Dr Jim Bierman, PhD has answered the following questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I’m 21, I am currently in a five-year relationship, and it’s been rocky recently. I’m very verbal — I like talking things out and finding solutions. My boyfriend, on the the other hand, would rather pretend things never happened and he refuses to talk to me about any of our problems. And I mean […]
Q: I have feelings of worthlessness, sadness and generally dark emotions. Two days ago I woke up and started to cry. The same day I carved on my arm the phrase “there is no love” and on my stomach a cross, while asking God angrily about a sign (I am an atheist). I wasn’t intoxicated. […]
Q: I am a senior in Baruch College Campus High School. I am doing a project for senior year and my question is: why can’t old people use technology? A: It’s funny that you would ask an old guy over the internet why we can’t use technology. I have no problem calling myself old, but […]
Q: I keep thinking there’s something wrong with me. There are many different cases where I act completely irrationally or just plain weird. For example, three months ago my mum told me that I may be going for my dream holiday — which I have dreamed about for three years! And what did I do? […]
Q: I’m 19 and very angry. I have two young children and have been with my boyfriend for 5 years. I get angry often, mostly at my boyfriend. I think I bottle up anger from many sources, and then just blow up on him. Well, it has gone way too far. I recently had a […]
Q: A recent point of contention between my wife and me is her refusal to take adequate responsibility for mistakes. To set a proper context — I’m not harping over trivial things, but talking about major blunders for which a simple “I’m sorry” doesn’t suffice. The example I’ll offer happened recently and involves our oldest […]
Q: I’m a 27-year-old woman in a sticky spot. I seriously do not know how to leave my issues behind me in order to be myself with this man whom I love to death. He is my everything, yet I am unable to be myself — I have to keep putting on a protective mask […]
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