I'm 40 years old, and for the past 10 years my voice has been tightening up with even minor anxiety. At first, this didn't happen in conversations with family, but in recent years it's been showing up more often even at home (for example, d…
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Perhaps my question will seem ridiculous or inappropriate to some during the war, so please do not judge me. Here is the matter. I have never been attractive to the opposite sex—men never approached me to get acquainted, I do not know what…
Greetings! Here’s my situation: I’ve been in business for two years, but 2026 started with failures and problems. I lost my business because it was no longer relevant. I have debts. This year has brought—and continues to bring—many life tri…
How can I stop being afraid to sleep? I’ve completed psychotherapy, and after it ended, I started having dreams that shake me to my core and rewire me deeply. I feel like I wake up as a different person, deeply shaken, which is why I’m afra…
After surgery to remove an ovarian tumor, the histology results showed the tumor was malignant and of a rare type. I’ve been in a kind of stupor, fear has paralyzed me. On top of that, I can’t get the samples quickly, I can’t see a doctor q…
Hello! I haven’t worked officially in about six years. At first, I was on maternity leave, then the pandemic started, followed by the full-scale war. Now I feel ready to go back to work and want to find a remote position. I’ve already put t…
Good evening. My wife gradually grew colder, stopped showing care, and intimacy disappeared. I noticed right away and asked about it, but her response was always that everything was fine and that I was just overthinking things. Later, I acc…
My child is 1 year and 9 months old. I want to go on a 10-day vacation for the first time, but I’m worried it might be too early. My child will stay with their father, but they are very attached to me. Any time I leave the apartment, it tri…
It’s been two months since I started my new job. Before that, I worked at the same place for nine years. Now my salary is three times higher, but so is my anxiety. I either sleep poorly or fall asleep right after work. I feel like I’m not s…
I can’t tell this to anyone, so I’m writing it here. My life has been quite uninteresting, and it’s gotten worse since the war. (I’m not saying I have it worse than everyone else—I’m just saying it’s hard for me.) After the full-scale invas…
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