‘Self-esteem’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 2

Q: I recently read a question and answer in your column regarding a person who blanked out when trying to learn things. I found the question to touch on some territory very familiar to me.
I have some reactions similar to blanking out during emotionally-charged discussions. I will suddenly become incredibly sleepy. My eyes will begin [...]

Q: All my life my mother has been abusive to me both physically and emotionally. When my father was away in the military, she once stripped me naked and left me out in the cold while I screamed outside the door which she locked. I was humiliated and freezing. Neighbors saw and heard me but [...]

Q: I’m a 21-year-old girl who can’t seem to have a relationship with any guy. Guys all seem to see me as a friend and nothing more. I’m not ugly or overweight. I don’t have any obvious deficiencies. I go to med school and have a normal social life, yet I’m the only one of [...]

Q: I’ve been with my girlfriend for little more than a month, and I’ve been more or less struggling with feelings of insecurity and jealousy the whole time. I’m not so much jealous of anything in the present as I am about things in my girlfriend’s past. I know she has had quite a lot [...]

Q: Is there a mental disorder that resembles anything close to a “Head In the Sand” condition? For about the last 10 years, something like that has been going on with me. I seem to avoid almost everything. I can’t seem to handle any kind of conflict. I’m afraid to get my own mail, won’t [...]