The following questions are related to ‘Aggression’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: My husband’s first wife of 23 years abused him verbally, emotionally and sexually (through long periods of refusal). They had three token children, though, now ages 28, 26, and 18. The pecking order in the family was the mom as boss; then the most-favored golden-boy son, 28; then the preferred youngest daughter, 18; then [...]
Q: Recently I was in some pretty strange circumstances. Two people at work were taunting me with statements related to pedophilia, not just once, but one week and then the next. I know that there was someone with my name in Australia and who is dead now, who had a lawsuit with regard to [...]
Q: I’ve been seeing this guy for a few months. I knew him a long time ago. He’s had a difficult upbringing, but I’m starting to feel he could be possessive and doesn’t listen to me. When I first went on a date with him, I thought he was aggressive to a guy I was [...]
Q: My husband tends to throw fits and cuss and yell when when he is having troubles with something. He has never actually cussed and yelled at me or our son, but I still really don’t like it. It always seems to make the situation worse. It’s usually when we are working in the shop [...]
Q: I’m about 20 years old and have problems forming relationships with the opposite sex. Up until I started uni, I had been studying in all-girls’ schools, and my primary contacts with men were with my father and brother.
I fear my father may have a problem with containing aggression and dealing with stress as he [...]
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