Everyone around me is getting married or getting promoted and I feel like I have done nothing with my life
I know comparison is bad but I cannot stop doing it. How do I get out of this?
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I shout at my children over small things and then feel terrible for hours
I have promised myself many times that I will stop and I do not. My father was the same. Am I just going to become him?
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Something happened to me at my workplace two years ago
I left the job and never told anyone. I thought I had moved on but recently I cannot stop thinking about it. Why now, after so long?
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I have my final year exams in three months and I cannot open a book
I sit down and within ten minutes I am on my phone. I am not lazy, I genuinely panic when I look at the syllabus. What do I…
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I live in a joint family and my mother-in-law comments on everything I do
My husband says to ignore it. I have started dreading going home after work. Is counselling even useful when I cannot change the situation?
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My daughter is 24 and has not left her room properly for two months
She eats, she scrolls, she sleeps at strange hours. She says she is fine. How do I get her to accept help without pushing her away?
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My heart races and I cannot breathe properly in meetings at work
It has happened four times now. I had a full medical checkup and the doctor said everything is normal. What is happening to me?
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I got married eight months ago and I already feel like we are strangers living in one room
We do not fight, we just have nothing to say. Is it too early for counselling, or am I overreacting?