Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Dr. Norquist: I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’m 29 and have never had a date. On top of my shame, I’m also embarrassed about my lack of experience. If I ever do find a man to date, I’ll be embarrassed to date him because I have no experience with being physically intimate with …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I feel like I have a black cloud following me around. Life has always been hard. My father left when I was young, so I had to help raise my siblings. Then I married young and my husband left me raising my son alone. Now he’s grown and you’d think I’d be …
Dear Dr. Norquist: Anger is something that I feel often. I’m not happy with this aspect of who I am, but I have come to recognize it. It has been brought to my attention more than once in my 30 years! I recognize it, but I can’t seem to stop it. What can I do …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I’m writing to you about a painful situation that I’ve been dealing with for many years now and don’t know what to do about. I’m in my mid-20s and gainfully employed as an editor. I’ve been living in Hoboken for three years now. The painful situation has to do with my relationship …
(Dr. Norquist is on vacation this holiday weekend. We are re-running a letter published earlier in this column.) Dear Dr. Norquist: My feelings of love for my fiancé seem to come and go. In fact I’m not really sure what I’m “supposed” to be feeling. I mean what is the experience of love supposed to …
When your child is born, you worry about everything your baby comes in contact with. You watch them as they sleep to make sure they are positioned right and you dive to get the binky that has just hit the pavement before it goes back in their mouth. When you entrust someone to watch your …
Dear Dr. Norquist: My husband and I recently divorced after 7 years together. I’m devastated. I have visions of growing old together, with our kids and grandchildren living nearby. I especially pictured the family holidays together. Now the holidays just remind me of how my life isn’t what it’s supposed to be. I never thought …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I lost my mother last year to cancer, and I just can’t seem to get over it. She and I had a difficult relationship when I was younger but over the past 10 years we had been resolving our difficulties and becoming close again. Then she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Within …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I do not feel as though I am enjoying life the way I could or should be. I’m going through the motions, not really living. I have a great family and great friends, yet I tend to push them away and feel I am better off alone (but I always feel lonely …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I have felt heartbroken lately. I have one daughter and she means everything to me. A few years ago she was diagnosed as having a rare autoimmune disorder that can attack the organs of her body. Often she is in pain and sometimes the pain is from her medication (headaches, stomachaches, and …