The following questions are related to ‘Relationships’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: My boyfriend of two years recently revealed that he suffers from depressive moods. I have known about it, to a degree, and have always been there to listen and help him. Until recently, however, he never revealed the extent of his depression. His method of coping with it is, usually, to think logically about […]
Q: I am eighteen years old and for the past two and a half years I have been identifying as lesbian. I’ve never really been attracted to boys, even at a young age. I met my best friend in high school and we had an ongoing relationship for a long time — it was the […]
My wife (20 years together, 13 years married) and I have always felt something was awkward sexually but we were happy and couldn’t quite understand what. Recently she confided that for many years she’s had to fantasize about other men for “extra stimulation” to facilitate orgasms. In addition, she confided that her most favorite sexual […]
Q: I am a 56-year-old woman. I know the emotional abuse I received from my dad for many years affected my life and marriage. Therapy over the years made no difference. My husband was in the armed forces when we got married 22 years ago. His personality was that of a very strong and capable […]
Q: Every now and then during conversation with a friend of mine, she will bring up that she is feeling sad, yet when I try to ask her why, she gets annoyed or says she doesn’t know, and then no longer wishes to talk about it. A close friend of hers who understands psychology well […]
Q: I’m 16 and I feel like I’m a mess. My problem is that I’m getting obsessed with any older good looking guy I see. Lately, I have been having erotic dreams about my teachers and the effect of it drives me crazy. It even affects how I behave in class. I have a boyfriend […]
Q: My question is regarding my sexual fantasies — I really want to understand why I have them. I am a 24-year-old gay man. Sexually what I fantasize about/what turns me on the most includes: real brothers having sex (also father/son, mother/daughter), fantasies about my own male cousins and uncles, fantasies about joining a girlfriend […]
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