‘Bereavement’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 3

Q: I have been dating a guy for 4 years, but now I do not know if I should just break up with him for good or if I should give my relationship one more chance. I feel that I still love him. But the problem is that I feel he is not there for [...]

Q: My father recently passed away. While we were on vacation at the beach and my sister and cousins started to drown, my father went in after them and never came back out. No one knows for sure what happened since he was an excellent swimmer, and it was a shock to the entire family [...]

Q: I was widowed after 43 years in mid-2007. Since this time I have found that I am bored, likely depressed, and feeling rather useless. My norm before this time was accomplishing things, and being busy.
I find that my motivation level is almost nil and that my desire to keep things up is really at [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]