The following questions are related to ‘Siblings’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: Although I do not find fact in the opinion that one must have a personality disorder if they experience some of the beliefs listed in the symptoms of Schizotypal Personality Disorder (“superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or “sixth sense”; in children and adolescents, “bizarre” fantasies or preoccupations”), or have a lack of close friends […]
Q: I am 34 years old. When I was 4 my half brother and half sister moved out…and never came back for years. They left me alone with him. He was the reason they left. So I was raised pretty much an only child. My mom worked 3rd shift as a nurse. She left before […]
Q: My 16-year-old does not care about school and gets in arguments with teachers and school staff. He has a job and does not mind working 30-40 hours a week, but will not study. His GPA is 2.05 and sinking towards a level that will not get him to college. I tried to cut his […]
Q: We have been married for almost 6 years and are in our mid-30s. My wife has had a string of bad relationships prior to our meeting. Her parents or sibling do not want to get involved and she refuses to go to counseling to help our marriage. I had left my family 300 miles […]
Q: Brief background: 10 years ago I went through a traumatic experience. My brother committed suicide, 6 months later my Mom died from cancer, 2 months later my dad committed suicide. I was very depressed, angry, confused and for the most part non-functioning for several years after this. At the same time, my boyfriend (BF), […]
Q: My boyfriend is 28, I am 27. We have been together for 5 years now. Since I have met him he was “a trouble”, which means that he dropped out of school (he studied at university), but not because he couldn’t learn (he is very intelligent and a talented musician) — because he couldn’t […]
Q: I have a 17-year old brother (the only son in family) who doesn’t act like a 17-year old teenager. He behaves more like a child of half his age. Our father passed away 5 years ago and our mother doesn’t pay enough attention to his problems. All of us, the other siblings, are staying […]
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