The following questions are related to ‘Social Skills’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I am a 25-year-old male from Pakistan. I’ve had a problem for the past 5 years or so. The problem is that whenever anyone talks to me in a harsh manner, I feel my heart start to beat quickly, and my hands and legs tingling, and I shut down and can’t find words to [...]
Q: My marriage is a “love marriage” as opposed to the arranged marriages common in my culture. I love my wife dearly, but I’m getting more angry with her because she always gives priority to her parents. For example, if I ask her to do something with me she will easily say she has no [...]
Q: I’m an engineer working in the Middle East. I’m 27 and still a virgin. I have never had a serious girlfriend. All the girls I have wooed (4 girls) rejected me. I think the reason must be that women find me sexually unattractive due to my excessive skinniness. I also think the girls think [...]
Q: I’m a 34-year-old who’s had this issue for a long time but more so over the past 5 years. Whenever someone does something thoughtful toward me, whether it be as simple as taking the time to e-mail me a picture of a pretty sunset, or asking me to hang out with them, or telling [...]
Q: I have read some of your posts on the covert-aggressive personality and wonder if I might be one. I am in my mid-twenties now but have had various personality issues most of my life. Some of the aspects of my personality that I know are a problem include: Having a poisoned tongue I know [...]
Q: I’m a 35-year-old man with a wife and two-year-old son, and my family and I have been living in a foreign country. I have been working for the same company for the past 11 years. My problem is that I have problems when speaking that I think will keep me from advancing to a [...]
Q: I recently completed a personality profile. The results indicate that I am a perfectionist. I am aware of the various theories that state that personality is shaped by both biological and social factors. My question is to what extent can people actually change the kind of person they are? I am very invested in [...]
