“It came out of nowhere. I was shopping at the grocery store when a man’s cologne sent me into a full-blown panic attack. Suddenly I wasn’t a 42-year-old woman buying cereal—I was 16 again, trapped…

“They told me time heals all wounds,” Sam said, his voice tight with frustration. “It’s been seventeen years since my accident. I did everything right—therapy, support groups, moving forward with my life. Now out of…

“I don’t get it,” Ryan slammed his hand on the armrest of my office couch. “I’m a successful engineer. I analyze systems for a living. So why can’t I figure out why every relationship I…

“It happened again,” Sarah sighed, slumping into the chair across from me. Her eyes were red from crying, mascara slightly smudged at the corners. “Four months of dating, and Jason turned out to be exactly…

“I swear I have a neon sign on my forehead that only toxic men can see,” Emma laughed bitterly, twisting her wedding ring—a remnant from her second failed marriage. “Two divorces by thirty-five, and my…

“I swear, it’s like I have a broken ‘people picker,’” Lisa laughed nervously, fidgeting with her coffee cup. “Three relationships in five years, and somehow I managed to find men with the exact same issues—emotionally…