Q: I will get straight to the point. I am only 22 years old, but I have already moved to 3 different countries and have had to deal with my mother’s sickness from cancer for several years when I was a child, her eventual death, and a father whom I only met when I was [...]

Q: About two years ago I was violently sexually assaulted by two men who broke into my home in the middle of the night with a gun. I had to wait until this past May for the trial. The DA ended up pleading one of the guys out to 5 years with no mention of [...]

Q: I have been been dealing with high levels of anxiety and multiple irrational thoughts surrounding a recent act of infidelity on my part. Although I am engaged to be married, about a month ago I had a physical encounter with another woman. I have been having a very difficult time coping with my mistake [...]

Q: I’m wondering how I can stop obsessing about food all the time. I’m a 20-year-old female, and I’ve had OCD since I was little. It got really bad when I started living in Egypt about 6 years ago. Two years ago I lost about 20 pounds with diet and exercise but have had obsessions [...]

Q: I am seventeen years old, and I keep making up lies that my adoptive mom is abusing me. I have been making up lies for the past four years because I think that is the only way the person is going to want to talk to me. I am really scared of people leaving [...]

Q: I am a 22-year-old heterosexual male. I am also a virgin. I have never kissed, held hands (in a romantic way), or been in a relationship with a woman. This is not by choice. I have gone through all my schooling (high school and university) without coming close to entering a romantic relationship with [...]

Q: I’ve been dealing with mild anxiety my whole life. I’ve had a couple major panic attacks, one when I was 12 and the other at age 23. I was able to overcome those, but for some reason I’m experiencing some anxiety lately that feels very different. I’ve had to deal with numerous stressful issues [...]