‘I’m worried my friends think I’m a drama queen because of my Covid anxiety’
Tell Me About It: ‘I’m aware I can overreact but I’m scared of bringing it home’ PROBLEM: I have recently been suffering from […]
‘While working from home, I can’t stop questioning my purpose in life’
Time off the treadmill of life made reader think about the big picture PROBLEM: Since I’ve been working from home during the pandemic, […]
‘I was deeply in love with my non-lesbian best friend for years’
Dear Trish: How do I know I’ll love my new girlfriend as much as I loved that friend? PROBLEM: I am a lesbian […]
‘I’m struggling to connect with someone else after my girlfriend left me’
Tell Me About It: ‘I have spoken to a therapist, but I don’t seem to be able to move on’ PROBLEM: I am […]
‘After my husband died suddenly, I met a man at a bereavement group’
Tell Me About It: Your job is to show you are fully aware of the choices you are making PROBLEM: I have just […]
‘My mother was abusive at home but a local hero in the community’
Tell me about it: Moving home to care for a father with dementia has resurfaced trauma PROBLEM: My mother died just over a […]
‘I suggested an open relationship. Now I fear my husband has fallen in love’
After a car crash left her struggling with sex she suggested her husband sleep with others PROBLEM: I have been married to my […]
‘Our daughter is living with a man with addiction issues. We are really worried’
Tell Me About It: ‘She has a really good job and has taken out loans to pay off his debts’ PROBLEM: Our […]
‘After 45 years I have realised that my husband is a terrible bore’
Tell Me About It: There is no age we get to that is too old for development or change PROBLEM: After almost […]
‘After divorce, I’ve fallen in love. But something is holding me back’
‘Life would change if things progressed, yet I feel the need to hit the brakes’ PROBLEM: I’m a divorced man, and I […]
‘My family treated me like a liar when I told them I was sexually abused’
Tell Me About It: The 12-year-old you needs to be believed so that healing can begin PROBLEM: When I was 12, and […]
‘I’ve met a man who lost his wife 10 months ago. He feels he is doing wrong’
Tell Me About It: ‘I lost my first love years 27 years ago, so I feel for him’ PROBLEM: I’ve met a […]
‘My husband and I are both in our 60s. Are we too old to separate?’
We have nothing in common but the financial situation is holding us back PROBLEM: My husband and I are both in our mid-60s. […]
He will never, ever say he loves me
Tell Me About It: ‘He says it is not in his vocabulary. But I have heard him tell his kids he loves […]
‘I suspect my husband, and father of our new baby, is using drugs’
He gets easily agitated over small things and finds excuses to leave the house PROBLEM: I suspect that my husband is abusing drugs, […]
‘I am beginning to feel trapped and controlled by my partner’
She orders my food, tells me what to wear and constantly checks my phone PROBLEM: I had been dating a woman before Covid […]
‘I’ve started to remember things that happened with a boyfriend when I was 14’
Dear Trish: ‘I’ve just started college but I worry about death and I can’t be intimate’ PROBLEM: I’m 18, and while the past […]
‘Am I making a mistake planning a future with someone who wants children?’
Tell Me About It: ‘I always said I didn’t want a baby and that remains true now’ PROBLEM: I’m very confused at […]
‘I’m a gay man in my 40s who is not single by choice’
Tell me about it: His relationship ended and he wants marriage and a family PROBLEM: I am a gay man in my 40s. […]
‘A man assaulted me last year and is still making life difficult for me in college’
Tell Me About It: He is involved in club affairs, and it is making me not want to participate PROBLEM: I’m going back […]