Q: I am 19 years old, and I am a very short-tempered person. I don’t hit anyone when I’m angry, but I become very rude and harsh verbally. I’m always in arguments with my mom and my sister. Both of them hate my attitude and are always telling me to control my temper. I start [...]

Q: My boyfriend and I have been friends for six years and together for 1.5 years. He’s got anger problems, for which he is receiving treatment. He can be quite short with me at times and have sudden fits of temper. However, over the past few months, his angry incidents have increased in frequency. They’re [...]

Q: I am 40 years old and have a mother who is controlling and verbally abusive. This has gone on my whole life. When I was 9, my sister hung herself due to abuse we both endured. We were both being molested as well, and the abuse went on for years even after my sister’s [...]

Q: I’m a 22-year-old male, and I’m having a bit of trouble with the relationship I have with my best friend. I must start off by saying that there was a time in my past during which I had no friends. So, from that time onward, I became fairly protective of friendship, sometimes even to [...]

Q: My ex-boyfriend is my closest friend, and we are trying to live together as roommates. But I’m beginning to get emotionally exhausted, and I’m not sure if our current arrangement is healthy for either of us. My ex suffers from Social Anxiety Disorder and Depression. When I first met him, he was on medication [...]

Q: I’m a nurse and have been involved with a man at work for five years. We are both married. He goes to church. This is his second marriage. I had been happily married for 28 years until I met him. There was never any sex between us — just a lot of sneaking around [...]

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