Lifestyle Archive

Q: Doc, I have a new boyfriend.

He wasn't particularly angry. I knew that, because every now and again he'd break into a hearty laugh. But Fernando the retiree from Lloyds in St Thomas certainly had a lot on his mind. And he appeared intent on sharing it all with me.....

My teenage daughter has been refusing her food because she wants to be slim. She is losing weight and she vomits frequently. Does she have an eating disorder?

I am a guy of 21 and five years ago, I was 'interfered with' by another male. He brought me to an orgasm, but I did not enjoy it. I like girls very much, but I have not had the courage to ask one for a date. Do you think I am a homosexual, Doc?

"WHEN I go back to work on Tuesday, it's going to be like a vacation," a laughing Steve Farber told The Gleaner on Sunday evening. This was after two days of what should have been hard work, and was for most of the 53 Americans who had spent the last two days building houses in Portland Cottage, Clarendon.

On a hotter-than-normal Wednesday morning not long ago, a man wearing a wrinkled grey suit hobbled into Hope Gardens in St Andrew. He seemed distressed, perhaps by the heat, as he paused for a moment to retrieve from the pocket of his jacket, a small, white rag....

Dear Counsellor,I have been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

He was a lonely figure standing on a bumpy road in the hills of rural St Andrew. He had dreadlocks, the kind that takes a lifetime to grow, and had on a blue shirt and waterboots. Taking a break from picking susumbers...

Doc, I have a problem which I think no one else has. I am a guy of 20 and so far, I have been completely unable to have sex with any woman. I have been with my girlfriend for six months now, and she is beginning to get frustrated. You see, Doctor, whenever I try to put on a condom before sex, I immediately lose my erection.

My 10-year-old son is a struggling reader. He gets frustrated whenever he has to read. He also has problems with mathematics and spelling. I practise with him quite often, but this doesn't seem to be of much help.

The following is feedback to last week's Roving with Lalah:I love you, Lalah! Your writing is the reason I look forward to Tuesdays.

I have been thinking about life and what I have been called to do. How do you view life?