Q: My ex-husband was extremely verbally, mentally, and emotionally abusive. I spent four years with him, assuming that all of these actions were responses to life situations, while excusing the behavior for all kinds of reasons. In the midst of our relationship, I found myself depressed and having panic/anxiety attacks. I sought medicine, which was [...]

Q: I am and have been married to a verbally abusive husband for 25 years. (I am referring to the clinical definition of verbal abuse as described by Patricia Evans in her book Verbal Abuse.) Mainly, I feel our relationship is and has been toxic to me. I have a deep faith in God and [...]

Q: What was I dealing with? How can I heal? I’m having a terrible time letting him go, and understanding who exactly he was. He says I am obsessed with the past and he just wants to forget it and move on. Before I knew my husband he lived in a “boy’s only dormitory” (in [...]

Q: I am at a loss and not sure where to find answers online so I figured I could start here: I am in a marriage that is beyond repair and we are considering divorce. Therapy, etc. has been tried and failed; we are past that at this point. We agreed as a couple to [...]

Q: I hope you can give me some insight into what I need to do. My girlfriend and I have been together for 3 years. I am 41 and she is 35. To give you some background on me, in our first year, I took my ex-girlfriend and our daughter with me to work but [...]

Q: I am divorced after 20 years of marriage. I’ve been divorced since April 2007. I started seeing a guy in September, and we really hit it off and it was great. In Oct — after a night when I thought he was going to tell me he loved me — he became cool as [...]

Q: For the past few months, I’ve become unusually lethargic and I find it hard to do anything productive. I haven’t related my feelings with literally anyone at all and, if I did, everyone would simply make the arbitrary assumption that I’m lazy. The reason for my sedentariness is most likely depression, and I can’t [...]