Faith, Family, and Future Confusion
Dear Dr. Ryan, I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost one year, we both have gotten serious about each other and have discussed our future together which included marriage and kids. We are both in…
We Lost Our Zing
Dear Dr. Ryan, Hi, I’ve been married for 7 years, but I do not love my husband the same way that I used to. I mean I like him more than anyone else in the…
Depressed Relationship
Dear Dr. Ryan, I met a guy a couple months ago and we hit it off right from the word go so we began dating shortly after and it’s been nearly 10 months since. We’ve…
Overly Negative Friend is Hurting My Mental Health
Dear Dr. Ryan, I have a friend that I love dearly, but I feel like she may be hurting my mental health, and I don’t know how to talk to her about it. I have…
Depressed Messages from a Struggling Soldier
Dear Dr. Ryan, A year ago, my youngest sister’s husband was discharged from the Army for medical issues pertaining to depression. He has been diagnosed manic depressive which he receives medication for. Occasionally, he sees…
Depression Cutting In
Dear Dr. Ryan, I’ve never been happy. There have been times in my life when things were good, but there was that feeling of insecurity that something would soon go wrong, and I would become…
Friend in a Funk
Dear Dr. Ryan, In the past year I’ve seen a noticeable change in my friend Darla’s mood. Darla and I worked together at a coffee shop one summer when I was in between advertising gigs.…