Posted on 13 May 2013. Tags: 19, 3, abuse, African-American, anger, ask Dr. O, behavior, blood, change, city officials, crowd, D.owens, Family, fault, hospital, injured, investigation, LSU, mayor, mother's day, new orleans, panic, parade, police, second line, shooting, shot, streets, suspects, women, wounds
It is a sad day when gunman open fire at a Mother’s Day parade. You start to ask yourself ” What is the world coming to?” Officials said the parade was two blocks long and included about 400 people. The crime scene was about 1.5 miles from the heart of the French Quarter. These parades are [...]
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Posted on 09 April 2013. Tags: anxiety, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, disorder, Dr. O, GAD, mental health, nervous, panic
This complaint is more common than you think. Many people walk around daily fearing the unknown. Sometimes you can share the old saying, “You have nothing to fear but fear itself.” However, when a person truly has paranoia, this usually doesn’t work. First off, we need some working definitions. Fear- is an internal feeling that [...]
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Posted on 23 May 2012. Tags: African-American, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, behavior, black, blog, change, child, children, D.owens, disorder, Dr. O, dwight, Family, fault, laundromat, law, love, machine, Marriage, men, new jersey, out of control, owens, panic, Parenting, protective, services, washer, women
Okay.. this is very outrageous to me, but… A father evidently is bored with waiting on their clothing to finish washing, so he finds time to play a prank on his 1-year old baby. The man picks up his child and places him in the washing machine. After shutting the door, the washing machine turns [...]
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Posted on 03 November 2010. Tags: abuse, anger, anxiety, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, attack, behavior, black, blog, change, chills, compulsive, D.owens, death, deception, depersonalization, depression, derealization, diagnostic, discomfort, disorder, dizziness, doctor, Dr. O, DSM-IV, dwight, dying, fear, female, healthy, hot flushes, light-headed, male, man, MD, nausea, obsessive, out of control, owens, palpitations, panic, panic attack, Penecostal, psychiatrist, relations, relationship, relationships, shaking, shortness of breath, signs, sweating, symptoms, trembling, unsteady, warning, woman
Mr. Smith is a 26 year old gay male that has not “come out of the closet.” His parents are devout Pentecostals who are very active in the church. He is currently dating a lawyer and things have been very stressful. Several weeks ago, he took a depression screening test online and it came back positive. [...]
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