Q: I recently lost my eldest daughter to suicide, and am now almost convinced that I will lose one or all of my surviving three daughters in the near future. Is this a normal, if irrational, part of grieving, or possibly a mental health issue? (FYI: I have bipolar disorder.) I also believe that I [...]

Q: I can’t take it anymore. I met a girl online and I thought she was the one, after six broken hearts in my life. I met her on Skype and we had a serious relationship — so serious, at least for me, that I felt I had finally found the one special girl I [...]

Q: For a while now I’ve wondered if it’s possible that I have BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder). I know a diagnosis wouldn’t be possible over the Internet but I would just like to know if you think I should seek some further help. I’m 17 years old; a junior in high school. I don’t have [...]

Q: I am really hopeless. I am not motivated in my life and most of the time, whenever I have problems I want to die. I want to quit life. My girlfriend doesn’t trust me. That’s my problem. I don’t know what to do. I am frustrated, I want to die so that she will [...]

Q: I am 15 years old and there is a boy who is my friend. Lately we’ve started talking a lot and I started liking him (I think it’s been 2-3 months). He told my best friend that he likes me. I told her to tell him that I like him too and she did. [...]

Q: I am 20, female, and I have had depression for almost ten years. I want to get rid of it. I am gaining weight. I feel like a loser. I have no social contacts because where I am living is not a populated town. I have only one friend, no siblings. I don’t feel [...]

Q: I have an online friend who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder a while ago, and I’m becoming increasingly concerned about her. She is quite fascinated by the Columbine shooting, watching and reading everything she can about it. She expressed to me that she has a crush on one of the shooters and that she [...]