Updated 9:46pm 31 May 2012

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Struggling to cope with my mum's emotional blackmail

I AM finding it very hard to deal with my mother as she is getting older and increasingly dependant on the family.Read

Should I permit my birth family to get in touch?

I'm 28 and I've always known I am adopted. This has never been a problem. I love the parents who adopted me. It's not always been perfect but I consider myself lucky.Read

Husband goes ballistic now I want hair cut

I GREW my hair long when I was 14 and I've had it down to my waist ever since. It's in good condition, but now I'm in my forties it is starting to turn grey and I have to dye it regularly.Read

I am too terrified to even leave the house

Q SINCE my youngest child left home about 18 months ago I have felt more and more isolated.Read

'Being there' could be all your pal needs

QMY best friend has had one rotten relationship after another, her marriage failed, she's been unable to have children, both her parents have died recently and now her boyfriend's dumped her. How do I help her get back on her feet?Read

Marriage break-up has left me in tears all the time

Q I AM normally a very easy-going, happy person but lately I have been feeling very down and sad.Read

Don’t carry the burden of care all on your own

QMY MOTHER has become totally dependent on me following a stroke which left her completely paralysed down one side.Read

How do I help my husband?

MY HUSBAND has had occasional chest pains and I eventually managed to persuade him to go and see the doctor.Read

Business partner may have work/ life balance right

MY HUSBAND is in a business with another man and it seems to be doing okay, in spite of the recession.Read

His wife has shut him out

QI AM so upset and worried for my son who married a woman a couple of years older than he is last year. He clearly loves her a lot but she is very 'damaged' having been in an abusive relationship before meeting him. They were planning to start a family together but she has suddenly decided she wants nothing more to do with him. She has made him leave their flat and won't take his calls or answer his text messages.Read

Going back to work terrifies me

Q FIVE weeks ago, I had an operation on my shoulder. I’ve been really good, doing the physiotherapy every day, and I’m physically well on the mend. Read

Asking for help after daughter’s premature death

Q FOR the past five years I have coped on my own with looking after my severely disabled daughter.Read

Bullying stepdad gave me a fear of dentists

Q I WAS the victim of bullying by my stepfather. I was hit as a young boy but my mother, who lived in fear of this monster, never intervened.Read

When the going gets tough, I get shopping!

THOUGH I try to limit the amount I spend on clothes, if anything goes wrong in my life, I just go out and spend! Read

Sister-in-law won't let my brother see his kids

MY BROTHER and his wife are going through a divorce and it's all getting a bit messy.Read