Q: I am a 30-year-old married woman with a Histrionic mother. My mom wasn’t always as bad as she is now, but after I moved out on my own at age 24 she has become really crazy. I don’t know what to do or where to turn anymore. My husband has had it with her, [...]

Q: My 27-year-old daughter is very violent toward herself and others. She has tried to kill herself more than 30 times, tried to kill me and the neighbor’s kids, and threatened to kill many others. She also doesn’t have a single friend. My daughter was sexually abused by a teacher at 11 years old. The [...]

Q: My mother-in-law is a very cunning woman, and she has weird personality traits. She is generally very sweet to outsiders and showers them with unnecessary praise. And she never says anything bad to me directly. However, she makes me feel like an outsider in my own house. She is obsessive-compulsive about cooking and housework, [...]

Q: I am a 53-year-old man looking for some insight into my personality. After some soul searching, I have decided to write to you before I seek professional help. I don’t know for sure that I’ll seek the help. Maybe I won’t. I”m always questioning whether my behavior is justifiable, but I know it has [...]

Q: I have been married for 10 years. I have known for some time that I was being mentally abused by my husband. It seemed like I was never doing anything right. He would always say you are not listening, you don’t understand, you did it, you take everyone else’s side. If I was busy [...]

Q: I love my husband, but I need to know how can I solve several issues regarding his behavior. My husband gropes me all the time. He bothers me about my past boyfriends. We sleep on an infested (full of animal urine and feces) mattress that is 20 years old. I have severe back pain, [...]

Q: I have been reading Dr. George Simon’s blog article that he wrote in October, 2008 on Understanding “Splitting” as a Psychological Term. I have been a registered nurse working in acute psychiatric services in New Zealand and have also been a patient who was diagnosed with Borderline Personality traits while receiving treatment for severe [...]