Many gay men marry and have children and their wives have no idea. Surely you know that? They say 'but he was so PASSIONATE' etc...Aaron definitely has serious issues of one kind or another. We can only guess what those might be...

Why can't he say." I'm not answering that." Instead you say he's a liar.

Or maybe he doesn't have any serious issues at all.. that sounds more likely

I dont know, I cannot read minds.

You could be right.The gay thing is what Tom saw in him originally.

Clearly other members on here can though

Not lying as such just banter..

You forget, this is Aaron. Everything he does is calculated and must have some evil hidden meaning behind it. Nothing can just be simple. The most likely explanation is never the right one when it comes to him :tongue:

Wishful thinking on Toms behalf.

This is the guy who took a drunken DARE as a marriage proposal :laugh:

He has serious issues which are there for all to see - except for those who think his issues are just for our entertainment.

ditto

I don't think he is evil. Just confused and unhappy and a major old lady.

BBBOT can see he clearly has issues.

he already has a son maybe he just doesnt want another kid?

Hasn't he heard of contraception.

How is it clear? what signs does he show that tell you he has mental issues? if he had mental issues he wouldn't be in the house to begin with

Anyone with medical training can clearly see it.

I would think it's more plausible that a 30 year old male wouldn't have had sex for 7 years, than a 27 year old male would have had sex with more than 1000 women.

See what?

What signs does he actually show of having mental issues?

I think being in the house has brought them out.

That isn't the issue here.but it's more normal for a male to boast about his conquests.

What qualifications do you have? In mental health?

That's the exact point i was making. It's more popular to boast about conquests than speak the truth, so regardless of whether he's being truthful, i applaud him for saying what HE SAID.

Interesting that these psychologists on here are assuring us that he has mental health problems and shows all the signs of it but we are yet to hear what these signs actually are. I'd like to know what the symptoms are of these problems that Aaron supposedly has and where he has displayed them?

I think people are confusing mental issues with mental illness. No -one is saying Aaron is mentally ill - but he does have mental issues. One example is his total inability to tolerate any kind of conflict - even though he often instigates the conflict to begin with. He can't deal with situations in an open and adult way, but withdraws into himself and blames others for his discomfort. Another example is his inability to tolerate human facts of life - like burping. That isn't normal. Just like going off sex because your wife went through childbirth isn't normal. Having mental issues doesn't mean you are a 'nutter' - and there is no shame in it. As a mental health professional, from what I have seen (which is all I have to go by) I think he has some serious issues - if you don't, it's no skin off my nose.
I just don't like people thinking he is great and entertaining because of his mental problems. He isn't great - he's a bit of a mess.

I dont see it as a bad thing to avoid conflict, I certainly dont see it as a mental issue tbh.

Natural burping is a lot different to purposely burping, and more so burping directly in someones ear.

We know nothing at all about his sex life...except for one off the cuff remark that everyone seems to have took literally about not having sex for 7 years as the last time he did he got a son out of it.

Its ok, noone thinks hes great and entertaining because of his 'mental problems'. They like him because...they like him. Its really that simple :) And the last part is just your opinion. I certainly dont think hes a mess, and I DO think hes great.

I'm a psychologist working in cognitive behaviour therapy.

I know a lot about CBT. I asked about your qualifications

I'm genuinely interested. I have the work coming out of my ears right now

My take on Aaron is that hes very insecure despise be a good-looking bloke and is probably the reason why he behaves like he does from time to time.

Taking it to the extreme that Aaron does is a bad thing. It makes it difficult for anything to ever be properly resolved.

I very much doubt he behaves like that on the outside world. He wouldnt need to.

In there theres no other way to deal with it if you dont want to tackle it head on besides having a bit time to yourself.

If theres someone you dislike, or someone doing something you dislike...you can just walk away and noone would think anything of it. In the environment he is in, he cant do that.

I think you're doing some side stepping here, EVERY person on this planet has mental issues to varying degrees!

I took my postgrad in counselling psychology and am a member of the Directory of Chartered Psychologists.

I agree. And of all the HM's, Aaron stands out to me as having those which impacts most adversely on him and those he is involved with.

That's kinda neither here nor there really, that's just your opinion. How would it be if it's actually true, and he hasn't had sex for seven years. Basically it'd mean he's likely one of the more honest HM's. Particularly as it's often male ego which rules honesty when talking about sexual conquests!

So, how would his honesty adversely effect his HM's. Regardless of what you've said about his relationship with Faye, and his other HM's, the primary topic you supported with your original post was the notion that - it's inconceivable he hasn't had sex for seven years, thus has mental problems, or that he has mental problems because he's lying.

If it turns out true, you've shot yourself in the foot!

I think he has had sex but not with his wife in seven years.

(I can't believe this is my first post :blush2:)

Or he might not treat sex lightly. I can understand him. He doesn't have sex just for the sake of it.

perhaps he is mature enough not to spout about his sex life

Not ALL of us feel the need to tell the world, so most likely he deflected the question with a tongue in cheek comment which it appears is lost on some of those working in the Mental Health Care Area

I don't think he has mental health issues, something has affected him that makes him have barriers up after his child was born likely. that's really the only issue he may have with himself but it's not being mentally ill in any way.

I don't think also that he hates women,on the contrary,he clearly shows repect to them and men too but he has a stricter code personally as to how he thinks others should act.

I do think he likely craves a new relatioship with someone but the barriers he has built up over the last few years have him not feeling secure that a relatioship would be a success for him now. Explaining in part his role in this on/off situation with Faye.( who does mess with his head at times).

Not mentally ill, a few personal things to get rid of as to letting the barriers down that's all.
From what they've observed one of my sister in laws who is a Psychiatrist has said she has seen nothing from him that indicates any mental health problems,she would like to talk to him though but not professionally.(I think she rather likes him).

Equally, it's interesting that the NON psychologists on here are debating on a highly specialised subject, in which they have neither trained in or practised. Some may have experience, either personally or with family members/friends -but the non psychologists on here are as similarly assured that he does not have mental health 'problems' (to use your own word)

For all we know, he, some or all, of the housemates could have underlying MH issues or not, be on medications for that matter or not.

I personally would say that Aaron does have issues - not least with anxiety and social anxiety, I'd say that Jay has anger management issues for example, and Harry being the most healthily balanced.

That said, trained or not, practising or not: not one of us here now enough about the personal lives of any of the housemates to be able to be 'arguing' over this point or make any assessment based on a highly edited, highly manipulated show. Especially with someone such as Aaron -who we really know not a great deal about on a personal level - other than the fact that his marriage breaking up has affected him as did watching a natural childbirth.

That's my tuppeniesworth anyway.