Posts Tagged ‘self-esteem’

Q: How do I get over being extremely shy?
I’m 18 years old and I’m an extremely shy person. It’s hard for me to meet new people, and I’m so shy to the point where I have to depend on my family to do things for me in public or making doctor or dentist appointments and [...]

Q: My husband is so sweet and loving but has some severe issues with paranoia. He was raped by his teenage brother for a year when he was 5; the abuse involved bullying, lying and demands of secrets and constant threats. Even worse, when my husband was in his 20s he actually worked in the [...]

Q: Is my friend a narcissist? I have a friend who is good looking and intelligent. She is entertaining and popular. However I have noticed some things about her. She likes to be surrounded by people who think highly of her. She attaches a lot of importance to success, intelligence or appearance when looking for [...]

Q: I will try to be as brief as I can. I have barely tolerated depression for pretty much all my adult life (I will be 45 in two weeks), although looking back, it began prior to puberty. I am the third of four children and the youngest boy. To cut a long story short, [...]

Q: Hi, Thanks for taking my questions. I was curious about personality disorders (PD) and have a query. It seems PDs have a personality which is dyfunctional to themselves and others, and this personality should have developed by adolescence. We know that people with Narcissistic personalities exist in medical and science fields. How come these [...]