Q: My husband is so sweet and loving but has some severe issues with paranoia. He was raped by his teenage brother for a year when he was 5; the abuse involved bullying, lying and demands of secrets and constant threats. Even worse, when my husband was in his 20s he actually worked in the [...]
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Q: I will try to be as brief as I can. I have barely tolerated depression for pretty much all my adult life (I will be 45 in two weeks), although looking back, it began prior to puberty. I am the third of four children and the youngest boy. To cut a long story short, [...]
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Q: My husband has an ex-wife who leads a secret life. We don’t care what she does, except the son is now behaving like her.
She has the son involved tightly in her life. He refers to himself as “we”. Like, “we decided…”. He is 21. When asked about who we is — it is mom [...]
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Q: I’m 24yrs old and married. I’m a women that’s having problems in my marriage because of my past. I’ve been abused by my parents, especially my dad who always used to beat me, and I’m the middle child that’s always picked on. Over the years it’s made me very hard-hearted, full of hatred, stubborn [...]
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Q: Why do therapists always ask how old my brother was when he sexually abused me? Over the years I’ve seen several therapists and they always ask that. What difference does it make? (So the answer is, I was 7 and he was 14.)
A: This is a common question that is asked for several reasons. [...]
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