Q: I keep thinking there’s something wrong with me. There are many different cases where I act completely irrationally or just plain weird. For example, three months ago my mum told me that I may be going for my dream holiday — which I have dreamed about for three years! And what did I do? [...]

Q: I’m 19 and very angry. I have two young children and have been with my boyfriend for 5 years. I get angry often, mostly at my boyfriend. I think I bottle up anger from many sources, and then just blow up on him. Well, it has gone way too far. I recently had a [...]

Q: A recent point of contention between my wife and me is her refusal to take adequate responsibility for mistakes. To set a proper context — I’m not harping over trivial things, but talking about major blunders for which a simple “I’m sorry” doesn’t suffice. The example I’ll offer happened recently and involves our oldest [...]

Q: I’m a 17-year-old girl, living in Turkey. I have noticed something for the past six months — my father keeps walking with just his underwear on in front of me, and while having a morning erection. I told him millions of times not to but he doesn’t listen. We have a strong history of [...]

Q: I am the 55-year-old twin sister of my brother, who still lives with mum. When we were about 17 years old he began drinking, and not a week has gone by since then that he hasn’t terrorised mum, dad and me. He has insane ramblings, his abuse is awful and he causes real terror. [...]

Q: My mother is three times divorced and currently in her seventies. She spends most of her time going to dances and pursuing ‘boyfriends’. She has never had much to do with children or grandchildren over the years. Now that I have teenaged daughters, she contacts them via e-mail and Facebook to talk about dating [...]

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 [...]