: My question is actually about my boyfriend. I’m afraid that he’s suffering from depression, and whenever someone tries to talk to him about it he gets mad and won’t listen. I say that I think he’s suffering from depression because I’ve noticed that he doesn’t have any motivation anymore. He’s missed work for the [...]
Q: Hi! Ever since I was little, I’ve always had trouble sleeping. I tend to think a lot at night, but not always about bad things. Sometimes I think about something wonderful that just happened in my life, or sometimes I think about all the things I have to do the next day, but lots [...]
Q: A dear friend of mine is divorced and has a ten-year-old daughter. It was a nasty divorce and the parents are still very hostile to each other. The daughter alternates weeks with each parent, and she has her own room in each home. During the past year she has begun having panic attacks, and [...]
Q: Recently I have been, for lack of a better word, scared to sleep. This is due to recurring nightmares that have me waking up in the night panicking and quite often crying, so I don’t sleep very much. These dreams are about losing my boyfriend, and even though he assures me it won’t happen, [...]
Q: Hi there, I have gone to my doctor over and over again complaining of the same symptoms, which are: extreme never ending fatigue but yet I can never sleep at night because I can’t relax and my mind won’t shut up headaches almost everyday muscle and joint pains and stiffness feeling like my muscles [...]
Q: I have many of the symptoms if not all (lol) of Bipolar Manic Depression, along with Insomnia and Anxiety attacks on a daily basis… Who do I need to discuss this with? What is the difference between a Psychologist and a Psychiatrist, and which should I see? A: Bipolar Disorder is a psychiatric condition [...]
Q: I am 28 years old. My problem began 3 weeks ago. I cannot sleep; I spend the whole night thinking. Sometimes I sleep 2 hours, but it is difficult to relax. I close my eyes to try to sleep, but I feel my eyeballs rolling over for all sides. I despair of not being [...]
