Depressed Boyfriend

Couples therapist Dr. Jamie Turndorf (aka Dr. Love) answers the question of a woman who is worried that her boyfriend's depression is going to ruin their relationship. She asks for advice on how to help him out of his depression. Search thousands of FREE dating, relationship, and sex advice articles on every imaginable issue, or Ask Dr Love your own question! AskDrLove.com has been Web's premier FREE Relationship Advice site since 1995.

http://askdrlove.com/drlove-advice/depressed-boyfriend

Where Adam Lanza Might Have Found Compassion

There wasn’t much to like about Tyler when he was 14. A lean, white kid who looked several years older than his age, he was covered in tattoos, including the letters “T-H-U-G” written across the fingers of his right fist. Having fled the home of an uncle who’d been trying to straighten him out, he was living on his own in a rented apartment in downtown Milwaukee, subsisting on a predawn routine of burglarizing parked cars. He landed in jail after he yanked a purse from a 78-year-old woman

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/pay-attention/201301/where-adam-lanza-might-have-found-compassion

Deceased Ex Wife Sharing our Marriage

Dr. Jamie Turndorf (aka Dr. Love) helps out a woman whose husband continually compares her to his deceased ex wife. She feels like she is sharing her marriage with a ghost and asks for help in handling this tough situation. AskDrLove.com is the Web's premier love advice site since 1996 offering thousands of free and easy to search relationship, marriage, dating, and sex advice columns.

http://askdrlove.com/drlove-advice/deceased-ex-wife-sharing-our-marriage

How Far Will an Apology Go?

In one of the most famous photos to come out of the Vietnam War, a small girl is running naked down the road with an expression of unimaginable terror, her clothes burned off and her body scorched by napalm. The man who ordered the raid on this child's village in June 1972 was 24-year-old helicopter pilot and operations officer John Plummer. The rest of this story shows that the need to forgive may be as strong as the need to be forgiven.....

http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/How-to-Apologize-Learning-to-Forgive

6 Ways to Stop Dwelling On It

It's 5 p.m., the deadline for an important work project is at 6, and all you can think about is the fight you had with the next-door neighbor this morning. You're dwelling, says Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, PhD, a professor of psychology at Yale and author of Women Who Think Too Much. "It's natural to look inward," she says, "but while most people pull out when they've done it enough, an overthinker will stay in the loop."

http://www.oprah.com/spirit/6-Ways-to-Stop-Dwelling-On-It

Was I Penetrated As a Child

"I’m very sorry that you were violated in this way. I can say with almost 100 percent certainty that you were not penetrated because you said you felt no pain." Couples therapist and relationship exper tDr. Jamie Turndorf (aka Dr. Love) answers the question of a woman who desperately wants to know if she was penetrated at the age of eight. Search thousands of FREE dating, relationship, and sex advice articles on every imaginable issue, or Ask Dr Love your own question! AskDrLove.com has been Web's premier FREE Relationship Advice site since 1995.

http://askdrlove.com/drlove-advice/were-you-sexually-penetrated-child

What Really Makes People Happy

How are you feeling these days? Like hiding your head under the pillows (and your money under the mattress) and saying "wake me when it's over"? We've got something a lot better for you than escape.

http://www.oprah.com/spirit/What-Really-Makes-People-Happy-Finding-Happiness

Women and the Negativity Receptor

Why is it that women pick up on the slightest slur and never hear the good stuff? Criticisms are stored forever; compliments evaporate instantly. "The hormonal surges in the female brain—what Brizendine describes as the rising tide of estrogen and progesterone—make a woman more sensitive to emotional nuance, such as disapproval or rejection. The way you interpret feedback from other people can depend on where you are in your cycle. "Some days the feedback will reinforce your self-confidence," says Brizendine, "and other days it will destroy you."

http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Why-Women-Have-Low-Self-Esteem-How-to-Feel-More-Confident

Verbal Abuse: How To Save Yourself

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me. How many women think of that schoolyard rhyme while reeling from a partner's put-downs or angry outbursts? The rhyme's a lie, says Patricia Evans, author of The Verbally Abusive Relationship—the book that helped change Brandy's life. Cruel words can do worse than break bones: They can break your spirit, cripple your confidence, even make you physically ill.

http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Verbal-Abuse-How-To-Save-Yourself

Is Independence The Key To Happiness?

As her marriage came apart, Araina Bond felt—in a word—"clueless." Then she discovered the very thing that had been missing from her relationship: a sense of independence. Cultivating this complete sense of self is vital to your own mental health but also nurturing a positive and non co-dependent relationship.

http://www.oprah.com/relationships/How-to-Be-More-Independent_1