ASK A PSYCHHELP PSYCHOLOGIST

Can disorders such as bipolar disorder be passed down from the parents to the child? Liana Thank you for your question Liana.  In psychology the theory that is most commonly used to describe intergenerational transmission of mental health conditions is called the...

“I’ve been with my partner for 6 years and I love him. For the past 2 years he has been abusing alcohol and for 3 years he hasn’t worked.  I feel like I am left to do all the housework while also working my job.  He plays Xbox, drinks and occasionally tells me stuff...

“I feel like I am always either keeping my mouth shut or not saying what I think just to keep the peace.  With strangers it is easy for me to say what I think but not with family or my companion. I have a history of being an enabler.” Pat Thank you for your question...

Is it normal to hear a voice in your head?  I hear a voice in my head that doesn’t sound like my voice.  I can have a conversation with the voice and the voice replies.  Sometimes I hear another voice and I think it is female.  I am not sure and that voice is mean.  I...

I work in a retail store that is considered essential for some products and focuses heavily on customer service. The state went into lockdown a week ago, but people continue to come in and buy very clearly unessential things or even just to look around because they’re...

I feel like I’m addicted to my boyfriend who has been abusive physically and verbally from about a month into the relationship.  I am a single mom of 2 toddlers (aged 3 and 1).  Their dad left when my second child was 1 week old. I met my boyfriend about 6 months...

I've fallen out of love with my husband of 8 yrs, but he is still very in love with me, I'm on antidepressants because I am so unhappy, I love him as a friend, I get hugs from. I don't have any sexual want for him or any man for a long time before the medication. How...

A male in my family has openly admitted to hurting his younger brother (physically hurting and emotionally bullying) since childhood. It was hidden for years but now that he's been caught, he has admitted to doing it because he liked it/enjoyed it. What causes this...

Why should I believe in love when there is always a better person than me? Oziman  Thank you for your question Oziman.  This is such an important question and something I think almost everyone ponders at some point in their life.  During adolescence and young...

I am a female, 31 years of age with chronic depression and anxiety. I'm currently on a wait list for a new psychologist but I could be waiting a long time. I have an embarrassing habit that I'm concerned is something more but have been too embarrassed to admit to my...

I would like to know if I have a problem, I live in a very violent and verbally abusive family with drunks/drug addicts.  I have lived with my verbally abusive mother for 11 out of 15 years of my life.  I get the feeling that my brain more specifically my emotions...

Is it possible to suppress or block out an entire sexual relationship so that you have no memory of it at all? I have been married 10 years and have struggled with my sexuality in a big way. I have always believed I was a virgin when I got married but my sexual issues...