The following questions are related to ‘Aggression’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: My son is 33 and my daughter is 31. About once every three months my son calls her and leaves horrible, vulgar messages on her cell phone. He calls her names and tells her how much he hates her. Then he calls me and says he has hated her since the day she came [...]
Q: I am a private detective who has worked on a divorce case in which the wife/mother is believed to have a personality disorder. Her own psychologist stated if she were lying and manipulating in her accusations against people (including her ex husband, the police, the judge, attorneys, court reporter, all witnesses, doctors, social workers [...]
Q: I’ve been on Accutane for about 6 weeks and been off it for 2 weeks. Since then I’ve had really severe depression. I’ve developed a fear of death and have been having very irrational fears. (After the pills I think about it all the time.) The anxiety and the depression are overwhelming. I was [...]
Q: My 28-year-old boyfriend is a binge drinker. He can go weeks or months without drinking, but when he does, he can’t stop at one or two. He has to get wasted. What’s more concerning is that his personality changes drastically. He is normally a very thoughtful, sensitive, and well grounded person. When he drinks [...]
Q: My brother was dating a girl for about a year whom we all liked. At the one year mark, when it wasn’t certain where their relationship was going, or if he was being deployed to Iraq — he ended up being discharged and not going — she announced she was pregnant. My family immediately [...]
Q: I have been married to my wife for 7 years. It is my second marriage. The events of both are strikingly similar in that both wives cannot in any way take any kind of responsibility for what has happened. Both became very child like (at least I see this now) and both are emotionally [...]
Q: I’m a 31-year-old female from California. I am so confused at the moment. I have a long distance boyfriend, and we talk every day on the phone. I just adore him, but I have to admit he has been very verbally abusive with me at times. About a year ago, he just out of [...]
