“Ask Dr. Neuman”

Q: Dear Dr. Neuman, I’m a 28 year old woman and I had a breakdown when my boyfriend and I broke up. Most of family is dead and when my other relationships ended I was more focused on my mom dying ( I took care of her when from 21-23 when she died from cancer), or...

Q: Dear doctor, need your advice please. I was working part time since a year. Now, I am doing a full 9 hours with an hours commute, 6 days a week. Plus i have taxing caregiving respinsibilties at home. Life is a blur of duty now. I feel exhausted and very very hungry...

Q: Hi Dr. Neumann, I’m Leonard a music grad student in Rochester, ny and I’m dating a medical grad student from syracuse, ny. We’ve been skype dating for the last month and a half. My guy mentioned last week “I think I’m falling in love with you”. I told him we should...

Q: Hello Dr. I hope you are having a nice day.I am writing to you because I’ve been having some trouble feeling okay with my life. Last year I had a lot of “success”, if I may call it that way, during the first half, but then… a lot of not so good stuff happened to...

Q: hi thre i read some of your articles, and they make a lot of sense. I was married for 29 years and got divorced,2 boys,which my ex refuse me access to see the 12 year old,i wwnt to court for contempt of court,but withdrew the case as i couldnt bare seeing my child...

Q: Dr. I have agoraphobia and have read your writings about being able to cure it. I live in the Princeton,no area and would like ask you if there are psychiatrists in my area who believe in what you believe. Also would it help for me to purchase your books on...

Q: Hi! Glad I found your blog! I am a female, 55, in midst of a nasty divorce (abusive husband – he’s temporarily lost parental rights) son is 14. I’m being helped by a psychologist and a male friend.Psych guy is wonderful (early 40s), and my male friend (65) was...

Q: Hello Doctor!I am writing you in desperation, as I have essentially hit a crossroads with my health and the anxiety I have regarding it.I have suffered from OCD all of my life, but it was not until my early 20’s that I realized that most of my issues stem from my...

Q: Hello, Doctor. Have you had experience with people suffering from hyperhidrosis. Besides generating more sweat than most other people on the hands, feet and groin, hyperhidrosis effects the mind and creates an addict-like existence in which hiding the sweat,...

Q: Hi doctor, please guide me. I am in my late thirties. I have lost a lot of weight and am 10 lbs frm my target weight. But my face is gaunt and looking older and wasted by my belly is still out !! What do I do…as it is my arms are looking skinny but my middle is...

Q: Dear Dr Neuman, I decided to look up phobias and came across your column , I ordered your book Rising above fear figuring I had nothing to loose. I had read other books on anxiety but nothing seemed to relate to me. I also attended therapy but that did not work...

Q: I’m so glad to have read your post on the “common scold” because THAT IS ME! I used to do the kinds of things you’ve described. Here are a few examples:1) Roll down the car window and scold jaywalkers or people who cross “against the light” by telling them it’s...