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’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 [...]
Q: Why do therapists always ask how old my brother was when he sexually abused me? Over the years I’ve seen several therapists and they always ask that. What difference does it make? (So the answer is, I was 7 and he was 14.) A: This is a common question that is asked for several [...]
Q: I’m writing in response to the person who asked you for advice regarding their abusive father. I am in the same position, although I am still accepting that I have an abusive parent (this is my Mother). I have decided to detach from the family because of my Mother, but I am still in [...]
Q: I am more than ever convinced that my brother is Stockholmed from his narcissist wife of 20+ years. He is not the person I used to know at all. She is a narcissist for certain, very evil and destructive…she isolates him, manipulates him, has caused his financial ruin, and keeps the children away from [...]
Q: I am a 25-year-old female writing to you from overseas. I am an only child. I grew up with an abusive father and to this day still can’t get away from him. He is abusive mentally, verbally and abusive to me and to everyone that has come into my life. He has managed to [...]
Q: I am pursuing legal action against a sociopath after he beat and nearly killed me, and mutual friends were witness to the act or know about it and witnessed the aftermath… However, this sociopath did his damage manipulating these friends’ perceptions about me. I’ve just been asked by my attorney to make contact with [...]
Q: Why isn’t post traumatic stress disorder EVER brought up or discussed? Getting out of a battered relationship and THINKING you are doing great doesn’t mean you are NOT scarred and damaged. There are symptoms that can linger on for years (mine was 25 yrs) and the victim is not being educated by counselors that [...]
