The following questions are related to ‘Personality Disorders’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: We just visited my mother-in-law who is 87. She never once showed enough care to remember our boys’ birthdays. She is widowed but lives with a man my husband’s age who worked for them years ago, stole from them, disappeared, came back, and repeated the same behavior. He is currently in jail for another [...]
Q: My son has “Dissocial Personality Disorder.” I cannot seem to find any kind of treatment, in fact I find there is no treatment. I cannot believe that there is nothing out there to help him. Please let me know if you know of anything that can be done. A: The term Dissocial Personality has [...]
Q: I’ve been dating a man I thought was wonderful and who had been divorced around 4 years when we began dating. For the first four months things were beyond wonderful. He seemed to love being a part of our family (I have 2 daughters and he has no children). But suddenly things changed and [...]
Q: I know that no one can diagnose me over the internet. But I’m beginning to wonder if I might have Borderline Personality Disorder. I am a 19-year-old male college student. For at least the past five years, I have been a very emotionally volatile person. Close friends have thought I might be bipolar, but [...]
Q: I was diagnosed with depression when I was 16, and now 7 years later have been diagnosed more specifically as Melancholic Depressive and Borderline Personality Disorder. I would say I have been suicidal for most of my life, with urges and intent increasing and decreasing. More recently I have been overwhelmed with hopelessness and [...]
Q: I just read the question and answer about a mother enmeshed man. I was interested in your response here because I have been dating a man for almost 15 months that also lives with his mother. He has been divorced for almost three years. His mother is in fairly good health and does not [...]
Q: When a sociopath tells a lie, do they know it’s a lie or do they believe the lie? A: A Sociopath, also known as an Antisocial Personality Disorder, is a member of a diagnostic group known as ‘Personality Disorders’ (see my introduction to personality disorders on this website). Without question, an Antisocial Personality is [...]
