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Am I Sick for Having Rape Fantasies?

By Dr Misty Hook, PhD |

Q: I am a generally healthy female in my mid-30s. As I child, I would imagine fantasies of being raped. As an adult, I recognize that watching scenarios of rape (on TV or movies) arouses me. I am aroused by healthy means as well, but I have a concern that this is an effect of [...]

I Have a Need to Feel Emotional Pain — Why do I Make Myself Cry?

By Dr Susan Berel, PhD |

Q: I frequently feel the need to force myself to feel emotional pain by imagining a distressing situation (e.g., imagining a painful breakup, imagining my last words when I die, etc.). I am not normally ‘satisfied’ until I cry uncontrollably to the point where I feel physical chest pains and fall asleep. I usually feel [...]

Why am I Having These Nightmares?

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I’m a 17-year-old guy from Brazil. I have been dealing with some issues for the past few years. During all my childhood, my father touched me inappropriately. He didn’t actually rape me but he would ‘play’ with my genitalia. I didn’t like it and I wanted to fight it but he was stronger than [...]

How Did I Set the Car on Fire?

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: When I was two years old I was burned in a car fire. I was playing and managed to set the car on fire. I do have burns on my body and face, however I am a very confident and happy person. I am well educated and have spent five years in university. Despite [...]

Complex PTSD — How to Deal With Extreme Intolerance of Loud Sounds

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I have Complex PTSD after 18 years of domestic abuse. I’ve been away from my ex-husband for 10 years, but when someone is loud near me — for example on the bus, or where I work, or where I live — I feel scared, my heart races and I feel angry. I feel trapped [...]

Recovered Memories with EMDR, But Cannot Accept that I was Abused

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I have been going to a therapist, initially for depression and feelings of self-loathing that came on when my father passed away. My father was a narcissist, a genius, an alcoholic, and was charming and manipulative. He had been sexually abused in an orphanage growing up and was also later called out as a [...]

Identifying False Memories

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

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 [...]

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