‘Siblings’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 5

Q: I am a 40-year-old daughter of a controlling, narcissistic, verbally abusive 67-year-old mother. As long as I can remember, my mother has been angry or depressed. Her temper was frequent and frightening and then the next day, we just “moved on”. My mother has never, ever apologized for any wrongdoing on her part, for [...]

Q: I have an extremely controlling sister-in-law, and now my brother does not seem to want to know me. I think this is because after 9 years I have finally put a boundary around what is and is not acceptable, such as my sister-in-law turning up on my doorstep expecting tea and sympathy whenever she [...]

Q: My question is about my 34-year-old brother. Since the age of 3, he has dealt with being type 1 diabetic. Just recently, in the past few years he has been diagnosed with having epilepsy, and he is bipolar. It has been very difficult for my Father and Mother considering for years they have been [...]

Q: I desperately need advice on what the next step is to take for my youngest brother. This all began with his lying about graduating from college, were he was 2 classes shy. He lived with my parents for a year with no job and isolated himself in his room.
He ended up stealing money [...]

Q: My son is 33 and my daughter is 31. About once every three months my son calls her and leaves horrible, vulgar messages on her cell phone. He calls her names and tells her how much he hates her. Then he calls me and says he has hated her since the day she came [...]