The following questions are related to ‘Self Harm’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: Lately, I have gotten to the point where nothing seems to affect me. I feel just completely “numb” to any kind of affection or advances from others. I will admit that I’ve been hurt in many previous relationships, which I’m sure is a factor in my problems. But lately, I’ve become extremely edgy. I [...]
Q: I would like to see a physician for a check-up and even to begin therapy, but I’m afraid that because of scars I have from when I was much younger, I might end up being forced into drug treatment or some other type of psychiatric care I don’t want. During my late teens to [...]
Q: I’m a freshman, and there’s just so much depression surrounding me. You see, my best friend used to cut her wrists, and I fear she’s reverted back to old habits. She refuses to talk to me about it, and I get that it might be a tough subject, but she shuts me out completely. [...]
Q: I am getting progressively confused about my common law marriage of 5 years. We come from different backgrounds. I’m a quiet non-violent female who’s been abused by my father but managed to rebel against it, detach myself by moving away, and keep my identity and dignity relatively intact. My partner is from a family [...]
Q: My boyfriend suffers from low self esteem and sometimes depression. It really worries me that he constantly fears that I’m going to leave him. We’ve been together for six months now, and I love him to death. I keep telling him that, that I love him, and he keeps making me promise I won’t [...]
Q: Every once in a while I have days where I can’t do anything I enjoy and I don’t know why. It’s like I just can’t be bothered for anything at all. On these days the simplest thing can make me angry or cry almost instantly. Sometimes I just lie down or sit down, not [...]
