‘Responsibility’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist

The following questions are related to ‘Responsibility’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.

Sociopathy or Borderline Personality Disorder?

Last updated 3rd November 2009

Q: I am seeking advice on how to deal with an emotionally abusive family member.
My older sister displays all the symptoms of a borderline personality disorder or possibly even sociopathy. After dealing with the lies, guilt, manipulations, aggression, and financial dependency for as long as I can remember, I cut off contact with her 2 [...]

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He’s Back in My Bed, But I Still Don’t Trust Him

Last updated 3rd November 2009

Q: My husband and I married six weeks ago. About two weeks after we were married, I discovered an email he sent to an ex-girlfriend two weeks before our marriage. In the email he told her that she was the “one that got away,” and that if he was the one who caused the break [...]

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Getting it Right When it Comes to Personal Responsibility

Last updated 29th October 2009

Q: My girlfriend and I have been dating for three years. We have been living together for two of those years. Most of the first year of our relationship was spent long distance. Two years ago I became ill, and she moved to my area to take care of me. I have since gotten better [...]

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I Don’t Want to Be a “Mother” to My Boyfriend

Last updated 28th October 2009

Q: I have been with my boyfriend now for just over a year. We’ve had a lot of ups and downs in our relationship, but I really do care for him. During the summer, I went on holiday with a friend, leaving the relationship on slightly rocky grounds. When I came back, my boyfriend confessed [...]

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Aileen Wuornos: “Monster” or Victim?

Last updated 27th October 2009

Q: I am doing a essay on Aileen Wuornos. She was a serial killer who murdered seven of her “Johns.” [Note: The story of Aileen Wuornos is the subject of the Academy Award-Winning Movie Monster, starring Charlize Theron.]
Aileen was raped as a child and claimed that her first victim tried to rape her, and she [...]

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