Q: I lost my virginity very painfully to my first boyfriend when I was 18. Sex was always painful with him, but he never forced me. He was mentally abusive and his mother was physically abusive to him. I am married now and told my husband that my ex was physically abusive without giving him [...]

Q: Alright, so I’m an 18-year-old female and I guess you could say I have ‘daddy issues’. I had a more or less absent father and he passed away just a few months ago. Ever since I started dating, every relationship I try and get into ends horribly because about two months into it, I [...]

Q: Dr. Carver, Thank you so much for your articles and answers, they’ve been extremely helpful to me and my family. I am a 29-year-old male with a history of depression. I was sexually abused by a babysitter when I was 3-4 years old. I was treated with Paxil for depression 5 years ago and [...]

Q: I am 32 and my father is 64. Recently my mom passed away and my father cries almost daily as soon as he thinks of her or remembers her. I know that this is because they were happily married for more than 38 years, but I would like my father to control himself more, [...]

Q: I found your information about emotional memory while trying to understand why I weep uncontrollably when I talk to a mental health practitioner. I spent my entire life, from age four, in therapy (and having behaviors pathologized by my family — behaviors I now realize were normal childhood behaviors). I believe I have been [...]

Q: I am a 21-year-old female who was raised in a single-parent home (mom) with an abusive brother who is 14 years older than me. My father was not a major part of my life until I was 8 years old, and then only for small parts of my life. I no longer talk to [...]

Thank you for providing this service! I was totally minding my own business when a married person began to show me unexpected and un-asked-for attention. Something inside of me — whatever/whomever — needed to learn a lesson (or as Jung believed, my Self needed another step along in the individuation process…) and became quite enamoured. [...]