Q: I am a 28-year-old single mother who just read your forum on loser relationships, and boy did it hit home. When I was 18 years old I began an affair with a 22-year-old married man. We carried on a 2 year affair that I am sure his wife knew about and just accepted it [...]

Q: My boyfriend is very odd; he gets major stress headaches and takes aspirin every day. He will not say good bye when he leaves or if he is getting off the phone. He answers questions with questions. He drinks every night. He has his own business and is successful, but I have such a [...]

Q: I have a 42-year-old brother I’m worried about. He’s never had a job and lives on monthly checks his father sends him. He drinks a fair amount. But the thing I’m worried about is, he constantly brags about his sexual exploits with women, more often than not in the most vulgar, most obscene and [...]

Q: I was wondering if you could recommend a psychologist or psychiatrist that specializes in borderline personality disorder in the Sarasota, FL area?

Q: I have always been curious about psychiatry, particularly personality disorders, and I am aware that in the DSM-III it also included Sadistic, Passive-Aggressive, and Self-Defeating Personality Disorders. The DSM-IV contains an Axis B Depressive Personality Disorder. If you have the time to answer this question, can you explain to me why they aren’t in [...]

Q: Dear folks, Are you aware of any counselors with specific AvPD experience in the SE Michigan (Ann Arbor or north) area? After reading extensively, I am 99% certain I have a spouse who is a codependent avoidant…

Q: Thank you for taking the time to listen… I have been married for almost 7 years to a man whom I feel may have some serious mental disorder, and I don’t know where to turn. It’s hard to know where to start… Rich’s good qualities are that he is charming, charismatic, very intelligent and [...]