emotional pain

How can I not know what I am feeling? How can I not know what I am feeling?

If I'd been more honest with myself and with her, maybe we wouldn't have broken up.
By Cary Tennis Nov 13, 2008

  • I'm perpetuating the cycle of emotional abuse

    I was a victim of rage and violence and now I can't control my temper.
    By Cary Tennis April 23, 2008

  • My boyfriend danced dirty to make me jealous

    I asked him why he was doing the bump and grind with a woman, and he said he thought it would get him laid.
    By Cary Tennis February 20, 2008

  • I feel terrible about leaving but I have to go

    My boyfriend has done wonderful things for me, but I cannot stand to be in this relationship any longer.
    By Cary Tennis May 25, 2007

  • My sister is having an illicit affair

    I'm sworn to secrecy, but I think maybe I should tell the rest of my family.
    By Cary Tennis May 18, 2007

  • At what point can I just give up on my son?

    As a mom and as a daughter I'm at the end of my rope.
    By Cary Tennis June 9, 2006

  • Head case

    Paula Kamen has had a headache for 14 years. Her unlikely and often hilarious memoir explores the secret history of women and pain, and introduces us to a new (but very old) social phenomenon: The Tired Girls.
    By Andrew O'Hehir April 15, 2005

  • I got involved with a married alcoholic and now I'm all messed up

    I always get over relationships quickly, but this one has left me shattered and angry and baffled.
    By Cary Tennis February 11, 2005

  • Sylvia and Ruth

    Ruth Tiffany Barnhouse was therapist for the most famous, and famously troubled, poet of our time. Shortly before her own death, she agreed to speak about her treatment of Sylvia Plath, and the regrets that still haunted her decades after Plath's suicide.
    By Karen Maroda November 29, 2004

  • Is therapy dead?

    A new book argues that the decline in long-term psychotherapy -- along with our reliance on medication and quick fixes -- is a public health tragedy.
    By Fred Branfman January 5, 2004

  • "Leaving You: The Cultural Meaning of Suicide" by Lisa Lieberman

    A new book argues that suicide can be a rational response to an intolerable world -- and says that by medicalizing suicides, we rob them of their free will.
    By Laura Miller May 13, 2003

  • "Oh Pleez GAWD I can't handle the success!"

    Excerpts from Kurt Cobain's journals (published in Newsweek) reveal an oddball genius battling severe physical pain -- and imagining a Nirvana reunion tour sponsored by Depends.
    By Bomani Jones October 23, 2002

  • A cooler head prevails

    Psychologist Robert Firestone rejects the quick fix for bad marriage.
    By Fred Branfman November 16, 1999
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