Q: I have been diagnosed with a Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. I have been dealing with these disorders, I think, pretty well. I have been researching my conditions and educating myself on effective coping methods. I’ve also been seeing a therapist once a week. I am very against medication, and [...]

Q: I experience a really bad nervous association with or reaction to noises. Loud noises such as airplanes or dogs drive me insane. But small noises are a really big problem also, especially pen clicking, various popping noises, people snorting their nose, tapping, squeaky chairs, etc. This has been going on for decades, and it [...]

Q: I’m a college student, and I have a relationship issue that is causing me a lot of mental distress. I hope you can give me advice about it. My old roommate slept with a girl who later became one of my best friends. She is now my girlfriend and I simply love her to [...]

Q: I’m in my mid-twenties, and I live in Belgium. My psychiatrist diagnosed me with GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) over a year and a half ago. At that time I did have physical symptoms, but for the last half a year, the physical symptoms seem to have gone. I still worry, however — day in [...]

Q: I constantly repeat words over and over in my head. If I wake up to the radio and the announcer just said something, I turn the radio off and head for the shower with the last word he spoke repeating over and over in my mind. I do not say the words, but I [...]

Q: My boyfriend and I are in a long-distance relationship. Some time ago he cheated on me with a girl he got a crush on while he was at school. He also left me for two months because he felt too guilty and went to live with her. He lived with her until she cheated [...]

Q: I have a problem. I currently live with my ex-girlfriend whom I broke up with about a year ago. We have since moved on to committed relationships, and we remain best friends. However, my current girlfriend seems to resent the fact that we still hang out on occasion, and my ex gets annoyed with [...]