Q: I have Complex PTSD after 18 years of domestic abuse. I’ve been away from my ex-husband for 10 years, but when someone is loud near me — for example on the bus, or where I work, or where I live — I feel scared, my heart races and I feel angry. I feel trapped [...]

Q: I have been going to a therapist, initially for depression and feelings of self-loathing that came on when my father passed away. My father was a narcissist, a genius, an alcoholic, and was charming and manipulative. He had been sexually abused in an orphanage growing up and was also later called out as a [...]

Q: My father left our family when I was born and chose a life of drugs and alcohol. He remarried twice and settled down with a woman whom he abused until her death from an overdose. As a child, I saw him one to two times a year, once on a holiday and then usually [...]

Q: I’m having some negative thoughts that are really scaring me. For a couple of days, I’ve had a lot of dying-related thoughts, and even though I’ve been trying to focus on positive thoughts, the negative ones remain in my mind. I am 19 now, but I’m really scared about dying young. What it could [...]

Q: I was molested several times at the age of 8 or 9 by my older brother, who was then 16, and I didn’t tell my parents out of fear. It’s been 14 years and I still remember every detail. I haven’t been able to forgive my brother nor forget it, even though he is [...]

Q: I need all the help I can get right now. My life has been in crisis mode for 22 years — and I am 22 years old. I have been abused verbally, emotionally, and physically by my mother since I can remember. I could do nothing right. However, my father is not so innocent [...]

Q: I have a 17-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son. My husband is verbally abusive to my daughter, and he often calls her “stupid”, “idiot”, “worthless”, and “a brat.” He has been this way since I married him. My husband and son are very close and rarely does he verbally abuse him. He mostly abuses my [...]