Q: I am perplexed by an issue that is disturbing to me as well as annoying. I recently celebrated my 50th birthday. As part of a “gag gift,” my fiancé put a pair of my underwear in a tree and then collaborated with my younger brother to put several pairs of my underwear in the [...]

Q: My 16-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). She has been in intensive therapy for years. She’s verbally abusive and threatens physical abuse. My daughter’s therapists and doctors are convinced she has a terrible home life. But the truth [...]

Q: I suffer from depression. Until a couple of years ago, I was a successful professional, but my struggle with depression has put an end to that. My problem is compounded by the fact that many of my so-called friends and members of my immediate family are toxic beyond measure. My sister has hated me [...]

Q: I grew up in an environment that was very abusive, both verbally and physically. My parents were never home. My dad was abusive toward my mom, my brothers and me. My mom consistently enabled my dad’s behavior by not standing up to him. I’m now 24, and my brothers are almost in their 30s. [...]

Q: I know this is going to sound a bit strange. I am 19, and my boyfriend is 27. He still lives with his mom and has no job, but he is really one of the sweetest guys I have ever met and he treats me like a princess. From a financial standpoint, he treats [...]

Q: My husband and I have been married for eight years. We dated for almost two years prior to getting married. When we were dating, he would frequently flake out of dates. I tried to break it off, but he’d call me crying and promising he’d learned his lesson and would change. When we moved [...]

Q: My 17-year-old daughter appears to have developed an awkward obsession with a teacher at school. This teacher is 26, and she is not even one of my daughter’s actual classroom teachers. My daughter is a senior, and she gets out of school quite early because of the number of classes she has to take. [...]