Q: For the past 2 years I have been aware that my mom is taking drugs from her hospital where she works and using them at home. Her behavior started changing after the death of a few family elders, when I asked her about her changes, she said she was despressed, and yes, sometimes came home from work and cried for hours in the bathroom. I accepted this answer. It got worse and worse; I saw bruises on her arms, and bloody tissues in the bathroom waste. I confronted her again, and she said this time it was menopause, she had trouble sleeping at night because of hot flashes, and because of her job she HAD to be well rested the ...  
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Q: I have been in counseling for almost two years in regards to issues that have nothing to do with body image, etc. Over the years we've discovered that due to havin a lack of control in so many aspects of my life (in previous years, and now) that I like to control ...almost "microcosms" if you will. I like to bake, clean, etc compulsively because of control. Recently I've entered a relationship (well, not too recently..but it's only been several months) and I've noticed I've started to have an immense issues with my body image. I've always been athletic and I've always been a healthy (whole foods/non-gluten) eater (due to allergies). However, I've noticed I've started drinking disgusting amounts of water ...  
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Q:country unknown: I am a very well educated person.Unfortunately suffered abuse when I was 12. My mother never beleived me and my dad was abroad.I finally hit my uncle and created a fuss . It stopped. As I went along my life I struggled to be on top .I have extremely low self esteem despite my excellent performance at my job and my credentials. While graduating from a top B school I was date raped by one of the guys whom I trusted. I suffered enough mental anguish and decided to put it behind me. I had an affair with another casanova on campus who after sometime treated me even more badly. I finally got my act togeather and vowed never to look back. I ...  
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Q: From California: My boyfriend and I are both divorced. Both of us have been divorced for many years. He is 51 and I am 43. We have been living together blissfully for almost 3 years and we are very committed to each other. When we started dating he had already been separated. A huge problem for me is that he says he never wants to get married ever again. His reason is that he doesn't want the state dictating his life, and that I need to take the subject of marriage off the table or he will leave me. When we met I was not looking for a boyfriend, and certainly not a husband. Yet I fell so deeply in love with ...  
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Q: I'm a 35 year old married woman with three young boys. My husband and I have been together for 17 years — married for the past ten of those years. I've been really struggling with our relationship, my happiness, and the quality of my childrens' daily lives now for some time. My husband decided to quit his job and stay home with the children without consulting me about two years ago. I have not been entirely happy with him in this role since day one. He is great at managing the schedule, keeping things clean, etc but is constantly critical of the boys - and me. I suppose he's always been critical of me, but I didn't really notice ...  
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Q. I lived with my mum up to the time she died. It was me and mum, I was 35. We left my dad when I was 17 he was abusive. Since mums death I run away to France from uk never spoke to my brother since. have no friends or family I met my partner over internet and she was in police force she moved to be with me she is very patient with me My memory of my past can not remember and cant interact when my partner tells me stories from her past some stories i can but we have been together 3 years same stories. I have pains in my back, i have to control my blinking it goes down ...  
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Q. My Mum was diagnosed as bi polar in 1988. She had severe highs and lows involving suicide attempts and when high over spending and running away with strange men. For the past 11 years she was fine until a GP advised her to come off her medication. This she did and within days started to become manic, this coupled with the stress of looking after an elderly relative tipped her over into a psychotic state. After a month she was sectioned and then transferred to another hospital nearer her home where the section was lifted because she began to take her medication freely. However, she is still high, and doctors have advised her they want her to consider lithium, Mum has to take thyroxine as ...  
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Q. My friend is depressed, how can I help her? My friend has been a bit depressed since I know her, but lately it's become worse. She's convinced that she is dumb, ugly, fat, she has no talent etc. She says she wants to die more and more frequently - and I'm starting to really worry about her. I think that one of the main issues is that she has no boyfriend. There's the one "prince charming" she's been in love with for two years, but she does nothing about it. He probably doesn't even know that she's attracted to him. I told her to do something many times, but she's afraid. She thinks that nobody will ever love her. I know that she has ...  
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Q. 13 Months ago I suffered a fall of 7-8 feet and was diagnosed months later as having a diffuse axonal injury. It was a work related injury and I also had rotator cuff repair. I have been having multiple neuro problems and just found out I have also injured my hearing and will need hearing aids in both ears because of it. My symptoms seem to be getting worse instead of better and I really ..really..think I am loosing my mind. All literature substansiates (sp) what is happening to me. But the med. professionals don't seem to. But there again...Am I being paranoid ?? I am so messed up ? So scared. They have also diagnosed me as having had "whiplash" with said ...  
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Q. This is the problem. I have been told by my boyfriend so many things I can't keep track of them. First he said he was in the occult then he said he was into this and into that and when I ask him about it again he denies saying anything about it. He keeps me at arms length and says things like you need to run from me because I am not good for you, you don't want to be around me and he once again denies he said it. This is a merry go round. Some of his personalities are very nice and some are mean as heck. When I ask him to get help he says that I am narcissistic and attacks ...  
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Q. I was once very heavy into drugs with my mother about two years ago until she passed away from a drug overdose and ever since then I feel like a huge failure to her and that it is my fault that she died, after the fact I began to cut myself out of guilt but eventually my boyfriend found out and made me swear I would stop, although I still think about it sometimes. Also I have not been able to make myself truly happy since that day. I believe there is something wrong with me; I feel alone, depressed, I get mad over the stupidest things and I have mostly depended on people to make me happy, like my boyfriend that I ...  
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Q: From the U.S: I was dating a guy for almost a year when i got pregnant, we had a very fun relationship but I was really the support system, financially and emotionally. When i got pregnant he wanted me to abort and i said no. I told him if he wasn't ready to be a dad i could respect that but i was ready to be a mom. He said he would take responsibility if having the baby was what i was going to do. I worked 2 jobs and went to school during my pregnancy and helped him finish his degree. He worked a part time job but spent much of his time out drinking with friends. Distance between us grew and grew ...  
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