‘Midlife Crisis’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 2

Q: I am a 56-year-old woman who is intelligent, I have a good marriage, I’m not depressed, I don’t have any prominent emotional/psychological issues, and this is not something that has caused problems in the past. I’m not particularly prone to emotional attachments to celebrities. There were two periods of time in my life when [...]

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: I am a middle aged woman and have a friend who is 5 years younger than me. She is going through a divorce that she initiated. My problem is with her behavior. In the past year she has had 3 affairs with married men (at least 3 that I know of). From all she [...]

Q: At the age of 18, I met and eventually was engaged to a man 5 years older than me. We lived together for over a year. He was amazing, as was our relationship. We were deeply in love, the kind that comes only once in a lifetime. We really were “soul-mates”, I truly believe. [...]

Q: My 51-year-old mother just went through a divorce a little over a year ago. Just before this happened, I got married to my wonderful husband. My husband and I live in a different country from her and to help out I gave her my apartment to live in rent free. Since my mom’s divorce [...]