Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD has answered the following questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I have read your article on “Identifying Losers in Relationships” and I immediately began searching my home, hoping to determine where you placed the hidden cameras. After 17 years of marriage I recognize both my wife and myself in your article, and although it is comforting knowing the truth about oneself, what you do [...]
Q: I really appreciate your input. It means a lot to me. I have been with my husband for about 3 years now. His mom and stepdad behave strangely around me. We will all be in a conversation and everything will be going fine, and once I add something to the conversation, they both look [...]
Q: I am eighteen years old and in a relationship with someone who is 23 years old and has an interest in psychology. He has looked up sociopathic behaviour and believes that I am a sociopath — and if not, that I have Dissocial Personality Disorder. I found this site while researching them. He feels [...]
Q: I met a nice man and his 85-year-old mom at church 8 months ago. He and I were attracted to each other almost immediately. They were very sweet to me. She told me she wanted her son to get married before she died. We got along well until an old lady brought her daughter [...]
Q: OK, I’m not hearing voices exactly. I am being treated for depression (Zoloft 100 mg) and Seroquel 25 mg at night to help me sleep. I’ve been on Zoloft for 15 years and the Seroquel for about three years. For many years, however, and even before I started the above meds, when I’m lying [...]
Q: When I was in college, I was in an emotionally abusive relationship with an alcoholic for about a year (the Stockholm Syndrome symptoms you described rang disturbingly true). I am now 26 and feel I have moved on for the most part — I am a successful graduate student, and I believe I have [...]
Q: At what age should a child no longer be sleeping in a parent’s bed, especially when the adult/adults sleep naked? I know that parents tend to have open nudity with their children a lot, but it makes me very uncomfortable when I wake in the middle of the night and find my boyfriend’s 7-year-old [...]
