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DEAR HARRIETTE: Lately, my anxiety has been keeping me up at night, scaring me away from windows, crowded places, public transportation and tall buildings, and causing excessive overthinking. With recent developments between the United States and countries like Iran, I am afraid all the time. Social media doesn't help by simply mocking all this ...Read more

DEAR HARRIETTE: There's a guy who's constantly liking and responding to my posts on social media -- I'm talking for two years and counting! A few years back, he was married to someone I'm only a few degrees separated from. I didn't know the woman, but I'm friendly with her sister. So even when they divorced and he started complimenting me on ...Read more

DEAR HARRIETTE: I've recently gone sober for health reasons, and it wasn't an easy decision, especially because my social life has always involved going out for drinks, celebrating with cocktails and bonding over happy hour. When my friends and I went out last weekend, they were pressuring me to drink. I ordered a mocktail, and almost ...Read more

DEAR HARRIETTE: My daughter is going to be a senior in high school next year, so my husband and I have started talking about colleges. She told us that she wants to go to college abroad in London. Her dad and I donÕt like this idea at all because sheÕll be so far away from us. We live in California and couldnÕt stand the fact that she wonÕt ...Read more

DEAR HARRIETTE: One of my closest friends has been in an off-and-on relationship with someone I don't think is the best for them. I do not often give my opinion on my friendsÕ partners, as it is not my place to critique their relationships, but I have seen this person make my friend feel awful on one too many occasions for me to be OK with ...Read more