How do I get people to respect my phobia? How do I make them stop antagonizing me by showing me the thing I'm afraid of? [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2008 - 53 answers

Should I have said something to the kid waiting for the MRI at the hospital? [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2008 - 20 answers

Is there something with which I could spray my clothes in the stead of washing them? [more inside]
posted on Jun 11, 2008 - 47 answers

Basically, I want to talk to someone without feeling judged. Both now and in general. [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2008 - 16 answers

How did you adjust to living in New York City? I just got here and I'm feeling incredibly overwhelmed and uncertain about my decision to move here. Any advice? [more inside]
posted on May 20, 2008 - 49 answers

Post-marathon advice: I'm running my second marathon this weekend; I was very sore after my first and am convinced that an ice bath is probably my best bet post-race to combat soreness. Problem is, I'm more scared about the bath than the race. [more inside]
posted on May 19, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm thinking of a term to describe a causation related to taboos. [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 11 answers

What is going on with my teeth / gums (very disgusting stuff inside)? If you, like me, do not like to hear or see sensitive parts of the body going wrong, please do not read this question. [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2008 - 15 answers

Has my overactive imagination turned into anxiety? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 8 answers

How do I get people to try new things? [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2008 - 51 answers

Why do women (predominantly) scream? Is it a conscious choice? What goes through their minds when they're screaming? I've noticed that young girls do it frequently while playing in the schoolyard I live near too. [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 44 answers

TERROR! After 25 years in the IT industry in Ireland I feel like the 21st century equivalent of an expendable 19th century coal miner. I'm about to be made redundant (again) this afternoon and am gripped by terror. I don't even know now what I want. Any career counseling advice? [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 15 answers

Okay, this is kind of embarrassing, but how do I not be a whimp? [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2008 - 25 answers

My golden retriever-lab mix freaks out when we cook lamb -- he whines and puts his tail between his legs. He'll eat the cooked lamb fine, but he finds the smell of it cooking distressing. I've read elsewhere about this phenomenon, but does anyone have this experience with their dog or have an idea what makes lamb so scary? Does he think we're cooking his pals? He has his skittish moments (scared of thunder, natch), but this is the only time I've seen him behave this way. And he's a rescue dog, so it's possible he had some early traumatic experience involving lamb. But since I've read about other dogs behaving this way, I doubt it.
posted on Jan 29, 2008 - 29 answers

I've reached my late 20s without ever facing death. How do I deal with death when I know I will face it sooner or later? [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2007 - 26 answers

I am in my twenties, and I have given up on the idea of ever having sex again because I believe I am secretly too hideous for it. [more inside]
posted on Dec 8, 2007 - 53 answers

Please help me figure out how to get on an airplane. [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 25 answers

I want to shake my irrational fear of going back to school. It's for my own good! [more inside]
posted on Oct 26, 2007 - 5 answers

I need to learn to drive, but the idea scares the crap out of me. [more inside]
posted on Oct 12, 2007 - 33 answers

I am afraid to make music. [more inside]
posted on Oct 8, 2007 - 51 answers

What is the best way for me - a gay man living in a country where I don't speak much of the language and where gay people are relatively repressed - to promote greater rights for gay people here? [more inside]
posted on Sep 30, 2007 - 17 answers

I'm doing my undergraduate thesis on the rhetorical technique known as Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. What should go on my reading list? [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm extremely intimidated by my girlfriend, and I'm afraid my resulting weird behaviour is gonna ruin our relationship. Have you been through this? How did you deal with it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2007 - 21 answers

How do I stop worrying in the beginning of a relationship? (example provided) [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2007 - 14 answers

Should I go back for a second Bachelors Degree in Computer Science when all I want to do is write stories? [more inside]
posted on Jul 31, 2007 - 18 answers

How do I learn not to be so intimidated by my boss? [more inside]
posted on Jun 25, 2007 - 22 answers

I'm afraid of the Interstate. What can I do about this fear? [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2007 - 22 answers

Should I encourage my mildly autistic younger brother to buy a scooter? [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2007 - 27 answers

Overcoming fear of success. [more inside]
posted on May 5, 2007 - 13 answers

So I'm afraid to fly. Are there therapists or professionals that will actually help with this? There's more [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2007 - 24 answers

How can I overcome fear of losing someone? [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2007 - 14 answers

Quitting my job after 5 months. How do I (or rather, "Do I") explain to prospective employers that I'm leaving because of a verbally abusive manager? [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2007 - 12 answers

What are some of the ways I can use to fight my enormous fear of failure? [more inside]
posted on Mar 22, 2007 - 34 answers

How do you get over some of the disturbing things you read in the news? [more inside]
posted on Mar 22, 2007 - 28 answers

My SO (female) started laughing loudly on a recent plane journey. She has flown a lot in the past and had stated that she is increasingly nervous about the experience. What gives? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2007 - 8 answers

Just as I'm falling asleep, I regularly have a brief but powerful dream in which I experience the fear that I'm about to have or cause a car wreck, and then I wake up. Should recurring dreams of this nature be a cause for concern, or are they quite commonplace and natural?
posted on Dec 9, 2006 - 12 answers

Have you ever found yourself paralyzed with indecision? How did you break through? [more inside]
posted on Dec 1, 2006 - 20 answers

I'm booked for surgery for a deviated septum on November 27th. My wife has heard 'horror stories' and now my choice is to cancel the surgery and live the rest of my life continuing not to be able to breath through my nose properly, or have the surgery and *allegedly* needing my wife to 'take care of me' for a week and *allegedly* not being allowed to let our baby near my face for more than a month. [more inside]
posted on Oct 27, 2006 - 29 answers

I'm thinking of starting a small business - should I do it? [more inside]
posted on Oct 26, 2006 - 23 answers

So I have been reading this biography of Che Guevera, and I find it gives me nightmares... Why? [more inside]
posted on Oct 5, 2006 - 13 answers

Frightening flicks involving feminine fears? (This is a good question for gender studies, psych, and cinema studies majors!) [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2006 - 55 answers

How do I get over my fear of moving? How do New Yorkers deal with this overblown rental market? [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2006 - 11 answers

I am flying soon. I would like to bring a bottle of water to security, a nice plain Muji style bottle, with a custom label on it. What should be pasted on it for this lame, meaningless, nearly silent protest? What will not get me violated or detained, but will clearly state the idiocies of fear we are now enduring? Or is this horrible, this idea?
posted on Sep 6, 2006 - 69 answers

Comfort my wife's fears. She has recently developed a phobia of flying and we are leaving on a flight on thursday. [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2006 - 36 answers

My previously relatively benign aversion to dogs has become cripplingly intense in the last few months, to the point that I can't make it to my house's front door without being accompanied. I'm living in Indonesia, and don't know enough of the language to express my absolute, mortal terror or where to find English-language psychological help. I really need some help here: how can I go home at night? [more inside]
posted on Sep 1, 2006 - 27 answers

I'm afraid to stop carrying my credit card, and because it's so handy and available, it's getting me into more and more debt. [more inside]
posted on Aug 25, 2006 - 38 answers

My wife is afraid of spiders. We just moved to Portland, Oregon, where the spider population seems to be higher than that even of slackers. I would like to not have to go on spider patrol every night, and I'd like my toddler daughter to not grow up with an irrational fear as well. Is there a way to cure her fear of spiders?
posted on Aug 7, 2006 - 29 answers

I'm twenty five, divorced, done with school, and finally able to get out and see the world. There's just one problem: logistics. [more inside]
posted on Jun 25, 2006 - 24 answers

Should I be freaked out by a random seeming violent act that just took place by my house, or just chalk it up to the risk you take when you life in a big city? [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2006 - 35 answers

My six year old daughter has recently (past few months or so) had a recurring fear of being kidnapped. I have tried many different tactics to quell this fear of hers, but would love to hear some possible tactics to relax my nervous midget.
posted on May 22, 2006 - 23 answers