Q: I’m 15. I have been having feeling worthless and helpless for about three years, ever since I moved from my old town and started middle school. I feel like my friends don’t really care about me. They just act like it because they ‘have to.’ And although my parents do care about me a [...]

Q: I would like a completely honest answer on this one. Please don’t sugar-coat things. Five years ago I was the most confident teenager in the world — I was probably more confident than 99% of all the people I have ever met — yet I wasn’t arrogant and didn’t look down on anyone. I [...]

Q: I’m seeking help for my mum. She has been suffering from major depression since she had me 17 years ago. She keeps saying that she wants to commit suicide. She has even tried hanging herself with a rope, and using gas fumes from the stove. She shivers with cold most of the time and [...]

Q: I have been married to my husband for five years now. He has a thyroid disorder and has also been diagnosed with depression. He had these problems before we were married. Most days he is the most loving and helpful husband and father to our kids, but sometimes when we get into an argument [...]

Q: I am a 20-year-old college student. When I was a child I dealt with depression after my father left. I was sent to a child psychiatrist to deal with my father’s leaving and with self-esteem issues. Things seemed fine after my final session, but for years I still felt depressed. I want to get [...]

Q: My brother is having some problems. He is not behaving normally. He feels depressed, and he keeps thinking of something or other. Sometimes he gets upset because of childhood memories about someone dominating him or maybe cheating him. Sometimes he thinks that I have done something wrong to him and gets very angry with [...]

Q: I was wondering if being an only child raised in a single-parent household could increase the likelihood of developing avoidant personality disorder. My father died just before I was two, and my mom never remarried. She wasn’t abusive in any way intentionally, but she wasn’t able to be around for me very much either. [...]