The following questions are related to ‘Bereavement’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: Seven months ago my husband and I miscarried an unplanned pregnancy. It was a life-changing experience for me in that I really found out what it was I wanted to do with my life. I want to be a mom again. My husband doesn’t feel that way. I am 42, and I feel stuck. [...]
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Q: Is it typical that an expert marksman/avid hunter would shoot themselves in the chest with a 20 gauge shotgun to commit suicide, much less is it physically possible?
A: To determine if the situation is typical, I’ll need to assume the individual is a male. Under that assumption, men typically commit suicide using firearms or [...]
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Q: I know a woman who wants to control her dad. It’s been three years since her mother passed away. She is not a happy person and it seems like she doesn’t want him to be happy. She tries to keep everybody away from him. He had a girlfriend and had been so happy until [...]
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Q: I am 49 now. About 12 years ago, I went through a traumatic experience: my little brother committed suicide, 6 months later my Mom died from breast cancer, and 2 months after that my Dad committed suicide. I also lost my first Aunt and Uncle during this time — five funerals in 10 months. [...]
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Q: I’m 31 years old and married. Life was cool, but since the death of my father things have changed a lot. I live a bit far from my parents’ house and I used to go there every 3 months. I had planned to go to my parents’ place one week later, but he died [...]
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