Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist

Q: Is it normal to still be painfully shy at almost 40? I have very few friends and live with my two kids. At work many of my colleagues have very little to do with me, and I tend to keep to myse...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/06/27/overcoming-shyness/

Q: I lost my job a few months ago and since then I’ve been unable to find the motivation to do, well, anything. I realized today that maybe what I thought was a pattern of behavior at work actu...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/06/14/finding-motivation-to-work/

Q: My psychologist agrees that I have a lot of the symptoms associated with borderline personality disorder, but I haven’t been in any romantic relationships because I know I’d be a horrible ...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/05/31/borderline-personality-disorder-and-relationships/

Q: I am a recent psychology graduate and a very close friend of mine is depressed, self-harming, and suicidal. I feel responsible for helping him but he keeps refusing, believing that nothing can...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/04/04/helping-a-suicidal-friend/

Q: I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I envy the people who enjoy food because I can never find such pleasure in eating. I find myself uninterested in most things. I don’t often feel sad or...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/03/07/when-depression-takes-your-motivation/

Q: I am going through a hard breakup. I just wanted to know if there’s anyone out there who can help me out with tips or suggestions about moving on. A: One of the uncomfortable truths about re...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/02/15/surviving-a-breakup/

Q: I don’t know what to do anymore with my dad. When my parents divorced, I was 15 and I left with my dad. My whole life he always put me down, abused me in every way, manipulated me to believe...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/02/01/setting-boundaries-with-abusive-father/

Q: Ever since I was a child I haven’t had many friends, and when I was getting bullied that number went to zero. I had to make friends with my teachers and after a while that’s what I was use...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/01/19/wanting-friendships-with-teachers/

Q: I often sit in the middle of the night stuck with my obsessive thinking about a topic. I try to name and understand my feelings related to my suicide attempt three years ago or two; I’m not ...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2016/01/05/shame-after-a-suicide-attempt/

Q: I am a 31-year-old male. I can’t trust anyone. Due to many experiences through my life I don’t see how anyone can be trusted. People get what they need from others and throw them aside onc...

https://askthepsych.com/atp/2015/11/23/when-trust-is-a-problem/