Q: My best friend has recently told me that she was she was mentally, physically and sexually abused by her father as a child (her parents divorced when she was 13). As such, she suffers from PTSD and has flashbacks. She also is currently going through the legal systems in a case against her father [...]

Q: When I was 10 years old my father started fondling me and used to ask me to do the same for him. He did this for 2 years, after which I told my mother. I don’t rememebr why I did not originally tell my mother, but my father told me that my mom would [...]

Q: I get these “feelings” that something bad is going to happen to my children. I went through years of infertility treatments and was told that I may never have children. I did, by some miracle, become pregnant and had my daughter. I was shocked when I discovered I was pregnant again with my son [...]

Q: I know I suffer from depression. Being on medication the last 18 months I feel on and off. Will I ever be happy? I grew up without my mother and had an abusive stepmother instead. My dad worked long hours and was occasionally around. This made me feel rejected, unloved and not worthy. Today [...]

Q: My mother is dying as a result of a stroke 6 months ago. I have spent a great deal of time with her over that span and don’t want to go see her anymore. She is not the woman I knew and no longer responds to us. I know hearing is the last thing [...]

Q: I am 36 years old, female, married for 13 years and have 3 beautiful children. I live in the midwest, in South Dakota. My issue is I cannot control my crying. For as long as my memory has served me I have always been this way. It is only in one situation: when I [...]

Q: My fiancée is extremely jealous and I need some help. Both my fiancée and I work at the same place. When we decided to start dating I told her about my past relationships and what I have done wrong, which included being unfaithful in a prior relationship — which I now regret doing because [...]