Michael Wiederman, PhD has answered the following questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I know that when it comes to work, everyone has to start somewhere, and that is typically much further down the ladder than we’d like. Still, I find it hard not to identify with the low social status of particular jobs I’m qualified for, such as store clerk. I see my perfectionism as stopping […]
Q: I have had one question lingering in my mind for a very long time, and no one has satisfied me with their answers. Some people hurt everyone so badly with their words, they don’t care about others at all, and they are so deeply selfish. However, they put on a very good act and […]
Q: I am 31 years old, my wife is 32, and we have been married for 4 years. We are both students at the same university and I help her with her studies to such an extent that I take very few courses in order to study her subjects and teach her. I am also […]
Q: After a history of childhood abuse, a friend of mine was in a 30-year emotionally, sexually and physically abusive marriage. She was made to feel guilty if she didn’t agree to a quick engagement, followed quickly by marriage. She was told she wasn’t pretty and that she wouldn’t find another man to love her. […]
Q: I am a seventeen-year-old girl, and I am fully blind as a result of cancer when I was six. I have had it said to me before that my maturity level might not be what it should be at seventeen because of the trauma I suffered from the cancer at such a young age. […]
Q: My girlfriend and I have been together for 4 years but just recently separated. She told me that I am selfish and have an inability to take responsibility for my actions. She also says that I have a real problem with thinking that I am going to be in trouble, which probably stems back […]
Q: About a year ago, after some significant emotional distress, I went to see a psychiatrist. I was diagnosed with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and told that I also had borderline personality disorder traits but not a personality disorder. Most of it involved difficulty regulating emotions, but I am doing much better with it after […]
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