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27th January 201528th September 2021Tell Me About It

Financial woes are causing problems in my marriage

My husband has been unemployed for the past six months and I don’t feel as though he’s meeting me halfway PROBLEM: I’m really […]

20th January 201528th September 2021Tell Me About It

I’m back living with my parents and losing self-confidence

I am grateful to them for their help but I feel like I have no privacy any more PROBLEM: I’m 29 and I’ve […]

13th January 201528th September 2021Tell Me About It

I am gay and have been living a terrible lie

I have been married to a beautiful woman for the past 30 years and I can’t bring myself to tell her PROBLEM: I […]

6th January 201528th September 2021Tell Me About It

I really love my partner but I’m not in love with him

We still have sex but not very often and I don’t have that kind of desire for him that was there at […]

30th December 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

I’m a non-EU citizen, pregnant, and my Irish partner is scared

He is 30 years old, not a teenager who didn’t know what he was doing PROBLEM: I am a foreign woman, 30 years […]

23rd December 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

Dad died in front of me 10 years ago and I’ve never recovered

I just pushed the memories down. If they got too much for me, I self-harmed until the physical pain distracted me from […]

16th December 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

I qualified as a psychiatric nurse but now I’m in despair

After I was hospitalised in a psychiatric hospital, I did not return to nursing, as I did not like how I was […]

9th December 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

My partner is closed off emotionally

He responds with one-word answers, grudgingly obliges if I ask for a kiss, and some mornings leaves for work without a goodbye […]

25th November 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

I’m worried about my sexual performance

Has porn habit affected my ability to maintain an erection? PROBLEM: My first sexual encounter was oral sex and I was unable to […]

18th November 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

A casual friend has become too dependent on me

I don’t feel it’s fair that she treats me like her best friend or counsellor when I don’t feel that close to […]

11th November 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

I don’t want my mentally ill husband back in the house

I feel really bad for thinking this, but looking after him as well as working and looking after our child feels like […]

4th November 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

My family is fighting over my mother’s will

I can’t bear to think of Christmas and all the events that I thought I would celebrate with my siblings PROBLEM: My […]

28th October 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

I’m excluded at college and I hate it

I have started to dread going on to the campus because I don’t fit in with most of my peers PROBLEM: I’m […]

21st October 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

My awful first sexual experience killed my confidence

I was 18, really drunk and I couldn’t ejaculate. The girl ignored me afterwards and I was mortified, and I have struggled […]

14th October 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

I’m being snubbed at the school gates by other mothers

It’s outrageous that these women think they can write me out of the equation while continuing to say hello to my husband […]

7th October 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

My depression is affecting my work

Should I tell my boss about my mental-health issues? PROBLEM: I’ve been suffering from anxiety and depression for a long time and have […]

30th September 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

My husband and I are being kept apart from our grandchild

We have hinted at how we would like to be more helpful but are always rebuffed PROBLEM: My son and his wife have […]

23rd September 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

I feel isolated as an immigrant in Ireland

After 12 years here, I have never managed to find meaningful work and have struggled to find my place in society PROBLEM: My […]

16th September 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

My son doesn’t like his Dad at the moment

Your husband might undertake a serious look at his philosophy on life PROBLEM: My nine-year-old son was asked to write a short piece […]

9th September 201428th September 2021Tell Me About It

My narcissistic mother has ruined my self-esteem

I am 50, and it has taken me all these years to work out why I feel so bad about myself PROBLEM: I […]

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