The following questions are related to ‘Self Awareness’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I need help. I am addicted to thinking about and finding out information about my husband’s ex-girlfriend. He broke up with her to date me, but I knew her prior to that. She is really pretty and an all-around nice girl and I can’t shake the jealousy. It’s been six years and I am […]
Q: I’ve been in a conjugal relationship with a man for three years (we used to date 30 years ago). This last year was very rocky and we ended the whole thing this week for good. He always maintained that we didn’t have any problems and I was making a deal out of nothing. My […]
Q: From what I understand, hearing words in the background, or a flash of a visual image while watching something, is registered by the subconscious. This seems somewhat believable to me. What I do not understand or believe is that if someone talks normally, and it’s heard in reverse to say something different, that our […]
Q: I’m a 22-year-old gay man living in California, but originally from the Midwest. I grew up completely closeted in a very religious Baptist household where homosexuality was considered one of the worst things possible. Only recently did I accept myself and break free. I’ve been ‘out’ for only about a year and I still […]
Q: I am from Southeast Asia. I have a long history of depression, anxiety, schizoaffective disorder, disordered eating, borderline tendencies, etc. I have been in therapy for the last three years and have just stopped recently. I have recently graduated with a degree in psychology and am planning on taking clinical psychology. While waiting for […]
Q: Normally I have a cool nature but recently, once a month I get a fit of anger — about silly things — and I start beating my kids. At that moment I don’t have any control over myself. After that I feel depressed and guilty. Please help me figure out what I can do […]
Q: What’s the difference between an upsetting event that makes someone angry versus one that makes them sad? A: I hope that this feels like an answer when I say that several schools of thought within psychology are based on the idea that differences in reactions come from differences within individuals. In other words, an […]
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