Q: I am from India, I am 26 years old, and I am very depressed about myself and my relationships. I went to Canada for higher studies and came back for my boyfriend. Because of distance we fought daily about small issues, but now I realize I have made the biggest mistake. Now I am [...]

Q: My neighbor committed suicide when I was 16. His family volunteered to clean up the mess, my father and I refused to let them, and we did it ourselves. It messed with me for a long time, and I sought counseling and honestly it doesn’t really bother me anymore (I am 21 now), but [...]

Q: My boyfriend has just turned 21 and has a history of eating disorders. Between the ages of 15 and 17, he ate the same low-fat meal for every meal time everyday, and he exercised to the point of exhaustion (without fail) daily. When he talks about it now he tells me that it stemmed [...]

Q: Almost every second of every day, I feel as if I’m in a dream. I’m aware of everything that is going on around me and I react to it, but it just doesn’t seem real. I get scared, thinking that nothing is real. I’m always paranoid to the point where I can barely function. [...]

Q: I am an expat English teacher in China. The other day a twenty-year-old student threw herself out the window of the classroom after school hours. I had seen her about two hours before in class. Her face was angry and dark red, her eyes were distant and she was madly scribbling something in the [...]

Q: I have a very dear friend I have known for about four years now. In the past 18 months, he has lost his dad and his identical twin brother. Prior to losing his dad, he spent 15 months caring for him as he was very ill. During the time I have known him, he [...]

Q: I am 25 years old, and I have come to believe I have Asperger’s Syndrome, although I haven’t been officially diagnosed. I also saw a few doctors and psychologists as a child, but they couldn’t see the signs of the disorder in me. My parents also refuse to acknowledge that I have it. They [...]