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Q: I am confused and don’t really know who I am. On top of that, any time I move closer to people, I will do what they are doing. In fact, I will do it better than they do. For example, if I get close to a smoker, I will become a smoker too. But [...]

Q: I have known this guy since starting university three years ago. I think he truly likes me and has tried to get a lot closer to me. Even though we had lots of problems, he never gave up and didn’t seem to want to let me go. We were friends during our first years [...]

Q: I don’t know whether the solution to my problem is to change myself to have a happy and respectful relationship or whether my boyfriend is just trying to control me. I’m a strong, beautiful, and independent 31-year-old woman. I’ve had two long-term serious relationships fail and am now wondering what I have to do [...]

Q: I think I might be addicted to my best friend. We have been friends for 10 years, since we started high school together. We graduated 5 years ago, and since then we have become even closer. We used to see each other every week and talk online every night and day. But in the [...]

Q: I’ve been in my current relationship for around eight months, and I’m having second thoughts about it. I just got out of a three-year relationship about a year ago, and I’m glad I did because it wasn’t the best relationship for me. He wasn’t terrible or anything, but we just didn’t work well together, [...]