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 34 years old. When I was 4 my half brother and half sister moved out…and never came back for years. They left me alone with him. He was the reason they left. So I was raised pretty much an only child. My mom worked 3rd shift as a nurse. She left before [...]
Q: Brief background: 10 years ago I went through a traumatic experience. My brother committed suicide, 6 months later my Mom died from cancer, 2 months later my dad committed suicide. I was very depressed, angry, confused and for the most part non-functioning for several years after this. At the same time, my boyfriend (BF), [...]
Q: I am not in love with my husband anymore. He has turned out to be a critical, controlling, hypocritical, lying, judgmental, know-it-all, who seems to see things only in black and white. I no longer find him attractive in any way, and having intimacy with him is revolting. We are constantly arguing and most [...]
Q: My husband is so sweet and loving but has some severe issues with paranoia. He was raped by his teenage brother for a year when he was 5; the abuse involved bullying, lying and demands of secrets and constant threats. Even worse, when my husband was in his 20s he actually worked in the [...]
Q: I will try to be as brief as I can. I have barely tolerated depression for pretty much all my adult life (I will be 45 in two weeks), although looking back, it began prior to puberty. I am the third of four children and the youngest boy. To cut a long story short, [...]
Q: My husband has an ex-wife who leads a secret life. We don’t care what she does, except the son is now behaving like her. She has the son involved tightly in her life. He refers to himself as “we”. Like, “we decided…”. He is 21. When asked about who we is — it is [...]
Q: I’m 24yrs old and married. I’m a women that’s having problems in my marriage because of my past. I’ve been abused by my parents, especially my dad who always used to beat me, and I’m the middle child that’s always picked on. Over the years it’s made me very hard-hearted, full of hatred, stubborn [...]
