From Secrets to Stories: Choosing When to Share Your Past

AskDrDarcy just turned 12 years old this week.  I started my blog in 2010 because all around me, people were vibrating at that frenetic frequency that felt contagious during the holiday season, and I found myself giving the same advice again and again, wishing I could put it on blast ...

Dear Dr. Darcy, I just caught my partner of 3 years cheating on me. I am destroyed. Like, gutted. I have never been a jealous person, but lately I saw her looking at her phone and smiling and just got a weird feeling, so yes, I checked her phone. Not ...

I live with my partner and I’m discovering he is a needy person. He needs nice words all the time, wants to be together all day sharing things, he wants me to let him know if I arrive safely to a place, etc. It’s a long list. How do I ...

Anyone who knows me knows I’m an Olympic-level sleeper. I could go head-to-head with a college student to compete in zzzzs on any given weekend. Which you’d think would make me a fan of America’s annual ritual of setting the clocks back to Standard Time. We get an extra hour, ...

Dear Dr. Darcy,  I recently made up with my mother after not talking to her for almost a year. TBH, I only did it because of pressure I was getting from family and friends. My mother has always yelled and screamed at me when she’s mad but this last time ...

I recently fell for someone who I connected with. He seemed like he wanted a relationship but I found out that he was stringing me along for something casual. I still have feelings for him and I want to move on but I’m worried it’s going to happen again. Is ...