Q: On my anniversary with my boyfriend he had to work in another city. I was upset about that and I acted angry all day to his phone messages. At night I went to the movies with my sister, and while I was watching the movie he called me to tell me he could come [...]

Q: My husband and I have been dedicated to our son and daughter-in-law in many ways. We’ve cared for their daughters whenever they needed our help (even watching their oldest while they went on an eight-day cruise) and have helped decorate and repair things around their house. Our son went to Afghanistan and our daughter-in-law [...]

Q: A couple of years ago I went through a nasty break-up with my boyfriend of three years. He left me pregnant with his child, although I decided to have a termination because I was disturbed by the relationship, which had been drug-filled and manipulative. He got the new girl pregnant within two months and [...]

Q: I am 18 years old and have been having thoughts of death or that my death will come soon. I had these thoughts before in high school, but now that I’ve entered college they’ve seemed to increase exponentially. My thoughts always turn to my death whenever my roommate is gone. During the night, I [...]

Q: Can you ever recover from DID by yourself? Why are there so few people who even know what it is? We don’t have a therapist right now and there’s no one within at least four hours of where we live who specializes in dissociation stuff. If we’re keeping ourselves relatively stable, then does it [...]

Q: My wife has difficulty being around men who have a girlfriend or wife. For example, we ran into some old friends at the store whom I hadn’t seen in a year or so. I turned to introduce them to my wife and she was running out the door. My dad and his wife of [...]

Q: I am 56 years old with a diagnosis of borderline personality with severe MDD. I have attempted suicide 12 times since 2005. It seems like I have a 90% or higher chance of being successful considering the number of attempts and the fact that I am chronically suicidal. I live alone, have nothing to [...]