Q: I’m 20 years old and I live in Chicago. My husband is away at school right now. Whenever he sees a conflict on the horizon, whether it be on the phone or elsewhere, he doesn’t speak to me for several days; runs away from his problems, if you will. This makes what could have [...]
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Q: I was deeply in love with a girl when I was 16-18 years old. The family moved away and I was never able to finish the relationship. She got pregnant and was married and I went on with my life. After 32 years of marriage I had a dream of her. I was unhappy [...]
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Q: I have been married to my third husband for almost 15 years now. I had fallen in love with him when I was just 14. We both married others, more than once, before we got together. He had been married 4 times before (twice to the same woman) and I had been married twice [...]
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Q: My ex-husband was extremely verbally, mentally, and emotionally abusive. I spent four years with him, assuming that all of these actions were responses to life situations, while excusing the behavior for all kinds of reasons. In the midst of our relationship, I found myself depressed and having panic/anxiety attacks. I sought medicine, which was [...]
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Q: I am and have been married to a verbally abusive husband for 25 years. (I am referring to the clinical definition of verbal abuse as described by Patricia Evans in her book Verbal Abuse.) Mainly, I feel our relationship is and has been toxic to me. I have a deep faith in God and [...]
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