Case 213
My boyfriend and I are very different. He made the proposition to me that we live together and, if we stayed together for a year, then would get married. But... I want to get married before we live together because it makes the most sense. He says that he loves me. I love him, but I am desperately torn because I don’t want to lose him. I am an attorney. I have a good job [...]
Case 212
I started drinking with my friends, and on Fridays we got into the habit of going out drinking. What I want to tell you is that nothing works out well for me. I think that I have bad luck.... In the last few months I have lost a lot of things.... When I buy something valuable, it always gets stolen. If it isn’t because of carelessness, it’s because of theft. What can I do so [...]
Case 211
My son went to live with his uncle and, three months later, I found out that he had stolen money from their store. We resolved the situation between the two parties calmly, but the news spread to all the family. Now no one wants anything to do with us, and we are estranged from the family. I have felt depressed and very hurt by the situation. My son has repaid only part of what he [...]
Case 210
I am a twenty-five-year-old young woman. A year ago I fell in love with a twenty-five-year-old guy, and he indicated that he felt the same way about me. Two months went by without him telling me that he had a girlfriend that he has been together with for two-and-a-half years. When I found out, he told me that he had kept the secret because he was afraid he would lose me. A few days after [...]
Case 209
All in my family have suffered from cancer. When they are terminal, I have always asked God to forgive their sins and to remember them [eternally], and it has worked. My family members have died in peace the day after I have lifted my plea to God. I’m not sure if it’s wrong for me to do that, but I feel that God listens to me and really helps me, because watching someone suffer is [...]
Case 208
For a long time I have had a character flaw. I get very angry when someone, even though he realizes he is wrong, will not admit it.... We all make mistakes, but why not say, “I’m sorry; I was wrong,” and then correct what we have done? It also makes me very angry when someone insults me, and even though I would never physically attack them, I do attack them verbally, not with crude [...]
Case 207
It all started when I told my mother that I was getting married. She disapproved of my marriage; but I didn’t listen to her and got married anyway.... From that moment on, my mother has been the cause of my problems because of her attitude, and I had to move away from home to live somewhere else. She told me that she would never accept any child of mine as her grandchild, and that made [...]
Case 206
Two years ago I broke up with my girlfriend. She was mixed up with her best friend, who happens to be a guy, and we broke off our relationship. It was very hard on me; but after three months we got back together, and she distanced herself from the other guy. Now she wants to be friends with him again, and I don’t know what to do because I don’t agree with their friendship. I [...]
Case 205
I am a teenager with a serious problem. I am afraid of dying. I have been this way for many years, but instead of getting better, it has gotten worse. A few days ago I was thinking about this fear, and it got so bad I started to tremble: all of this is because I have a premonition that I will die soon. I know that I’m very young to think this way, but I [...]