I exaggerate things in my mind and often end up being hurt by other. PROBLEM: I am 21 years old and all my life I have experienced things that no normal person my age has, generally. I was sent to a boarding school when I was 14 years old and, since then, I stopped connecting […]
I want it to be over but part of me wants to be friends for our daughter’s sake PROBLEM: How can I tell my husband that it is over and explain to him that I want a divorce without making him angrier? I’ve been married for 14 years and within this time my husband has put […]
Tell me about it: Single-sex school and small town has left boy with no girl friends PROBLEM: I’m a 17-year-old boy living in the south of Ireland in a small enough village. During the lockdown I maintained friendships with around eight or nine guys my age, seeing them often. I realised recently that, since I attend […]
My father passed away and since then my sister’s mother’s behaviour has been erratic PROBLEM: I am in my 30s and have a half-sister (seven years old now) from my father’s second marriage. She was born when I was living abroad, and I have only seen her on a few occasions. Sadly, my father passed away […]
Tell Me About It: I’m fed up with the intolerance and considering moving to a different city PROBLEM: I was born in a war-torn part of the Middle East to an Irish mother and Arabic father. In my early teens, after witnessing a series of traumatic events in the neighbourhood, my parents sent me to […]