Q: For a while now I’ve wondered if it’s possible that I have BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder). I know a diagnosis wouldn’t be possible over the Internet but I would just like to know if you think I should seek some further help. I’m 17 years old; a junior in high school. I don’t have [...]

Q: I am going through a divorce. My wife takes Ritalin and is denying her mental illness so as not to lose custody of our children. She has been on medication for depression and anxiety, mostly due to parenting stress, and possibly she has some personality issues. In my opinion, she has diminished parenting capacity [...]

Q: I was emotionally abused by a scary, violent alcoholic father as a child and even though I am 17, I am still not free from this. I also have three younger sisters and a mom who doesn’t care much so it is always my responsibility to take care of them. In my 11th grade [...]

Q: A friend of mine is suffering from a problem of repetition of behaviors, like, if he wants to pick something up, he picks it up, and puts it down again before he finally picks it up. Likewise if he opens a door — he opens, closes and finally opens to enter the room. What [...]

Q: When I was walking down my university’s hallway to get to my classroom, I saw this guy sitting in another class. He was wearing black glasses, sitting alone in the middle of the third row and I knew he was blind. At first I had ‘butterflies’ but then I forgot about him, until I [...]

Q: I am 16 years old and I guess I have some problems. They were recently brought to my attention by a friend and by my mother. They have existed in my life for about two years, some longer than that, since the time I found my kitten dead in our dryer — that actually [...]

Q: I’m a 20-something year old female science student who is used to seeing things in a logical way and who prefers books and coffee rather than social interaction. Around two years ago I became interested in a guy who resides in another continent, and therefore, nearly impossible to have a relationship with. We communicated [...]