‘My husband’s family excludes us from events because we don’t have kids’Tell me about it: He hates confrontation and doesn’t want me to say anythingWed Jul 21 2021 - 06:01
‘My brother hurt me with his shocking views. How can I continue our relationship?’Tell me about it: We all experience shame and know its damaging effects on usWed Jul 14 2021 - 06:01
‘My husband and I haven’t had sex in 30 years and he resents me for this’Tell me about it: He won’t come out and talk about it but I know he is bitter towards meTue Jul 06 2021 - 06:01
‘My son won’t come on holiday with us unless his girlfriend can join us’Tell me about it: I’m worried that our much-needed family holiday is about to be ruinedSun Jun 27 2021 - 06:01
‘My mother is toxic and tries to control all aspects of my life’Tell Me About It: ‘She’s aggressive, abusive and can fly into rages that last hours’Wed Jun 23 2021 - 06:01
‘I have a glass of wine at lunch and my Mam doesn’t approve’Tell Me About It: ‘I moved back in with my folks who think I have dependency issues’Wed Jun 16 2021 - 06:01
‘My elderly, diabetic, sexually lacking fiance wants a quick wedding. What should I do?’Tell Me About It: ‘I wonder why he wants to meet my mother before marriage’Thu Jun 10 2021 - 06:01
‘I have lost all my friends because of my mental illness’Should I try to reconnect with old friends, or just try and find new people?Wed Jun 02 2021 - 06:01
‘I am getting an insight into toxic laddish behaviour – and it’s making me sick’Tell Me About It: ‘My ex is dating a friend of a friend who openly talks about their sex life’Wed May 26 2021 - 06:01
‘After 35 years in an unhappy marriage, debt is all that’s keeping us together’‘I don’t ever remember a time when we were truly happy. It’s the hostility I find difficult’Wed May 19 2021 - 06:01
‘I’ve turned into a violent person since my man cheated on me’Tell Me About It: ‘I feel he is planning to cheat on me again and my feelings are very hurt’Wed May 12 2021 - 06:01
‘I’m a health worker who has switched to a junior office post to avoid exposure to diseases’Tell Me About It: ‘My husband is angry with me, as he believes I have not thought this through’Wed May 05 2021 - 06:01
‘My brother has moved into the family home and won’t buy out my share’Tell Me About It: He has a free house when I have to struggle to keep a roof over my headWed Apr 28 2021 - 06:01
I fantasise all the time – and almost committed fraud as a result. How can I stop myself?Dear Trish: ‘I would describe myself as the embodiment of Walter Mitty and Walter White’Wed Apr 21 2021 - 06:01
‘Our mother is volatile and is causing rifts in our family’Tell Me About It: ‘It is obvious that she is suffering deeply. What can we do?'Wed Apr 14 2021 - 06:00
‘I want to move home, but it could be dangerous for us as a gay couple to live there’Tell Me About It: ‘I have a job opportunity I’d like to accept, but it would mean hiding who I am’Wed Apr 07 2021 - 06:01
‘Will my ex-husband ever regret leaving me and my two kids for his younger co-worker?’Tell me about it: This was something I had never seen coming. I thought we were happyWed Mar 31 2021 - 06:01
‘I lost my job because I was accused of being a bully’Tell Me About It: ‘I’m afraid to look for a new job. I fear that I’m a bad person’Wed Mar 24 2021 - 06:01
‘How do we disinvite my future husband’s family from our wedding?’Tell Me About It: I can’t have them at our wedding, but the ramifications will be permanentWed Mar 17 2021 - 06:01
‘Since my illness, my marriage has ended, I’ve lost out on work, and my appearance has changed’Tell Me About It: ‘I feel down and hopeless since surviving cancer. I fear I am not living’Wed Mar 10 2021 - 06:01
‘My husband is unemployed. Where will he go if I leave him for my business partner?’Tell Me About It: ‘He’s not the man I married: he lacks ambition and takes money from me’Wed Mar 03 2021 - 06:01
‘The type of pornography that my partner watches upsets me’Tell Me About It: ‘The frequency at which he views porn while in work is also worrying’Wed Feb 24 2021 - 06:01
‘I have realised during lockdown that I don’t like my wife’I find her cynicism obnoxious, and we have little in common except our childrenWed Feb 17 2021 - 06:00
‘How am I going to meet someone who does not want to have sex?’Tell Me About It: I’d like a relationship with a male or female, but I’d prefer it without sexWed Feb 10 2021 - 06:01
‘I can hear the next-door neighbours shouting vicious abuse at each other’Tell Me About It: The level of aggression has risen to an almost unbearable levelWed Feb 03 2021 - 06:01
‘I think my husband has a drug problem, but he says that’s nonsense’His moods are unstable, his spending out of control, and he sleeps very littleWed Jan 27 2021 - 06:01
‘My parents should have told me I have a different genetic mother’Tell Me About It: I’m curious to meet the egg donor, and I wonder if I have siblingsWed Jan 20 2021 - 06:01
‘I’m afraid my wife is in denial about our financial situation’Tell Me About It: ‘She’s digging us into a hole that we might not get out of’Wed Jan 13 2021 - 06:01
My mother-in-law’s bad behaviour towards me has caused a family riftTell Me About It: My husband wants nothing to do with her unless she apologisesWed Jan 06 2021 - 06:01
‘My son is increasingly opting out of life’Tell Me About It: My family are undermining how I handle my son’s lack of directionWed Dec 30 2020 - 06:01
Is my wealthy boyfriend being taken advantage of by his long-time friends?Tell Me About It: They often stay in the guest house of his lakefront home free of chargeWed Dec 23 2020 - 06:00
‘My homophobic husband has banned my daughter’s girlfriend from our home’Tell Me About It: There is emotional and psychological damage being inflictedWed Dec 16 2020 - 06:01
‘He can’t say no to another drink when he’s out with friends or family’Tell Me About It: Is this pattern of drinking a worry for the future?Wed Dec 09 2020 - 06:00
‘I’m a man in my 30s and I lack any strong, platonic friendships’Tell Me About It: It hurts to feel ignored and avoided, and causes feelings of lonelinessWed Dec 02 2020 - 06:01
My mother is a narcissist and has ostracised one of my siblingsWe have tried family therapy but she feels we are ganging up on her. What can we do?Wed Nov 25 2020 - 06:01
‘We’ve been married 38 years but I feel my wife left me many years ago’Tell Me About It: ‘Intimacy has gone and I am living the life of a bachelor in a marriage’Wed Nov 18 2020 - 06:01
‘I am in medical school and am terrified of catching Covid-19’Tell me about it: I’m beginning to wonder if I will ever feel it is safe to practise medicineWed Nov 11 2020 - 06:02
‘My wife thinks my new healthy lifestyle is costing money and family time’Tell Me About It: She thinks I need counselling to adjust to life post cancerWed Nov 04 2020 - 06:01
‘My boss gives me information that is misleading . . . I am obviously being bullied’Tell Me About It: My boss is actively preparing and favouring another successorWed Oct 28 2020 - 06:01
‘My sister preys on people’s weaknesses, and causes nothing but trouble’Tell Me About It: I am sickened by the injustice and recently stopped visitingWed Oct 21 2020 - 06:01
‘My wife told me 28 years ago she doesn’t want a sexual relationship’Tell Me About It: All I want is to hold her in my arms like it was in our early yearsWed Oct 14 2020 - 06:01
‘My husband built a den for himself while self-isolating, and now won’t leave it’Tell Me About It: He spends most evenings out there and when I enter I feel unwelcomeWed Oct 07 2020 - 06:01
Tell Me About It: ‘Why am I the one always left alone?’I exaggerate things in my mind and often end up being hurt by othersWed Sept 30 2020 - 06:05
How can I tell my husband it is over and I want a divorce?I want it to be over but part of me wants to be friends for our daughter’s sakeWed Sept 23 2020 - 06:01
‘I’m a 17-year-old boy with no female friends, how do I change that?’Tell me about it: Single-sex school and small town has left boy with no girl friendsWed Sept 16 2020 - 06:01
‘My aunt wants me to take my sister to live abroad with me’My father passed away and since then my sister's mother’s behaviour has been erraticWed Sept 09 2020 - 06:01
I have faced hostility from my community since helping refugeesTell Me About It: I’m fed up with the intolerance and considering moving to a different cityWed Sept 02 2020 - 06:01
‘My partner likes us to dress as animals during sex. I don’t want to do it any more’Tell Me About It: My dreams are invested in this man and I don’t want to jeopardise my futureWed Aug 26 2020 - 06:01
‘My partner never once lifted a finger to help me with my brother’Tell Me About It: I love my fiance but also have a commitment to my sibling, who has special needsWed Aug 19 2020 - 06:00
‘I’m afraid an intimate photo may be used to blackmail me or be sold to a porn site’Tell Me About It: ‘I lost my virginity to a really nice guy who then took his phone out’Wed Aug 12 2020 - 06:01
