The following questions are related to ‘Abuse and Trauma’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: When I was 15, I was diagnosed with ADHD, but a traumatic memory from my childhood resurfaced recently and I started to look into dissociation. I was wondering how you can tell the difference between the two? My forgetfulness often extends into amnesia: my girlfriend will frequently ask me about something we did or [...]
Q: I have not participated in any therapy involving memories I have of abuse as an adult. How does one distinguish between memories that may be false and those which are real? Do false memories have certain common denominators? These memories were written down in my journal at the time, and my memories are exactly [...]
Q: My mother has been formally diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. One of her traits is that she rewrites history to fit her own view of things, even to the point of denying something she’s said only a few moments earlier. For example, she denies ever raging at my sister and me and hitting us [...]
Q: My friend is in the middle of a divorce and has recently found out that her husband was and is doing some really perverted stuff. I am concerned for their daughter. My friend, the wife, does not suspect that he has done anything to their daughter, but I believe she is displaying some unusual [...]
