The following questions are related to ‘Divorce’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I am a 31-year-old woman, raised in a very conservative family. My father was abusive and violent; my mother is vulnerable, with low self-esteem. I have always been criticized and insulted by both. I grew up with a sense of low self-esteem, insecurity and diffidence, although I’m pretty and have always been superior in […]
Q: I am a married man with three sons. Five years ago I started a relationship with a younger woman. She seemed to fill a void that was missing in my marriage and showed me what true love was like. She listened to me, took care of me, and was interested in me and my […]
Q: I’ve been married for almost thirteen years now and have two sons. Since the third month of our marriage things have been getting really bad, yet we can’t seem to bring ourselves to end it! My husband cheated on me many times, the first being when I was expecting our second son. When I […]
Q: I left my husband last week. He has not been diagnosed, but he has 18 of the 20 traits described in Dr Joseph Carver’s article Are You Dating a Loser? Identifying Losers, Controllers and Abusers in Relationships. We have a somewhat complicated situation since, as a foreigner, my husband depends on me for a […]
Q: I told my husband I wanted a divorce. There are many reasons — never around, drugs/alcohol, infidelity, poor father to my daughter, and tells me I don’t clean enough, so he won’t fix up the house, even though he only works part-time and I work full-time. Now he has turned on the charm, is […]
Q: Divorce him or not? There is a child involved. We have been married for 15 years, but we are just roommates. I have wanted to divorce him from the moment we married but I got pregnant, and that child is now 13! I never loved him. We married for the wrong reasons, mainly because […]
Q: I would like to know if an ex-wife’s behavior is odd. She gives gifts out of the blue, after four years of being divorced; asks to go to the movies; gives expensive cologne; and caters to him, like making soup when he is sick. Just three weeks ago she was screaming at him, telling […]
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