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 am a 28-year-old male. And have been suffering from several problems for 12 years now. The most occurring is feeling that people think something bad about me, although I know that is not true. Also, if I get very stressed, I become afraid of mostly all of the people and have various scenarios [...]
Q: I have been dating this guy for about a year and a half. I am 19 and he is 21. Take into consideration that we are very young. He is way more wild than I am, drinking and hanging out with friends, while I am very domesticated, and want a clean and quiet house [...]
Q: I am a 27-year-old guy who has been heavily suffering from inferiority complex right from my childhood. My mind is always full of negative thoughts which make me feel that I can do no task (not even a small one) perfectly. I am an introvert in nature and can’t mix up with people around. [...]
Q: My husband of 23 years describes himself as “melancholy”. He feels sad more than happy, mixed with a good dose of anxiety on most days. Currently, he owns his own business, which is successful (but he feels like it isn’t!), and he works from home. If you were to meet him, you would think [...]
Q: I have struggled with depression since I was a young child, suicidal depression. I was abused in every sense of the word by my mother, godparents, sister, brother-in-law; you name it, I went through it. But around ’87 I thought that things were going to change. I struggled financially, worked, took care of a [...]
Q: What is the most effective and fastest way to build self esteem? I have been fighting depression and low self esteem for more than a decade. The effects have been paralyzing me in my many attempts to move ahead in my life. I feel bouts of hopelessness. Can you help… please? A: Chronic low [...]
Q: I have an ex-girlfriend who seems to have suffered a lot in life. I met her 2 years after my own divorce and things progressed very quickly. Here’s a short hisotry of her: Born into a fatherless life, lived in an isolated area, mom dies at 17, pregnant herself at 19, week after giving [...]
