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, [...]
I am fifty-six years old. I got married when I was seventeen and we had four children.... My husband was always unfaithful to me. My children grew up, and I got a divorce when they were teenagers. I worked very hard at up to four jobs at a time so that my children could become [...]
I am a forty-one-year-old father, married for twelve years.... I’ve had to live with a huge weight on my conscience all of these years.... Several times I have had the desire to get close to God, but the guilt has been stronger. My pastor has told me that it is because I married my half-sister, [...]
I am the mother of an eleven-year-old son, who is adorable. I work, I study in the university, and I have a husband I must care for. I feel very divided and don’t get to concentrate on what I really want. I am obligated to work because of economic need, but I don’t like my [...]
Ever since I was in the eighth grade in school I have had bad thoughts that bother me a lot. Vulgar and offensive words have been stuck in my mind, and lately they have gotten worse. I have begun to have bad thoughts about my parents, whom I love.... I ask God every day to [...]
During my childhood I was sexually abused by various members of my family on numerous occasions. Every time I would tell my mother, she would tell me that I deserved it because I was a dirty girl and a liar. She would always make me think that I had imagined what had happened, as [...]
From our childhood on, my sister and I shared everything. She was a little older than I am, and was like a mother to me. Nevertheless, as a brainless traitor, I misspent her hard-earned money on a lost property.... Then, when she needed to get over an illness, I couldn’t help her. I caused her [...]
I am a thirty-four year-old woman.... I had a difficult time with my studies because I had to work at the same time, so I finally dropped out of the university. I was afraid to tell my father that I had quit school, so I lied and told him that I had finished my degree. [...]
The side mirror of my car on the passenger side hit the side mirror of a parked car, but I kept on driving because I didn’t think that any real damage had been done. When I got to work I looked at my mirror and saw that there were shards of glass and a scratch [...]
I know that our decisions should be made according to the will of God, but how can I be sure if I’m doing the right thing? Sometimes I feel uncertain, and it seems like I’m going crazy. I live surrounded by neighbors who hate me because I don’t allow them to control me. I follow [...]
