Q: I am 19 and ever since I can remember I have been lying to anyone and everyone. I don’t understand why. I lie to the ones I love and to people I hardly know. Sometimes I feel horrible and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes if I lie about a major issue I start to believe [...]

Q: Hello, I am 28 years old, married for almost 8 years, and we have a 6-year-old son. I am confused about my relationship. I love my husband, but there are things that just get to me, like him not doing stuff around the house, being grouchy all the time, and not helping out with [...]

Q: I have a 17-year old brother (the only son in family) who doesn’t act like a 17-year old teenager. He behaves more like a child of half his age. Our father passed away 5 years ago and our mother doesn’t pay enough attention to his problems. All of us, the other siblings, are staying [...]

Q: How do I get over being extremely shy? I’m 18 years old and I’m an extremely shy person. It’s hard for me to meet new people, and I’m so shy to the point where I have to depend on my family to do things for me in public or making doctor or dentist appointments [...]

Q: My husband is so sweet and loving but has some severe issues with paranoia. He was raped by his teenage brother for a year when he was 5; the abuse involved bullying, lying and demands of secrets and constant threats. Even worse, when my husband was in his 20s he actually worked in the [...]

Q: Is my friend a narcissist? I have a friend who is good looking and intelligent. She is entertaining and popular. However I have noticed some things about her. She likes to be surrounded by people who think highly of her. She attaches a lot of importance to success, intelligence or appearance when looking for [...]

Q: I will try to be as brief as I can. I have barely tolerated depression for pretty much all my adult life (I will be 45 in two weeks), although looking back, it began prior to puberty. I am the third of four children and the youngest boy. To cut a long story short, [...]