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Troubled and Confused by Sexual ‘Games’ Played in Childhood

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: When we were kids, a cousin of mine of the same sex got me into being sexual with them. I was just a couple of years younger and we were always playing a game called “mother and daddy.” The nature of the encounters included kissing, oral sex, and bumping our parts against each other. [...]

Will Scars of the Past Doom Our Future?

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: I’m sure this question has been asked in many ways numerous times before, but I would like to know when a relationship is worth working on and when it’s time to simply walk away, especially when your significant other has signs of a personality disorder. My boyfriend and I have dated for about a [...]

Abused as a Child, Now Terrified of Girls

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: I am 19 years old and have been with my girlfriend for roughly eight months now. She is the first girlfriend I have ever had. The reason it took me so long to ever find a girlfriend was that I had an extreme fear of looking at and talking to girls basically since I [...]

Verbal Abuse and Domestic Violence

By Dr Virginia S. Wood, PsyD |

Q: My husband and I have been married for almost 8 years now and have two young children. He is a family physician and I am a stay-at-home mom. My life recently has become exceptionally miserable. I feel that he is very controlling. Looking back when we were dating, I think he has always been [...]

Puzzled By My Friend’s Response to Her Abuse — Is it for Real?

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Q: I have a 30-year-old acquaintance who was sexually abused by her mother’s girlfriend when she was 13. Usually victims of such atrocities suffer from depression, barely remember the situation, or if they do remember, they absolutely hate it and and are terrified of the situation. However, my friend doesn’t feel any negative emotions towards [...]

Overcoming the Sins of Our Fathers

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I have a problem, and hope you can give me the answer. As a child I had an abusive father, and he molested us in every sense of the word. As a result, my marriages ended sadly. I am now 46 years of age and met a younger man of 37, but he has [...]

All Men are the Same: Just Like My Father

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I’m a 19-year-old girl. My father has been abusing me emotionally since I was a little girl. My mother was mean to me too when I was young, but now we are good friends. My father always tells me off, beats me, shouts at me and always always always blames me for any bad [...]

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