Q: I’m caught in a cycle of manipulative behavior with my mother and my brother, and I don’t know how to break it. They live close to each other. I live 1500 miles from them. Mom: “When is your vacation time this year?” (Warning lights, but I can’t find a way not to talk about [...]

Q: I am a single, 49-year-old woman. I know that I shouldn’t ask this but I feel so abandoned by my parents. Is it bad that I ask them for more attention? I am the oldest child of three. I’ve always been a model daughter and have never given my parents any kind of problem. [...]

Q: I have a brother who is five years older: I am 58 and he is 63. He is gay and has never had a relationship in the open. Now, I am disabled and live with him, but my duty is taking care of our 87-year-old mother, who has dementia and lives in the same [...]

Q: I have two younger brothers (5 and 8), and we lost our grandmother last April. They never asked any questions except to ask if she was in heaven. Neither of them cried over the loss, even though the three of us were extremely close to her. They saw me and my mom crying. Why [...]

Q: My name is Nataly and I’m from the Ukraine. The problem is about my brother, who is 32. He used to be very healthy but a year and a half ago he had some problems at work and he has still not recovered. He gets terrible headaches, his heart beats very fast, and he [...]

Q: I am 35 years old. My mother is an alcoholic who only drinks at night. She was always loving and caring to me and my sisters, but would become a horrible person at night. I remember her saying awful things to us and her trying to make us hug her. I also remember her [...]

Q: I’m a 21-year-old male. I just want to talk to you about something I did when I was younger. I experimented with my young brother when I was I kid/teen. Until last year, I thought it was only experimenting, but after seeing an Oprah show about molesters, I started to see it differently…and after [...]