The following questions are related to ‘Guilt’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I’ve recently had a flood of repressed memories gush forth about my abusive childhood. I now realize after a lot of research that both my parents are most likely sociopaths. My father was sexually, emotionally and physically abusive toward me. My mother married several times during my childhood, and I’ve been sexually abused [...]
Q: I am a 27-year-old woman truly, madly, and deeply in love with a 24-year-old man. When we met, I never thought our relationship would go anywhere because of cultural and age differences. But day by day we are more compatible than we thought, and we have now been together 4 months. We almost have [...]
Q: I was only three years old when my mother and father divorced. My father is now deceased. My mom didn’t date much after the divorce. She now blames me for still being single. When I was younger, I was unhappy when she dated, and now I have a busy soccer travel schedule, so I’m [...]
Q: When a sociopath tells a lie, do they know it’s a lie or do they believe the lie?
A: A Sociopath, also known as an Antisocial Personality Disorder, is a member of a diagnostic group known as ‘Personality Disorders’ (see my introduction to personality disorders on this website). Without question, an Antisocial Personality is well [...]
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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