Dear C and Dr. B; We have a new boss at work and half the people there are ready to quit after listening to her for a week. When it comes to straightening out problems and keeping things on course, she has the diplomacy of a water buffalo in heat. She has this totally negative approach! […]
Dear C and Dr. B; My wife Maeve asked me today, “Do I have ADHD?” I am a doctor and we should never diagnose friends and family, but I considered the question. Yeah – she had traits. But then, I have some of the characteristics of Asperger’s, and nearly every medical student meets the criteria […]
Dear C and Dr. B: Yesterday I was at the drugstore waiting in the drive-up window line. My fellow passenger in the car had tested COVID-positive and we were picking up his anti-viral prescription. Because of that, I was wearing a mask and driving with all windows open in order to protect myself. A guy […]
Dear C and Dr. B: Now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing up, my wife and I want to travel again, but now we have a new problem – I can’t find anyone to take care of my pet cockatiel. I never knew that pet owning could be such a ball and chain! Pet day care […]
Dear C and Dr. B: How do I get it into my young adult daughter’s head that the world does not revolve around her? When she complains she isn’t getting hired for jobs, and I suggest that it might be her nose ring and tattoos, she won’t listen to me. Those are her “things,” she […]
Dear C and Dr. B: I have been trying to help a friend for the last few years who’s had an addiction problem. I’ve known him for over 20 years and I’ve been friends with his family from childhood. In the past, he has helped me out when I needed help, so I felt good […]
Dear C and Dr. B: I am worried. My daughter is starting college in the fall, at a school in a very conservative area in the south. The social norms are very different from those in Providence. My concern is with her new fashion trend – sheer tight tops and no bras. Apparently, it’s a TikTok thing. I have talked to my daughter about […]
Dear C and Dr. B: My wife gets really down on herself – she self flagellates. She takes everything personally and feels it is her job to make the world a better place, and if something goes wrong, she just cant let it go. She can’t bear to disappoint anyone. Right now, she feels that she hates […]
Dear C and Dr. B: I’m in a weird situation. Jay and I have been married for a little over 2 years. Sex was never a big thing with us, it’s one of the things we had in common. We had so many of the same interests and we could talk about anything – sex […]
Dear C and Dr. B: The world has really changed since I graduated from high school back in 2018. First, it was the 2016 election, then COVID-19, now the war in Ukraine and the threat of conflict on every side. We have all faced losses – we lost our social freedom to COVID-19, some lost […]