The following questions are related to ‘Siblings’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I have a sister who just recently moved into my house because she is broke. My family and I had not seen her in 3 years until she sent us an email saying that she wanted a “private” life and to be left alone. I believe she is suffering from some sort of delusional [...]
Q: I am a 24-year-old female and have two brothers, both in their 30s and 4 years apart. They don’t talk to each other, and both seem unable to recognize the tremendous jealousy and animosity that’s been between them for some time. Ever since the younger brother married his wife, there’s been even more animosity [...]
Q: I’m 21 years old, and I’m in desperate need of some advice. My younger sister, who is 15, told me that the other day my Dad was “a little bit drunk” and tried to kiss her and that he touched her back underneath her shirt. I was stunned and disappointed, because I can’t believe [...]
Q: I have a brother who recently revealed that once he started to hang around on his own he met two people, which became his ‘best’ friends. For a year or more he was in the belief that they existed, and he would talk to them and listen to their advice. He says they actually [...]
Q: My mother and I have had a very tense relationship in the past few years. She has always been very controlling and manipulative. In the past, I would do whatever she asked of me to keep her happy and thus stayed in her “good graces”. Recently, however, I realized that I have been sacrificing [...]
Q: My husband was raised by an alcolohic/drug dependent father. His whole family, including his mother, is in denial to this day about the whole thing. My father-in-law died 31 years ago, and his name hasn’t been mentioned since at any family gathering, etc. (except in our home, where I have told my children everything [...]
Q: My brother has been using drugs and been an alcoholic since he was a teenager. He started selling drugs and did this for a couple of years after high school to support his habit. Our mom told him to stop and promised him a good paying job. So he quit selling about 6 years [...]
