The following questions are related to ‘School and Studies’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I have a question regarding stress and embarrassment. For a long time, I’ve had a difficult time talking to people like adults, or even my classmates, and the reason is this. If I am talking to someone like a teacher, and they began to yell at me for not having finished an assignment, or […]
Q: I’m 19, in college, and have been depressed silently for almost all this year. I saw a counsellor twice in mid-year, mainly due to concerns about my academic progress. Then as the second semester started I had more trouble and felt myself falling apart. So I went and saw another counsellor and she has […]
Q: I’m a college student who wants to be a clinical psychiatrist and I was wondering how I go about doing that. I am currently a psychology major and am probably going to also follow a pre-med curriculum. I also want to get a tattoo on my wrist — nothing major, just a small semicolon. […]
Q: I have two kids: one is an eight-year-old son and the second is a one-year-old daughter. Recently, my son has been behaving differently. His grades are also dropping, and his teacher has told me that he is not attentive in class and completes his class work late. Furthermore, yesterday I caught him playing with […]
Q: I’m an 18-year-old male. I struggle to learn, not because I’m lazy, but because I can’t follow a study plan. I love doing things according to how I feel, because then I do things right, but that also wastes a lot of time. I feel compelled to do something meaningful, but I don’t have […]
Q: I am a girl heading to college soon. Since I was 12 years old, I have dreamed of being a psychologist. I love psychology and I read about it frequently. I have even bought some college books and started reading them. But the problem is, in my country, being a psychologist is somehow not […]
Q: I’m a little depressed and irritated. I’m a male who has dropped out of my second year of medical school in India, and have now joined a local community college to pursue nursing. My parents had hoped I would become a doctor, and I thought it was cool telling my friends that I was […]
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