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| Cortisol, depression, and weight loss | Hits:0 |
| I recently went to my doctor because I've been unable to lose weight. I've been on a successful diet, accompanied with a reasonable exercise plan, but I've seen no real results. A series of tests were run | 2008-06-07 |
| What's the difference between an addiction and a compulsion? | Hits:0 |
| What is the difference between a compulsion and an addiction? Dear Reader, The distinction between a compulsion and an addiction is a fine one because the terms are sometimes misused and because the medical profession's conception of... | 2008-06-07 |
| Help | Hits:0 |
| All the people in my major seem to breeze through homework, tests, and absorb every lecture like they've heard it a million times. This leads me to believe that I might have chosen the wrong major, even though it is what I really want to... | 2008-06-07 |
| Shaking: Psychological or physical cause? | Hits:0 |
| Hi I'm not exactly sure what is wrong with me, but lately, I have started shaking if I am in a situation where I am under stress. For example, raising my hand in class makes my hands shake. I also shook when I... | 2008-06-07 |
| I feel like I have lost the ability to communicate with people | Hits:0 |
| I've been "plagued" with this problem for at least a year now, and it seems to be getting progressively worse. I feel like I have lost the ability to communicate with people. Sure, I can make small talk about the weather and stuff like... | 2008-06-07 |
| Friends coming to town | Hits:0 |
| I am a New Yorker who is in college at the moment. Several of my friends from school are living and working in the city this summer, and I love having them around. Whenever I make plans with them, though, I feel a great pressure to... | 2008-06-07 |
| Scared about Graduation | Hits:0 |
| I'm supposed to be graduating this spring and I am totally freaking out. This summer I formulated a plan for what I want to do when I graduate (job, grad school, etc) but now I don't know what I want to do. I feel like my life is... | 2008-06-07 |
| Terrified of speaking in class | Hits:0 |
| I have been at Columbia for two years now and still suffer from terrible anxiety when it comes to doing a presentation or speaking in class. When it comes to presenting in front of my classmates I become so nervous that I can barely speak.... | 2008-06-07 |
| "I've got that, too!": Do I have hypochondria? | Hits:0 |
| I've always been something of a hypochondriac, although my friends and family know nothing about it. As a child, I would regularly convince myself that I had appendicitis. As a teenager, I worried about being pregnant despite never... | 2008-06-07 |
| Nervous or excited bowel movements | Hits:0 |
| When I get excited about going to see the boy I love or nervous about hanging out alone with him, I have to poop. Everytime. My stomach gets really upset and it cramps and then I have to poop. In most cases it's diarrhea and I never feel... | 2008-06-07 |
| Burnout: What can I do about it? | Hits:0 |
| I've never been very good at managing my time, getting homework done, or staying organized. Yet, I learned to work around this and get things done rather successfully. However, recently, I haven't been able to do ANYTHING... | 2008-06-07 |
| Can stress from school cause nausea and stomachaches? | Hits:0 |
| Hi I'm a student in the midst of midterms and all that, so I've been really busy and not taking as good care of myself as usual (though trying my best), though I wouldn't say that I've been any more stressed than your average student at CU... | 2008-06-07 |
| Post-active duty | Hits:0 |
| How can I help my boyfriend cope with PTSD? He just got back from Iraq. Dear Reader, It's wise to ask this question and anticipate some challenges upon your boyfriend's return from a stressful environment. Relationship difficulties are... | 2008-06-07 |
| Looming student loans = emotional distress! | Hits:0 |
| I'm rapidly approaching the end of my studies here at Columbia as a graduate student in the school of the arts. The other day I looked at how much I owed in loans and I am freaking out. And now I think coming to... | 2008-06-07 |
| Types of therapists | Hits:0 |
| I'm thinking about seeking therapy for my anxiety and I was wondering if you could talk about the different types of therapists out there. I know the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists is a psychologist didn't... | 2008-06-07 |
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