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Q: I’m really saddened, frustrated and perplexed about my 3-year-old son’s behavior. He was the most amazing baby — gentle, sweet, affectionate and smart. I carried him everywhere in a front-pack baby carrier. He was exclusively breastfed. We enjoyed a great bond. After my son turned 1 year old, his behavior became more ‘independent’ and [...]
Q: Someone I know has been going for psychotherapy with a chartered psychologist who is a member of the British Psychological Society. They have had several sessions with this person. An invoice for the therapy services was recently received by a relation of the person going for therapy. That relation had briefly discussed assisting them [...]
Q: Some nights, when I’m just about to go to sleep, I might hear a voice. It is quite clear, and I can make out that it is my girlfriend who is speaking. Upon hearing this voice, even though I’m in a state of only half-consciousness, I try to stay awake by moving around and [...]
Q: I am a 27-year-old man and for the last year I’ve been really depressed about a lot of things. I’m unhappy with my home life. I often break down into tears thinking about the future and dying alone. (I’ve been single for 5 years now.) I wanted to have kids by the time I [...]
Q: I have been suffering from a very disturbing illness for over a decade. I’m 30 years old. The problem I have is that is I feel am going to faint in public places, especially somewhere where people know me. I feel like it’s going to be such embarrassment and fear that they are going [...]
Q: I am a 25-year-old male and have a 23-year-old girlfriend. We’ve been together now for the better half of a year and things are going very, very well except for one thing. I simply cannot stand my girlfriend’s best friend. Without going into too much detail, this girl hits my every nerve. It’s the [...]
Q: I don’t know what to do. I’ve been feeling consistently low for quite a few months now. I have spoken a couple of times to a counselor about this and have also tried to talk to my mum. But it seems that nothing is working. I’m not sure where this hollow feeling I possess [...]
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