Archive for December, 2013
10 reasons your friend didn’t send you a holiday card
Wondering why your friend didn’t send you a holiday card? Don’t take it personally.
How to get over the holidays with no friends or family
No friends or family around? 14 ideas to buoy your spirits and get you over the holiday hump
When you need an extra push to get out and make friends
A reader asks: Who can give you an extra push to get out, find friends, and engage in life?
My friend has Borderline Personality Disorder
It can be very stressful to maintain a friendship with someone with a borderline personality disorder. QUESTION Hi Irene, I have a friend who was first diagnosed with schizophrenia and then with borderline personality disorder. Some days, she seems perfectly cheerful. Other days she has hallucinations and is suicidal. I’ve been trying to be as […]
How do you handle a friend who is self-harming?
Threats of suicide or knowledge of self-harming are secrets no friend should keep.
Reader Wisdom: What a boy with Asperger’s taught me about friendship and being different
A retired paraeducator shares the lessons she learned from a boy with Asperger’s about friendship and being different.
I want to be a friend, not a replacement daughter
A woman feels like an older neighbor is treating her like a replacement daughter.
I’ve mourned her loss once. Should I give this friendship another chance?
It’s tough knowing whether to give a failed friendship another chance.
How do you decide when it is time to break up with a friend?
The time to break up with a friend is when you’re absolutely sure about your decision.
