Case 570
I got married six years ago to the mother of my two children, after having been in a relationship with her for eight years.... Not long after the wedding, I lost almost everything that I owned and we had to move in with my father-in-law.... I noticed a significant change in her, and she finally confessed to me the reason for the change. She had been in a romantic relationship with her older brother, and [...]
Case 569
I am twenty-three years old and have a beautiful three-year-old son.... I have deceived my partner, making him believe that my son is also his son. I carry an enormous amount of guilt! Since I was fifteen I’ve been a drug addict, I’ve had a problem with alcohol, I’ve been raped a number of times, and I’ve swindled people to make easy money. I don’t know what to do now. Every day my son grows, [...]
Case 568
I am depressed and I don’t know how to get over it. I have no desire to go on. I don’t want to live anymore. I want to die. I’ve tried to commit suicide, but something always stops me. I feel that I have a miserable life. Dear Friend, We are very thankful to hear that you have been prevented from taking your own life. Have you considered the possibility that God might have intervened [...]
Case 567
I have a younger sister who has always had a strange attitude toward me. She constantly boasts about her intelligence and memory while subtly denigrating mine. She doesn’t just do this with me, but also with others who are family or friends of hers. As I get older, I feel less tolerant of her and, even though I love her a lot, I have decided to distance myself from her now to avoid losing my [...]
Case 566
I am thirty-nine years old. I love my boyfriend a lot, but he treats me very badly. He calls me the worst names that you can imagine. He shakes me violently... and never apologizes. I love him so much that I make up with him instead. I’ve tried to break up with him, but I can’t. He injures my arms, and has even wished that I were dead. This has been going on for many [...]
Case 565
I am twenty-one years old and a law student. Since childhood I have always been timid.... I have not had a girlfriend because I am not very sociable. I don’t like to fight or argue, and I always try to overlook others’ offenses.... Ever since the fifth semester of my program they began to require that I speak more, and I have tried hard to do that. However, I think that so much pressure has [...]
Case 564
I have lived outside my country for twelve years, and during that time I have been sending money to my parents to help support them. The first few years I was sending almost all that I earned because my mother has always had a lot of debts.... Then I sent some savings for her to keep for me, and for a long time she lied and said that she had loaned that money to my [...]
Case 563
I am twenty-nine years old.... I became good friends with a woman... and then I decided to let her know that I love her and ask her to do me the honor of becoming my fiancée and then my wife. She answered that she needed some time to think about it and get counseling. However, toward the end of our conversation she told me she was raped when she was a child. I was surprised [...]
Case 562
I am twenty-four years old and I have been married for four years. For the past year my husband has been unfaithful. These have been very difficult times, and I have become depressed. My husband has distanced himself from me. We still live together, but in separate rooms. I feel like he’s being unfaithful for the second time. I would like to leave him, but I don’t want to give up on my marriage. Dear [...]