Q: For years I have suspected that I may have been sexually abused as a young child. I am 20 years old now. I am my mother’s only child. My father left when I was two and a half years old. Six months after my Dad left, my Mum met a man who was working [...]

Q: My 10-year-old stepson nibbles on my shirt and so does my 8-year-old stepdaughter. Is that normal behavior? They don’t break skin, they just nibble the front, shoulders and sleeves of the shirt. A: There could be a few different reasons underlying this behavior, or it could be something that is resolved as the kids [...]

Q: I am a girl from Lithuania. I am a teenager, sixteen years old. Actually, I’m turning seventeen next month. I have always been on the social sites — since I was eleven or even ten! One day I signed up on a dating site and I chatted and talked with a lot of people. [...]

Q: I got married following a whirlwind long-distance romance. It was working perfectly and we were over the moon. So we got married and soon after, I started to erect a barrier between me and my hubby. I later saw that this was because my dad had been emotionally abusive most of my life and [...]

Q: I grew up an extremely shy kid. I was an only child and lived in a big house in the woods with very busy parents. My parents were wonderful, but didn’t communicate well, didn’t show emotions, and had really high expectations. Growing up, I had very few friends and very little to no social [...]

Q: I am 30 years old and I need your opinion. I have been facing the following conditions continuously for the last two years. Fatigue or loss of energy almost every day Body feels heavy / muscle tension / cramps Increased need for sleep / excessive sleep Feel emptiness / loneliness / unhappiness Inability to [...]