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: My girlfriend has been experiencing so much school related stress for the past months that she might drop out. Her mother is constantly whining, criticizing and berating her. Now suddenly she says she wants to break up with me. I have been too clingy for the past few months but only because I sensed [...]
Q: I am 19 years old, and I’m reasonably sure I have Avoidant Personality Disorder. I understand when someone diagnoses themselves they’re usually wrong, but I’ve spent a considerable amount of time researching it. I feel extremely sensitive to rejection and have only one good friend (who I can trust is “safe”), and the only [...]
Q: I’m 21, I am currently in a five-year relationship, and it’s been rocky recently. I’m very verbal — I like talking things out and finding solutions. My boyfriend, on the the other hand, would rather pretend things never happened and he refuses to talk to me about any of our problems. And I mean [...]
Q: I’m having difficulty forming relationships with other women. This has always been the case but it wasn’t a problem for me until after I married ten years ago, as it isn’t appropriate in our community for a married woman to have significant male friendships. I am frequently told I have piercing eyes, a commanding [...]
