All news on the topic: Dear Deidre on Mental Health

DEAR DEIDRE: MY grandson has been off school for a few months and I am really worried about him.He is nearly 13, in his second year at secondary schoo

DEAR DEIDRE: Every day I live in constant fear because of my stalker.No matter where I go or what I do, I know I’m being watched and it’s slowly r

DEAR DEIDRE: Although it’s five years since my lesbian lover dumped me by text, I can’t get over her.The worst thing is, I’m still in the closet

DEAR DEIDRE: My fling dumped me because I flopped in bed.I’m 36, she’s 30 and we met on an online dating app.We’d been seeing each other for two

DEAR DEIDRE: BEFORE he died, my partner made my life a living hell. He was abusive for years, and I thought I’d be happy once he was gone. But inst

DEAR DEIDRE: If I end my 20-year relationship, I’m worried my partner will go off the rails. He won’t cope without me.I’m a 37 year-old woman, w

DEAR DEIDRE: SINCE a family wedding, six months ago, my sisters haven’t been in contact with me.They regularly meet for coffee, but always leave me

DEAR DEIDRE: HOW do I undo the damage I caused to my children when I walked out on them 30 years ago?They now have children of their own, who I’ve n

DEAR DEIDRE: WHEN my troubled partner ended our off again/on again relationship and moved to another city, I was bereft.Although I understood that he

DEAR DEIDRE: A former colleague verbally attacked me and threatened to destroy me.In front of the rest of the warehouse team he announced that if I di

DEAR DEIDRE: Every time I come in from work, I have to wipe my feet 20 times on the doormat.After that, I must take my shoes off, then wash my hands i

DEAR DEIDRE: How can I ever hope to find love when I am HIV positive?Since I caught the virus in my late 20s, I’ve been too afraid to date again.Now

DEAR DEIDRE: I’M ashamed to admit I feel much more comfortable in women’s clothing than I do in men’s.Sometimes, when I go out, I even wear a br

DEAR DEIDRE: I WOULD love to take my wife away for a romantic break but my controlling ex won’t let me have a weekend off.She was abusive during our

DEAR DEIDRE: When counselling sessions revealed repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse, I felt shellshocked and I couldn’t tell anyone. I rem

DEAR DEIDRE: I’m desperate to explore my role-playing fantasies with my wife, but issues from her past have stopped her wanting sex at all.The last

DEAR DEIDRE: After being told that my chances of having children were slim, it felt like a miracle to discover I was pregnant.So when I miscarried nin

DEAR DEIDRE: After years of secretly wearing women’s underwear, I decided it was finally time to come clean to my wife.But she called me a freak and

DEAR DEIDRE: Not being able to sleep is pushing me to breaking point.I haven’t slept at all for two nights because my mind keeps whirring.I’m 32 a

DEAR DEIDRE: I’M racking up debts after embarking on a mammoth spending spree.It started after I left my abusive marriage and finally felt in contro

DEAR DEIDRE: SINCE my son was arrested for allegedly raping his ex-girlfriend, I have been drinking every night to blot out my pain and anxiety.He is

DEAR DEIDRE: Almost 10 years ago, I wrote to you about my relationship with an amazing woman.I knew she was the girl of my dreams and that I wanted to

DEAR DEIDRE: After finally leaving a horrible relationship, I’m starting to see my ex for who he really is.Not only did he control and gaslit me for

DEAR DEIDRE: Since the love of my life unexpectedly dumped me, I’ve become reliant on hardcore drugs.I’m 30 and my ex is 29 and she was unlike any

DEAR DEIDRE: Every time I leave my house, I have to turn around and check that I’ve closed it properly.And then I go back and check it all over agai