Q: I’m a 20-year-old male in college. I have horribly low social self-confidence. I can never relax in social settings. I get nervous, anxious, and self-conscious. I have low self-esteem and doubt my ability to be natural and to be accepted. One of the things I’m always self-conscious about is my voice. It’s kind of [...]

Q: For the past five months I have been dating a man who is 38 years my senior. We are very happy together. My problem is that my mother is a very “concerned” parent who is still trying to make all my decisions for me. And when I don’t go along with what she wants, [...]

Q: I am a 17-year-old female doing my A-level classes and exams. I think I have some kind of a serious exam phobia, and I get really scared when it comes to exams. I have never been an outstanding student, but as years have passed I have been deteriorating in my studies, and now I [...]

Q: I am 17 years old. My mother has recently become convinced that I have Asperger’s Syndrome. My dad, on the other hand, is adamant that I don’t have it. No one other than my mother has ever suggested that I might have Asperger’s. I am the top boy in my year level at a [...]

Q: These past few months have been hard on me and have left me feeling alienated from my peers at school. The pressure of doing well at school is overwhelming. As a result, I’ve retreated to my own little world and have started to ignore everybody around me. I have even lost interest in things [...]

Q: I’m a 19-year-old guy and I really need some advice. I am in my first year of studying, and if I do not get help soon I’m not going to make it through my first year. I’ve been having a big problem with my folks. This problem has been going on for over 14 [...]

Q: I’m a 19-year-old female college student from south Florida. I’ve never been to a psychologist. I’ve always had problems talking to people. I have difficulty making eye contact, biting my nails, being fidgety, making decisions, worrying too much, and being nervous. I also always randomly get up and kind of start acting like I’m [...]