The following questions are related to ‘Self-esteem’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I am from India. I have a friend who has been married for 10 years. She has one child nearly 3 years old. Her family runs a business, and they are well-to-do people.
The problem is that my friend’s husband mentally abuses her. He will use coarse language when talking to her; and despite the [...]
Q: I’m a 19-year-old male from Australia. I am pretty sure I’m suffering from anxiety. I even think I know the cause. Whenever I am unsure about something in my relationship with my girlfriend, I start to panic. I can’t help it. It isn’t a ‘conscious’ decision, it just happens. If the unsure feeling is [...]
Q: I think I have a severe issue with procrastination. I have a habit of not completing or sticking with tasks or holding down jobs.
Basically, I was a very good student when I as young. But after my parents divorced I stopped bothering with school. My mum actually suffers with me. She always believed me [...]
Q: I have found that now that I am older (just turned 50), the men I attract are “lower quality” than the ones I used to attract. Just because I’m older, does it mean I have to settle for less?
I don’t mean to sound narcissistic, but I used to “turn heads” whenever I entered a [...]
Q: My mother has always been overly negative about everything and everyone except herself. She is also vain. For example, she is 79 and refuses to tell anyone her age, even to the point that she wouldn’t put my dad’s birthday on his headstone lest anyone think she is that old. She is emotionally draining [...]
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