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Q: I was an adopted child as a boy, and my adoptive mother was emotionally and sometimes physically abusive to me. When I was 12, my oldest sister, (my parent’s biological daughter), died from diabetes at the age of 24. After the funeral, my mother cornered me and said that I should have been the […]
Q: I made friends with this girl freshman year; I knew she was a little odd, but we really hit it off. She has depression and is on medications, but she is really self-destructive. I know she engages in self-harm and binge drinking. This is getting to be more than I can handle. She tried […]
Q: Recently my five-year-old son went to bed around 7:30 pm, and as I was going past the room half an hour later I heard him sobbing uncontrollably. When I went in it took me around five minutes to calm him enough to be able to understand what he was saying. He told me about […]
Q: I am a 33-year-old married man, and I have one baby girl. I have secretly dressed in girls’ clothes since I was 5 years old. It made me feel good but I kept telling myself that the feelings would disappear when I grew older; instead, these feelings developed into a desire to become a […]
Q: Every time I pick up a knife (sharp or blunt) I have to cut myself in the gut with it. Not hard enough to draw blood, but just hard enough to feel a tiny bit of pain… I’m not crazy or anything, I think it’s just a habit. A: You’re right, you’re not crazy. […]
Q: I’ve been with my husband for 12 years. We do not often fight, but when we do I tend to withdraw and wall up. He has significant abandonment issues, and there have been times that he has become mildly or moderately physically abusive in his complete panic that I am going to leave when […]
Q: Is there something wrong with someone who plays games on a computer all the time, with time out for work and meals only? A: Anyone who plays video games knows how addictive games can be. Let me first say that gaming is not just for teenagers, but adult gamers are rapidly growing in number […]
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