Tell Me About It: ‘I can’t seem to rein it in. I’m angry at work, with my husband and even with my kids’ PROBLEM: I suffered from depression after our first son was born. I was treated through counselling and medication. I have had another son and while I didn’t feel depressed after he was […]
Tell Me About It: ‘The years of bullying I endured in school are affecting me in college’ PROBLEM: In June of 2017, I sat my Leaving Certificate and graduated from secondary school. It put an end to six years of torment for me. I was bullied relentlessly, mostly verbally, and although I considered talking to […]
My mother-in-law has swayed him to break our deal that the child have both our names PROBLEM: I’m writing to discuss something that might seem relatively minor to other people. Essentially when I got married, I didn’t take my husband’s name, keeping my own surname. There was no issue with this. I’m in my 30s, […]
Tell Me About It: ‘My wife’s new boss is a younger guy who can do no wrong’ PROBLEM: I am a 58-year-old married man in a sexless marriage that also includes constant berating and verbal criticism. I am 11 years older and I know that has something to do with our problems. I was in […]
Tell Me About It: Should I accept the negative comments are part of what we are now? PROBLEM: I am a woman in my mid-50s, married with a family. Ten years ago, I caused an enormous amount of pain and suffering to my husband and family when it was discovered that I had an affair […]