The following questions are related to ‘Abuse and Trauma’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I have been married almost 22 years and have 3 children. I really think I need to leave my husband, but I don’t know how. He’s a functional alcoholic. He goes to work to work everyday but is intoxicated by the time he arrives home. He is not physically abusive. But he does thing [...]
Q: I’m a 22-year-old male, and I was abused by my father as a child. It took me a long time to realize that what my father did to me is wrong and probably illegal. He would find a silly reason to punish me and then beat me until I would apologize. He would then [...]
Q: Is there such a thing as situational or circumstantial craziness? Let’s say that someone was involved in a difficult relationship characterized by jealousy, lies, detachment, bad communication, and then reacted to this situation in extreme ways (e.g., hacking into e-mails, pouring water on the computer, “investigating” to find the truth). Once out of the [...]
Q: I recently married a man I had been dating for a year. He is a very wonderful man. After we were married for 3 months, I found out he was visiting an adult dating site. I confronted him about this, and he claimed he was only going to this site to watch videos, and [...]
Q: I believe that I am in an emotionally abusive relationship. I say ‘I believe’ because my spouse has constantly insinuated that I am the abuser, although I have read books, online articles, and other informative resources that clearly suggest to me that I am the abused party.
I am in my second marriage, which I [...]
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