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 [...]

Q: I am the 55-year-old twin sister of my brother, who still lives with mum. When we were about 17 years old he began drinking, and not a week has gone by since then that he hasn’t terrorised mum, dad and me. He has insane ramblings, his abuse is awful and he causes real terror. [...]

Q: My sister was diagnosed six weeks ago with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (a rapidly progressing degenerative brain disease). She is my only sibling and I am having such a difficult time dealing with all of this. My parents are in their mid-70s and it breaks my heart to see them go through this loss, as it [...]

Q: I am 18 years old. I live alone with my mother in a large, four-bedroom house just minutes away from siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles. About six years ago we moved from California to Oregon. I honestly cannot tell you the reason for this; my only assumption is that my sister got knocked up [...]

Q: I know it is wrong to put feelings before actions, but that’s what I’m doing. I’m selfish. I am a spoiled child. I’m fully sponsored by my parents to pursue my studies at university, yet here I am, after three years of success in college…throwing all their hopes and dreams away. I really want [...]