‘Why has everyone stopped caring about me? Why treat me like I don’t matter or like I don’t exist?’
Tell Me About It: ‘I’m female, 60-plus. I’ve stopped caring about everything’ PROBLEM: I’m female, 60-plus, and I’ve been alone for some […]
Author: Trish Murphy
‘I am struggling to help my two children, who still live at home. They are both very isolated’
Tell Me About It: ‘If your children can see that their father is self-aware and help-seeking, it might open the door for […]
‘I don’t know what happened, but recently I just cannot bear to be around my friend’
Tell Me About It: ‘It is not uncommon that one can have had a close friendship with someone for many years and […]
‘I have been over-involved in my flatmate’s life and now I’m at breaking point’
Tell Me About It: ‘You need to be healthy and functioning well as a human being if you are to be a […]
‘I want to be with my now vulnerable mum, but my wife won’t understand and there will be push back’
Tell Me About It: ‘It is a time to think big, to appreciate the heritage of your family of origin and to […]
‘Where and how does a man in his 50s meet new and interesting people?’
Tell Me About It: ‘Dating in Ireland has changed and the old idea of meeting someone in a pub is not as […]
‘Many of my relationships crumbled following my cancer diagnosis’
Tell Me About It: ‘Accepting your friends’ faults means you may be able to talk to them without bitterness’ PROBLEM: I was […]
‘My wife is a fantastic woman, my soulmate and an incredible mother, but our marriage is sexless’
Tell Me About It: ‘Daring to talk about deeply personal issues creates intimacy and of course it comes with the risk of […]
‘I am battling with alcohol withdrawal and now feel like ending my marriage’
Tell Me About It: ‘You have stopped drinking, and this is quite an achievement, but the next step is to engage with […]
‘Our son is getting married soon, but we think he’s making a very big mistake’
Tell Me About It: ‘His wife-to-be comes from a broken home where all her siblings have gone their separate ways’ PROBLEM: Our […]
‘My wife has a long-term illness and we have not had sex in almost 14 years’
Tell Me About It: ‘I am sad all the time and frustrated at the total lack of romance or sex in my […]
‘I came to resent my parents as I grew older and now I feel guilt about inheriting their wealth’
Tell Me About It: ‘ I left the country as soon as I could as I could not bear to be the […]
‘I’m considering ending a five-year relationship, but living in a small town I’m worried I may end up single forever’
Tell Me About It: ‘ I know he loves me and wants the relationship, but I feel my own needs aren’t being […]
‘My elderly mum is a good person, but she made my childhood and teenage years as painful as she could’
Tell Me About It: ‘I have to keep an emotional distance for my own mental health, but it doesn’t prevent me from […]
‘How does a father in Ireland have a relationship with his children when the mother prevents it?’
Tell Me About It: ‘Everyone I have spoken to – guards, therapists, doctors, clinical psychologists and lawyers – openly admit the Irish […]
‘I’m frightened of spending retirement with my husband, I’m not sure he is someone I would choose again’
Tell Me About It: We were pregnant (at 20) so got married and, in retrospect, it was way too early in the […]
‘I’ve met a wonderful man, but he feels guilty about moving on’
Tell Me About It: ‘His wife died of cancer a couple years ago and they had 20 years of a wonderful relationship’ […]
‘My relative’s extreme hoarding and self-neglect are out of control’
Tell Me About It: Her house is infested with rodents, she does not use a fridge or wash, but refuses our help […]
‘My fiancé is great, but I don’t feel attracted to him’
Tell Me About It: ‘I have been happy for most part in the relationship except I never feel satisfied, and he doesn’t […]
My husband suffered a brief psychiatric illness and I feel unable to tell him about my medical diagnosis
Tell Me About It: I have just been diagnosed with adult-onset Type 1 diabetes and I am adapting to a new way […]