Q: I’m caught in a cycle of manipulative behavior with my mother and my brother, and I don’t know how to break it. They live close to each other. I live 1500 miles from them. Mom: “When is your vacation time this year?” (Warning lights, but I can’t find a way not to talk about [...]

Q: I am an openly gay male in my early twenties, and have been struggling with a regret for quite some time now. When I was a teenager, I babysat several children. When I babysat, I used to play games with the children where they would sit on my head or my hands, which they [...]

Q: I am a 21-year-old male studying for a bachelor of engineering, and I have a crush on my 25-year-old female teacher. I had never met her before I joined my college. I am a pioneer student and top of my batch. I am considered the best, and most active, bold, confident, good-looking and popular [...]

Q: I’m having problems with the manager of our condo, who is a bully. The board offers no support, but in a saner environment he’d be fired. The man is 72 years old and, if you push him for an answer, he’ll get beet red, raise his voice, and get defensive; and in three instances [...]

Q: My mother has been an alcoholic for 20 years or so, and she’s been an abuser of prescription medication for about 10 years. She’s in various stages of recovery for these addictions. I believe she does not drink any longer, but I have my suspicions regarding her medication regiment. Since she’s on such a [...]

Q: My boyfriend and I have been dating off and on for two years. Currently we are having problems with him trusting me, and with me trying to learn how to not be so selfish towards him. I’m really trying to work on my relationship, but I don’t know where to begin, or how to [...]

Q: I have a classification question. Girl forgets keys at work and mentions to boyfriend that she forgot her keys, but she can’t go get them because she has an assignment to finish. Boy offers on more than one occasion to go pick up the keys. The girl says “no, that’s okay, I can get [...]