Mary Gregory, Author at PsychHelp https://psychhelp.com.au/author/marygregogmail-com/ Telehealth Psychologists - Help when and where you need it Fri, 05 May 2023 06:31:13 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://psychhelp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-11-18-at-9.32.53-am-32x32.jpg Mary Gregory, Author at PsychHelp https://psychhelp.com.au/author/marygregogmail-com/ 32 32 Is there a condition where someone really dislikes dry things? https://psychhelp.com.au/is-there-a-condition-where-someone-really-dislikes-dry-things/ https://psychhelp.com.au/is-there-a-condition-where-someone-really-dislikes-dry-things/#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:00:49 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=8072 Is there a condition where someone really dislikes dry things? And is it physiological? I hate the feeling of sand, flower, paper and unvarnished wood. My hands instantly feel dry and I feel a need to wash them just to get them wet afterwards. I don’t mean to waste your time on something so miniscule […]

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]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/is-there-a-condition-where-someone-really-dislikes-dry-things/feed/ 0 The accounts I stalk are public? https://psychhelp.com.au/the-accounts-i-stalk-are-public/ https://psychhelp.com.au/the-accounts-i-stalk-are-public/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 23:00:28 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=8070 Every time think I’m not a normal person, because I stalk people on social media. I don’t want to hurt them or don’t write them messages at all. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I’m trying to stop doing this. The accounts I stalk are public and I didn’t follow them on Instagram, but […]

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]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/the-accounts-i-stalk-are-public/feed/ 0 When you think about future commitments you feel only anxious? https://psychhelp.com.au/when-you-think-about-future-commitments-you-feel-only-anxious/ https://psychhelp.com.au/when-you-think-about-future-commitments-you-feel-only-anxious/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 23:00:35 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=8064 Is it normal that you love your partner, everything is okay in 8-months relationship (not perfect, but having honest conversations and working on things that we know we need to change), but when you think about future/long term commitments you feel only anxious, not excited (e.g. move in together)? Selene Thank you for your question, […]

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]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/when-you-think-about-future-commitments-you-feel-only-anxious/feed/ 0 My 33 yr old son plays video games and watches cartoons? https://psychhelp.com.au/my-33-yr-old-son-plays-video-games-and-watches-cartoons/ https://psychhelp.com.au/my-33-yr-old-son-plays-video-games-and-watches-cartoons/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 23:00:05 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=8062 My 33 yr old son plays video games and watches cartoons, all the time. He doesn’t have much of a social life or girlfriend. I’d like to help him. I’m not sure where to start? Jesse Thank you for your question. The best aspect of this situation is that you care so much about your […]

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]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/my-33-yr-old-son-plays-video-games-and-watches-cartoons/feed/ 0 How can I stop my eyes wanting to close? https://psychhelp.com.au/how-can-i-stop-my-eyes-wanting-to-close/ https://psychhelp.com.au/how-can-i-stop-my-eyes-wanting-to-close/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 23:00:50 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=8059 I suffer from severe anxiety to the point of agoraphobia. It’s very difficult for me be around people or to go anywhere. I’ve notice when. I try to talk to someone and make eye contact my eyes feel like they can’t stay open. Making it difficult to have a conversation with a person. I would […]

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]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/how-can-i-stop-my-eyes-wanting-to-close/feed/ 0 How can they help me get through tough life circumstances? https://psychhelp.com.au/how-can-they-help-me-get-through-tough-life-circumstances/ https://psychhelp.com.au/how-can-they-help-me-get-through-tough-life-circumstances/#respond Fri, 05 May 2023 06:05:33 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=8053 How could clients/patients expect therapy professionals that don’t know them personally to help them get through tough life circumstances? …Especially when we know that the mental health provider communicates with multiple clients daily? Sable Thank you for your question, Sable. With any form of talk therapy, the main component is the relationship which is built […]

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]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/how-can-they-help-me-get-through-tough-life-circumstances/feed/ 0 I have an uncontrollable instinct to gaslight my wife https://psychhelp.com.au/i-have-an-uncontrollable-instinct-to-gaslight-my-wife/ https://psychhelp.com.au/i-have-an-uncontrollable-instinct-to-gaslight-my-wife/#respond Mon, 19 Sep 2022 23:00:29 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=7096 The post I have an uncontrollable instinct to gaslight my wife appeared first on PsychHelp.

]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/i-have-an-uncontrollable-instinct-to-gaslight-my-wife/feed/ 0 My husband accuses me of making “strange” body movements https://psychhelp.com.au/my-husband-accuses-me-of-making-strange-body-movements/ https://psychhelp.com.au/my-husband-accuses-me-of-making-strange-body-movements/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:53:55 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=7094 I’m trying to start research somewhere, but I cannot find any help online. My husband accuses me of making “strange” body movements, especially with my arms that makes him nauseous sometimes. It makes him extremely upset. I can scratch my head and he’d ask, “what was that?” We have several issues due to this problem […]

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]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/my-husband-accuses-me-of-making-strange-body-movements/feed/ 0 Building empathy in children https://psychhelp.com.au/building-empathy-in-children/ https://psychhelp.com.au/building-empathy-in-children/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:53:28 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=4050 Humans as a species are getting kinder and less violent.  Although some of the events of recent years may make this seem unlikely the longer term statistics point to an overall reduction in violence.  We are getting better at working together and developing a collective intelligence.  Trade, travel and the internet have provided us with […]

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]]> https://psychhelp.com.au/building-empathy-in-children/feed/ 0 I was aware that he still was in love with his ex https://psychhelp.com.au/i-was-aware-that-he-still-was-in-love-with-his-ex/ https://psychhelp.com.au/i-was-aware-that-he-still-was-in-love-with-his-ex/#respond Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:15:31 +0000 https://psychhelp.com.au/?p=4011 “I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for a little over a year. When we first started our relationship, I was aware that he still was in love with his ex. She was his first love. When we started the relationship, he said that he could see himself falling in love with me […]

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