Q: Is my child a genius? This is a question I’ve pondered for a while now. He actually gave me the idea that he might be a genius. He’s never done any sort of IQ test but is seemingly smarter than others: He spoke his first word at 6 months. He was reciting nursery rhymes [...]

Q: I can’t finish anything. I am a writer and a university student. I have dozens of pieces and essays that are not finished. I will get three quarters of the way through and suddenly I will freeze. It almost feels like I am physically restrained from finishing. It’s crippling. I am a single mother, [...]

Q: About two years ago, I started a very annoying habit. I began to write every one of my thoughts down on paper, and then I would keep the paper in a box. My pile of notes soon began to grow, and at the moment I have a whole shoebox overflowing with tons of paper [...]

Q: I make up people and various scenes and “play them out” in my head. It’s like having a soap opera in my mind. I usually do this while listening to music and pacing. I have done this since I was a child. I don’t hear voices or anything like that. I just visualize people [...]

Q: I’ve heard very different opinions about the so-called differences between men and women. Some say that there are really no differences, just cultural stereotypes. Others say men and women are really different. On a psychological level, what’s the evidence that men and women are the same or different? A: For a long while, it [...]

Q: I’m a 20-year-old college student and have been hiding the fact that I have had imaginary friends my entire life. As a kid it’s okay — people expect it even. But I find that I spend more time talking to them and leaning on them for support than I do my “real” friends; it’s [...]

Q: I am 26, and I realized that at this present moment I am not accomplished, and I am losing the possibility of becoming it. Furthermore, I realized this long ago, and I keep on “realizing” it, feeling bad about it, and I just seem not to have enough responsibility, dedication or force of will [...]