The following questions are related to ‘Abuse and Trauma’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I am 25 years old and have been married for 8 years now. My marriage has been a rocky marriage since the beginning even though I am married to a great man. He is a great provider and gives me everything that I want; he doesn’t drink or smoke but he is an extremely [...]
Q: I have been in a relationship about 5 years. He has just acknowledged the fact that he is an alcoholic and that he needs help. He also wants to seek help with a psychiatrist because he thinks that he may be depressed and have other contributing mental problems. Currently, his job has been a [...]
Q: I have had anxiety and depression issues all my life but recently they have gotten worse. I am having a hard time dealing with the stress of everyday life, and feel guilty about it. I am a stay at home mom with a one-year-old, but I’m also twenty years old. I often question my [...]
Q: I am a supportive husband of a spouse who is dealing with an abusive mother. Your earlier article about dealing with an abusive mother describes our situation exactly. I’ve often recommended that my wife disconnect herself from her abusive mother (and sister) while maintaining her relationships with her two brothers. Unfortunately, it is easier [...]
Q: I fought in Afghanistan alongside my girlfriend of 3 years. She was killed in front of me last year. It was just her and I because we were seperated from the group. I don’t know what made me do it, but while we were waiting for help and everything was quiet again I made [...]
Q: After reading several questions on your site, they all pertain to me, but none of them pertain to me. I have been with the same man for 20 years. We have been married for 18 of those years and we have 3 wonderful children…I don’t know how they became wonderful, unless they are becoming [...]
Q: Not only was I involved with someone who meets the criteria of a Loser…he was madly in love with me the minute he laid eyes on me, asked me to marry him within a week, told me I was amazing, only to swing to “you’re just a workaholic, you know nothing about intimacy” (he [...]
