The following questions are related to ‘Divorce’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I’m 35, have been divorced for a year, and have been in a relationship with a 35-year-old single mom for 3 months. Within a short span of time, we have felt a different love for each other; we even started talking about future plans and moving in/getting married. Around 3 weeks ago my girlfriend [...]
Q: I have a stepson in his early teens who stays with us part time, and who was diagnosed with ODD/ADHD as a young child. He was on Strattera until the family doctor took him off of this medication approximately 6 months ago because his concentration had improved. I have seen no change in behavior [...]
Q: I am struggling through a divorce from a man whom I thought was the love of my life when I married him. To marry me, my husband essentially created a whole image and persona, espousing personal values that were my values, and lived a complete lie of a life that finally fell apart once [...]
Q: After 20 years of marriage that produced two daughters, now aged 18 and 16, I am a recently divorced husband and father. The reasons my ex-wife divorced me are not that complex but were reasons that tested her patience. However, I didn’t want and still don’t want the divorce. Early on I became aware [...]
Q: I am currently in a divorce with a sociopath. Do you have any advice on how to handle a sociopath? He is making our life miserable. How can I handle this situation? A: A “sociopath” is a Personality Disorder (see my introduction to personality disorders), known in mental health terms as an “Antisocial Personality”. [...]
Q: My husband’s first wife of 23 years abused him verbally, emotionally and sexually (through long periods of refusal). They had three token children, though, now ages 28, 26, and 18. The pecking order in the family was the mom as boss; then the most-favored golden-boy son, 28; then the preferred youngest daughter, 18; then [...]
Q: I am a middle aged woman and have a friend who is 5 years younger than me. She is going through a divorce that she initiated. My problem is with her behavior. In the past year she has had 3 affairs with married men (at least 3 that I know of). From all she [...]
