Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Dr. Norquist: I am so unhappy and mad at myself lately. I find myself irritable, pushing my family away, complaining about everything. I had a stroke last spring, and all these problems have happened since then. I’m so afraid now of having another stroke, and dying. Also, because of the stroke, I can no …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I find myself writing to you as a last resort. The problem concerns someone close to me. Let’s call that person, “Person”. “Person’s” personal hygiene is seriously lacking. Brushing teeth is the exception and not the rule. Washing hands after using the bathroom again is the exception and not the rule. I …
Dear Dr. Norquist: Three or four years ago, I had a lot of stress in my work, and it was creating havoc in my life. I had chronic neck pain from muscle tension. I had headaches regularly. I had trouble sleeping through the night. I was irritable with friends and just miserable in general. I …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I read your article in the Hudson Reporter and decided to write to you. I am 83 years old and live in an Assisted Living Facility. I have two children, a son (49) and a daughter (44). Both live in New Jersey. I moved here last May and before that I lived …
(Dr. Norquist is on vacation this holiday weekend. We are re-running a letter that was published earlier in this column.) Dear Dr. Norquist: I feel like I always get the short end of the stick when it comes to life. I feel short-changed. It seems like everyone else gets the good stuff. I’m no slacker, …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I live a busy life. My job demands 10 hours a day and I spend a lot of time working out and enjoying my time with my friends. Generally I feel pretty good. For the past three weeks however, I’ve had a sinus infection that I can’t seem to get rid of. …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: My son, who is in his first year at college came to my husband and I last week and told us that he is very unhappy and that he thinks he has a problem with drugs (he won’t tell what kind of drug). We were shocked. I knew he wasn’t happy but …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I come from a family where, for the most part, everyone was kind and reasonable towards each other. I know that sounds Pollyanna but it is true. When I married last year, I assumed that would be true in my marriage as well. I have found my husband to be very unreasonable …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I wanted to write for a long time, almost more than ten years. It was always very hard to put my feelings into words for someone to read. I am going to try. I was married over 30 years ago, from day one that we went on our honeymoon, and it was …
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Dear Dr. Norquist: I’m hoping you can give me some help or suggestions for getting over the death of my husband. We were married for 30 years – most of them very happy. He died two years ago after a year-long struggle with cancer. I know the first year is supposed to be very hard, …
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