The following questions are related to ‘Relationships’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I was reading about guilt with an affair. I’ve been having an affair for 4 weeks now. I’ve known this man for 2 years, and he’s tried to pursue me but I never gave in until now. It was only going to happen once. We have started talking everyday and meet twice a week [...]
Q: I have been seeing my new girlfriend for two months now and we are very much in love, even looking for somewhere to move in together. I have a few concerns though. She is very good friends with her ex of two and a half years, who I might add she cheated on. When [...]
Q: “As an adult they [people with a personality disorder] now know only know how to relate to others with intimidation, threat, anger, manipulation, and dishonesty. This defective social style continues, even when those around them are socially skilled, concerned, accepting, and loving.” (Understanding Personality Disorders in Relationships, page 3) This quote from your article [...]
Q: Alright, so I’m an 18-year-old female and I guess you could say I have ‘daddy issues’. I had a more or less absent father and he passed away just a few months ago. Ever since I started dating, every relationship I try and get into ends horribly because about two months into it, I [...]
Q: I am a 30-year-old, independent female from central Illinois. My Mother’s attitude/personality has been affecting my ability to have a relationship with her and it seems to get worse as time passes. I have to limit contact with her for the sake of my sanity. I called her a few days ago with the [...]
Q: My 52-year-old sister showed up destitute at my doorstep last November after 13 years. She needed a place to stay with her three cats and two birds. It has been almost half a year and a tremendous strain on me and my designs for a life. I have exhausted all ideas to help with [...]
Q: I was married for 3 years to a man I dated for 8 years. He was extremely verbally abusive and would have anger outbursts at home and break things. He would also drink, and then lecture me for hours on how I did this and that wrong, and how I wronged him in this [...]
