The following questions are related to ‘Self-esteem’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I know it is wrong to put feelings before actions, but that’s what I’m doing. I’m selfish. I am a spoiled child. I’m fully sponsored by my parents to pursue my studies at university, yet here I am, after three years of success in college…throwing all their hopes and dreams away. I really want [...]
Q: I am a 20-year-old college student. When I was a child I dealt with depression after my father left. I was sent to a child psychiatrist to deal with my father’s leaving and with self-esteem issues. Things seemed fine after my final session, but for years I still felt depressed. I want to get [...]
Q: I was wondering if being an only child raised in a single-parent household could increase the likelihood of developing avoidant personality disorder. My father died just before I was two, and my mom never remarried. She wasn’t abusive in any way intentionally, but she wasn’t able to be around for me very much either. [...]
Q: How can I stop my grandmother’s and mother’s negative personalities from passing on to me? My grandmother always was on my mother’s case. She can say nothing positive, she’s always criticizing her, and she does it to me as well. My mother does it to me too; they are awful. My grandmother raised me, [...]
Q: I am frustrated by how I keep eating and eating without stopping. This problem began when my mother divorced my father because he sexually abused my older sister. I am always fighting with my mother and think that she hates me because I remind her of my father. I’m really frustrated and always seem [...]
