PERSONAL CONCERNS
You may use the checklist below to identify your specific concerns
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- Abuse—physical, sexual, emotional, neglect (of children or elderly), cruelty to animals
- Aggression, violence
- Alcohol use
- Anger, hostility, arguing, irritability
- Anxiety, nervousness
- Attention, concentration, distractibility
- Career concerns, goals, and choices
- Childhood issues (your own childhood)
- Children, child management, child care, parenting
- Codependence
- Confusion
- Compulsions
- Custody of children
- Decision making, indecision, mixed feelings, putting off decisions
- Delusions (false ideas)
- Dependence
- Depression, low mood, sadness, crying
- Divorce, separation
- Drug use—prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, street drugs
- Eating problems – overeating, undereating, appetite, vomiting (see also “Weight and diet issues”)
- Emptiness
- Failure
- Fatigue, tiredness, low energy
- Fears, phobias
- Financial or money troubles, debt, impulsive spending, low income
- Friendships
- Gambling
- Grieving, mourning, deaths, losses, divorce
- Guilt
- Headaches, other kinds of pains
- Health, illness, medical concerns, physical problems
- Inferiority feelings
- Interpersonal conflicts
- Impulsiveness, loss of control, outbursts
- Irresponsibility
- Judgment problems, risk taking
- Legal matters, charges, suits
- Loneliness
- Marital conflict, distance/coldness, infidelity/affairs, remarriage
- Memory problems
- Menstrual problems, PMS, menopause
- Mood swings
- Motivation, laziness
- Nervousness, tension
- Obsessions, compulsions (thoughts or actions that repeat themselves)
- Over-sensitivity to rejection
- Panic or anxiety attacks
- Perfectionism
- Pessimism
- Procrastination, work inhibitions, laziness
- Relationship problems
- School problems (see also “Career concerns . . .”)
- Self-centeredness
- Self-esteem
- Self-neglect, poor self-care
- Sexual issues, dysfunctions, conflicts, desire differences, other (see also “Abuse”)
- Shyness, over-sensitivity to criticism
- Sleep problems—too much, too little, insomnia, nightmares
- Smoking and tobacco use
- Stress, relaxation, stress management, stress disorders, tension
- Suspiciousness
- Suicidal thoughts
- Temper problems, self-control, low frustration tolerance
- Thought disorganization and confusion
- Threats, violence
- Weight and diet issues
- Withdrawal, isolating
- Work problems, employment, workaholism/overworking, can’t keep a job
When you see Dr. Fogle, you may use this list to identify your primary concerns.