Column Chronicles: Ask Dr. Shrink again

Ask Dr. Shrink again

Frank Cotolo
November 5, 2026

His name is still Wendell Pencilmark and he claims to be one of the best psychiatrists in the field today - and some think tomorrow. Wendell is known to as Dr. Shrink. He has agreed to answer questions people have sent him about their emotional problems and we continue to feature these Qs and As intermittently.

Q: If I have breakfast before ten in the morning I have anxiety. Why does this happen to me?

A: You are haunted by the fact that if there is such thing as a breakfast of champions you will be left out since your parents put it into your head that eating breakfast before ten in the morning means you are a worthless human.

Q: I fall in love with any woman who falls off a bicycle and then cheat on her with any woman on rollerskates.

A: People born three days before the exact nine months of a normal pregnancy often lose interest in the opposite sex all together so consider yourself fortunate you fall in love at all.

Q: My mother did handstands and my father could walk a tightrope and I wanted them to stop doing those things. Why?

A: Because they are stupid things to do for no reasons. You have responded well to their actions. Relax.

Q: If a person is born of a jackel does that make the person a demon?

A: Now you are just jerking with me. Go home.

Q: I flip a coin every time I have to make a decision and I wind up making the wrong decisions a lot. Help me.

A: Easy. Stop flipping coins for any reason whatsoever.

Q: My son told me he makes in his pants when he hears any song in a sharp key even though he does not read music. What does this mean?

A: During his potty training he heard too many Neil Diamond songs.

Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.