Looking for resources for supporting a partner (and my own mental health) in an ongoing, possibly abusive relationship with a family member.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 26, 2013 -
8 answers
My relationship with my emotionally abusive, BPD father has been strained lately; now, after realizing the extent to which his actions was causing me undue stress, I have cut off contact with him completely. But not having a father figure in my life is causing me stress as well. How do I deal with the pain of cutting my father out of my life?
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posted by Kamelot123
on Nov 5, 2012 -
12 answers
I need some advice on how to communicate better with my dad and hopefully improve our relationship.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 15, 2012 -
11 answers
If you had a chance to talk to your long lost father after 30 years what would you ask/ or say?
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posted by brinkzilla
on Feb 27, 2012 -
21 answers
Three young kids fighting for mom's attention and fight among themselves. Busy mom wants tips on how to let them play better together and be more considerate of mom's overwhelming work to do to run the household.
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posted by akomom
on Dec 23, 2011 -
19 answers
Metaintervention: My Mom tries to control everything at the cost of her health and personal relationships. Resistant to therapy. How can I persuade her to see things in a different, more reasonable light?
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posted by aca.int
on Sep 1, 2011 -
14 answers
physical health & mental health, 'secret' boyfriend, and my family... what do i do?
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posted by zazie
on Aug 25, 2011 -
41 answers
I will be spending a week on a small boat with my dysfunctional family. How can I prepare myself so that this is a tolerable, or even pleasant, experience?
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posted by anonymous
on May 6, 2011 -
32 answers
I don't know what to do about my relationship with my parents anymore. Or whom to spend spring break with - this is a weightier issue than it seems.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 19, 2011 -
50 answers
In less than 5 hours, my teenage brother is coming to live with me. Possibly for the long haul. Neither of us are cool with this. Please help me sort out this ridiculous family situation
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posted by calcetina
on Jan 21, 2011 -
73 answers
How can I rebuild my relationship with my SO and my parents when someone seems set to undermine it?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 10, 2010 -
6 answers
How to get the dropout back to college? How to repair relationships broken over the dropout? What is more important for a parent: to see that your son finished college or to have relationship?
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posted by anonymous111
on Jun 27, 2010 -
36 answers
[relationship filter] How do I get my girlfriend to believe me when I say that I don't hate her family?
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posted by DrDreidel
on Feb 5, 2010 -
26 answers
I'm a non-religious male currently going through a really rough patch. I have no family or friends I can depend on. Is there something to lean on for comfort during this hard time?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 30, 2009 -
42 answers
How do I re-start/maintain a relationship with my father while my mother is cheating on him and he doesn't know?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 23, 2009 -
14 answers
Over the summer, I got married. For the most part, this is totally awesome. Due to circumstances beyond our control, though, we got married by eloping to Canada, and for many people, this seems to make our marriage less than real. I'm having a hard time dealing with it.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 9, 2009 -
32 answers
How does a girl find middle ground with pseudo-in laws that, out of nowhere, stopped liking and talking to her?
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posted by penguingrl
on Feb 4, 2009 -
34 answers
My father told me the other night that he considers himself a "failure" because of how I've turned out. This, among other things, makes me not want to go home for Christmas break and makes me wonder if our relationship should continue at all. Am I blowing this out of proportion?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 11, 2008 -
56 answers
Help, need relationship/life advice... I'm staying at home for the time being to help out my family instead of jetting off to another city to be with my boyfriend. Target move date is in January but we're both getting insanely antsy and we have the same conversation every day about me just going there NAO. My question is about what I should do, cause I really have no idea. Stupid details follow.
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posted by amethysts
on Oct 12, 2008 -
18 answers
I'm the first-time father of a one-year old boy. Having recently finished "The Road" and "The Prince of Frogtown" and enjoyed the movie "The Kite Runner", I'm looking for suggestions of other books (or movies or songs) that are about the relationship between fathers and sons.
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posted by Jaybo
on Aug 4, 2008 -
32 answers
I want to have a normal sibling relationship with my youngest sister. How can I begin to do this?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 29, 2008 -
30 answers
Relationshipfilter: I'm agnostic. She's Christian. We've been dating for four months. We fit eachother well and are very happy together, but of course clash over our deeply-held ideologies. Should we worry about the ideological clashes now, or be happy with eachother now and worry about how to raise the kids if/when we have kids?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 20, 2007 -
76 answers
How to introduce my (white) boyfriend to my (very traditional, a bit xenophobic, and extremely Chinese) extended family?
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posted by Mrs PuGZ
on May 23, 2007 -
24 answers
Does anyone know any details about the Wright Brothers' actual brotherly relationship? I'm looking for books, anecdotes, articles, or documentaries you've read/seen that actually address this aspect of the great American story, their personalities, family dynamics, etc.
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posted by np312
on Nov 22, 2006 -
5 answers
Increasingly, my fiancee and I have become distant in our ideological views. I realize that this is likely to happen in any relationship as people age but I still feel rather strongly about some of these issues (as she did early on in our relationship) and I don't appreciate the increasing pressure from her and her family to "grow-up". How common is this situation? And, if so, is there any advice you can offer to work through the problems?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 26, 2006 -
69 answers
