Q: I’m Romanian and moved to Italy three years ago. They’ve been the worst years I’ve ever had. In the same year I moved to Italy, I discovered that my first love cheated on me all the time. So the pain was deeper: I’ve changed country, my boyfriend left me, and I’ve lost my friends. [...]

Q: I am 52. I’ve been diagnosed with ADD and am being treated with Adderall. My psychiatrist also prescribe Lamictal 100 mg daily. I have just recently heard the term, ‘hyper-emotional sensitivity’. I am so this! I cannot watch upsetting things on TV, or even hear about them for that matter: abused animals, children, elderly…does [...]

Q: I am now 18 and I have a very busy school schedule. I have tasks around the house I will do but at times, when I get sick with a cold or a fever my mom will start yelling at me saying that I won’t do my “chores” without starting fights and that I [...]

Q: I am 19 years old, and I’m reasonably sure I have Avoidant Personality Disorder. I understand when someone diagnoses themselves they’re usually wrong, but I’ve spent a considerable amount of time researching it. I feel extremely sensitive to rejection and have only one good friend (who I can trust is “safe”), and the only [...]

Q: I tend to overthink things a lot. I get scared easily, and I’m worried all the time. I hate disappointment, so as much as possible I try to think of all the horrible things that might happen instead of being positive. And because of that, I always feel nervous and upset, and most of [...]

Q: I have feelings of worthlessness, sadness and generally dark emotions. Two days ago I woke up and started to cry. The same day I carved on my arm the phrase “there is no love” and on my stomach a cross, while asking God angrily about a sign (I am an atheist). I wasn’t intoxicated. [...]

Q: I’m having difficulty forming relationships with other women. This has always been the case but it wasn’t a problem for me until after I married ten years ago, as it isn’t appropriate in our community for a married woman to have significant male friendships. I am frequently told I have piercing eyes, a commanding [...]