The following questions are related to ‘Emotional Memory’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I have a friend, who I really want to believe, but I am a little unsure. About two years ago, she was sexually assaulted at knife point. She was forced to perform a sexual act. In January of this year, a man whom she had recently dated but was in the process of breaking [...]
Q: I am a 28-year-old male with a successful career and plenty of relationship experience, but I have recently become plagued by thoughts about my girlfriend that I realize are juvenile and wrong. I learned too much information about a previous sexual relationship she had with some guy who “didn’t mean much” to her. She [...]
Q: I am in a very serious relationship and engaged. It it is very difficult for me to just walk away from the relationship. The problem is that my fiancé looks at and uses porn at least once a day. This is happening despite the fact that I am willing to have sex with him [...]
Q: Growing up I was abused physically, sexually, emotionally and psychologically. I was lucky to come out with my humanity still intact, but I did. But I seem to be caught in some strange limbo, somewhere in between being human and being a monster. I’m totally in control of myself, but I see things from [...]
Q: When I was in college, I was in an emotionally abusive relationship with an alcoholic for about a year (the Stockholm Syndrome symptoms you described rang disturbingly true). I am now 26 and feel I have moved on for the most part — I am a successful graduate student, and I believe I have [...]
Q: I am a 24-year-old guy from India. One day I had an argument with a driver regarding money. His attitude was threatening, as if he would beat me. Now a fear has developed within me that if I argue with anyone it is quite possible that I may be killed or harmed, although I [...]
Q: I am a 23-year-old male who is often described as calm, laid back and very social by friends, family and coworkers. I’m usually very difficult to upset and am mostly logical about conflict. I recently purchased a pair of guinea pigs, and have spent a lot of time and effort to house them and [...]
