Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
(Dr. Norquist is on vacation this week. We are re-running a letter that was published earlier in this column.) Dear Dr. Norquist: I am 39 year-old gay male. I have lived in Jersey City for 3 years. I have been treated for depression, various anxiety disorders and many personality disorders such as borderline, bi-polar, PTSD …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I have a lot of stress and very little time. I’m in a demanding graduate program and working part time. I’m very stressed because my future is dependent on how I do on my exams, and I’ve been having trouble concentrating. I also have trouble sleeping although I’m sure all the coffee …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I have a tendency to look at the people around me and wonder about their lives, I guess a lot of people do – people I know, people I don’t (like those I see on the subway or the streets of Manhattan), in any walk of life. I’ve been “observing” some of …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I have food cravings all the time – for chocolate, for burgers at my favorite restaurant, for chips, for wine – the list goes on and on. It happens mostly in the evening, after a full day at work. My job is very stressful and my days are long. Work is rewarding …
Dear Dr. Norquist: My husband and I are currently going through an informal separation. This was his idea. Ever since our son (2 1/2) was born he says that I don’t pay enough attention to him, like I used to before I was pregnant. I have tried to explain to him that our child should …
(Dr. Norquist is on vacation this week. We are re-running a letter published earlier in this column.) Dear Dr. Norquist: Lately I’ve been really frustrated and down on myself. I keep getting disappointed in myself, both at home and at work. I’m never happy with the quality of my work. There’s always something I could …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I have this running voice in my head, telling me I’m not good at this or I’m gonna fail. I really hate it. I hear it often. It could be regarding a work project, a new recipe I’m trying, an activity at my daughter’s school or trying to keep a clean house. …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I need help. I am over 30, married for five years and have three children. We are trying to make our marriage work, but the problem is that I am in love with a married man who lives in Nashville that I met over the internet, but have never met in person. …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I’m a psychology major, a late-comer to the college scene, so I have read about different kinds of psychopathology, and lately about the importance of the bonding process between mothers and infants. I know they say med students start thinking that they have one (or more) of the medical conditions that they …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I find I am pretty unhappy with the way my life is going for me. I thought that by now I’d be further along, with friends I enjoyed spending time with and doing a job that I didn’t hate if not one that was worthwhile. I don’t seem to be making ANY …