The following questions are related to ‘Social Skills’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I have a bad habit of reading too much into things. For example, if someone never texts me back or doesn’t say ‘hi’ in the hall, I assume I’ve done something to make them mad or that they just don’t like me. Even when someone I know is a friend does something like this, [...]
Q: I’ve been in a relationship with my girlfriend for about a year now. When we first got together, she was very reserved emotionally, and I was extremely open. We quarreled a lot in the beginning because of our communication barriers, and eventually it led to my breaking up with her, my heart closing and [...]
Q: I graduated college last year and have lived away from home for a while. I have had some major issues with both of my parents since I moved out of their house. There have always been ups and downs in my relationship with my mother because she has a dependent, manipulative, addictive personality.
This past [...]
Q: I have a very big problem. I can’t sit in a group and have a normal conversation. If I start saying something, even something very normal, my facial expressions change, and my face turns red! And if someone says something about me, even something quite normal, then the same thing happens.
I can’t even share [...]
Q: My boyfriend and I have been going out for about 5 months. At first he seemed like he really cared about me. He wanted to talk to me all the time and missed me when we were apart. (We see each other once a week, and I stay over at his house where he [...]
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