I feel trapped and old before my time

After five years with my partner, my relationship is in a rut. We argue frequently and now I'm even thinking about other women. I've behaved badly before and don't want to again. What should I do?

Sexual healing

Pamela Stephenson Connolly: I suspect that he falls into a category of men who just happen to require intense stimulation to reach orgasm

Fear and doubts are ruining my life

I am failing at my studies - and therefore failing to achieve my parents' ambitions for me. I want to be successful at something but don't know what path to choose. I can't imagine ever feeling 'normal'

Sexual healing

Pamela Stephenson Connolly: Sex is a learned experience and we all rely on gleaning information from our partners

Love by numbers

Dr Luisa Dillner: It's only when you're dealing with magnetic poles that opposites attract

I’m only doing this to save my marriage

Thanks to a new self-help book, When Good People Have Affairs, we now know that there might be all sorts of reasonable excuses for adultery. Zoe Williams has even come up with a few more of her own ...

My teenage son wants a sex change

He was a loving and happy child. Now, at 16, he is morose, uncommunicative, scarring his arms and confused about his gender. How can we help him?

He did not look ‘young for his age’

Aged 67 and single for only the second time in her life, Anna Grant wanted to find a new partner, so she started using dating services. But as she soon discovered, emailing and talking to men on the phone was simple. Meeting them in the flesh was another matter ...

Sexual healing

Pamela Stephenson Connolly: There are several reasons for feeling 'asexual' and some are physiologically based while others are primarily psychological, so seek a professional evaluation