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: 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 [...]
Q: I have elderly parents who are in their 80′s. My father is being taken in by scammers and has given them lots of money. My brother discovered this recently. We believe it has been going on in some form of scams or risky investments for decades. Dad told my brother that he was not [...]
Q: I have been in a relationship for 2 years with a man that I have started to realize is a “loser” and fits so many of the qualifications. I have also identified possible explanations for his behavior under Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Serial Bully, in my research to learn and improve my reactions to [...]
Q: My problem may seem very small, but I am in a very big dilemma. I am in love with this man for the last two years. I had a seven-year-old relationship with a boy who knows me from my schooldays. But that relationship broke up. After that I have never been into a relationship [...]
Q: I read the article about losers. I am afraid to ask, but am I the loser? When I think about leaving the 12 year relationship with an alcoholic who blames me for his drinking and problems, I start to panic. We have been on a roller coaster for years because of his drinking. He [...]
Q: What am I? Let me give you a brief past history. Victim of incest and sex abuse as a child Perpetrator of child abuse, convicted and jailed in my late teens. Victim of bullying at school — left me suicidal at one point. First husband dealt with abuse by asking me to recount my [...]
Q: My daughter (21) has chosen an abusive relationship for her first serious relationship. She has told me terrible stories of verbal abuse regarding her boyfriend and although she tells me she KNOWS it is wrong she sems to be addicted to the behavior. She will not go to a therapist any longer as the [...]
