The following questions are related to ‘Parenting and Children’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: My name is David, and I’m 16 years old. I’m sending this e-mail to know what kind of mental illness or disorder(s) I have. These are my symptoms: I’m disconnected from my emotions; I don’t feel many, but I’m bored by everything around me; I feel like I’m somehow better than the others, especially [...]
Q: For the past few months, I’ve become unusually lethargic and I find it hard to do anything productive. I haven’t related my feelings with literally anyone at all and, if I did, everyone would simply make the arbitrary assumption that I’m lazy. The reason for my sedentariness is most likely depression, and I can’t [...]
Q: I need your advice on my current situation of depression. I am these days unemployed and about to join a new job soon. I am hearing from all my friends that I should join the business of my father instead of doing the job. I should help him instead as we both belong to [...]
Q: Thank you for providing this service. I have been married for almost 21 years, with five children, ages 20 to 2. My husband was a drinker for years, till a serious illness ended that 2 years ago. He has always been a workaholic, was a rage-aholic, then attended some sort of conference for business [...]
Q: I have a 9-year-old son who for the past 2 months seems to be regressing. He is having trouble sleeping and seems to have become more clingy to me. He has 3 night lights in his room but insists on leaving the TV on to fall asleep. Nothing has changed in our home and [...]
Q: My daughter is 34 with 3 children, ages 15, 13, and 10. I have never been able to get her to work. This is her second marriage and this husband works like a dog. I bought a home for them to live in, because, quite frankly, I worry about the children being drug around [...]
Q: I am a divorced mother of one son. My husband and I divorced when our son was 12 (he was in the 6th grade). We came home one day after school and found the house stripped of our possessions and him just gone. His father has had very little contact with him ever since. [...]
