556: How Can I Expunge the Family Sponge? | Feedback Friday
You live in an extended family situation and the only contribution one member makes to the collective is drinking, smoking pot, eating your food, stealing your old phones to pawn, and making messes they can’t be bothered to clean up. Since they’re not liable to move away from free room and board of their own […]
VIEW EPISODE553: Is Friend’s Fiancé Despotic or Simply Erotic? | Feedback Friday
Your best friend speaks glowingly about her fiancé, but she lives far away and your recent communications have only taken place by text and telephone. The thing is, this fiancé seems to be ever-present and listening in the background whenever she’s in contact, and she let it slip that he’s fantasized about seeing her lick […]
VIEW EPISODE550: Conscience Contorted by Dad’s Abuse Unreported | Feedback Friday
Your father was physically violent toward you and your brother on at least two occasions that would have warranted police intervention, but your also-abusive mother begged you not to call them. Years later, how can you reframe the anger you have toward yourself for putting up with your mother’s manipulations and not reporting your father’s […]
VIEW EPISODE547: Stopping a Swami from Swindling Our Mommy | Feedback Friday
When your stepfather passed away and your mother posted about it on Facebook, an old friend — a self-described “swami” who claims to be psychically linked to her — called to reconnect. Now, he seems to be taking advantage of her grief and loneliness to get closer, and based on a number of his wild, […]
VIEW EPISODE544: Psycho Scammer Landlord Alert | Feedback Friday
You stopped renting from a violent, paranoid landlord as soon as you saw the warning signs, but you fear a future tenant may not be so lucky. Can you publish some kind of APB as a heads up to potential victims without getting in legal trouble? We’ll try to find an answer to this and […]
VIEW EPISODE541: Spare the Pity Party; My Life Is Just Restarting | Feedback Friday
Four years ago, you lost your spouse and child in a tragic car crash that you barely survived. Now, with a supportive partner and a toddler by your side, you’re determined to move on with your life. Unfortunately, it’s hard to meet new people who can see past what you’ve endured without pitying you. How […]
VIEW EPISODE538: Already Dreading Your Abusive Brother’s Wedding | Feedback Friday
It’s not a request; it’s a demand from the brother who sexually abused you when you were eight in a family that gaslighted you about the whole thing: “You will speak at my wedding.” Maybe he thinks you’re too spineless to say anything that will embarrass him, but the truth is that you’ve been diagnosed […]
VIEW EPISODE535: Should Siblings Unite to Confront Abusive Parents? | Feedback Friday
You and your five siblings aren’t close, but you all have one thing in common: you endured a childhood marred by abusive parents who played you against each other. Now that you’re all adults, you’d like to unite your siblings to confront your parents as a group for some closure — but you’re not sure […]
VIEW EPISODE532: A Veteran Fights to Be Free from Smack and PTSD | Feedback Friday
You’re a veteran who’s been lucky enough to return home from war in one piece only to fight a new battle on two fronts: heroin and PTSD. How are you going to fight your way free of this doubly dangerous burden? We’ll try to help with this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in […]
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