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My Husband Was Disabled In An Accident
This is a heartbreaking post about the life of a woman whose husband was disabled in a work accident early in their marriage. He also suffers with depression. She wrote this piece hoping that other...
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Why I Told The Internet About My Depression
Today we have a guest post, Jill from Ripped Jeans and Bifocals. Last time she was on my blog, she wrote about something lighthearted, but today she is giving us an honest and deep look at her...
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My Mom Was Depressed: Guest Post
This is a heartbreaking look at what it’s like to grow up with a depressed parent. When I was thirteen years old, my mom called me into her darkened bedroom, asked me to sit next to her on the bed, and...
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Male Versus Female Depression
There are many differences in how men and women present with depression, which often causes health professionals to miss signs of depression in men. Women either present with classic melancholic...
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I Was Misdiagnosed As Bipolar
Another story of misdiagnosis. If you feel you’ve been misdiagnosed, get a second or even a third opinion. Diagnoses impact the therapy and the meds that you receive, and as such is very important....
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Pinterest as Therapy For Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families. For Real.
I understand and even poke fun at Pinterest and Pinterest-obsession and how it feeds anxiety and perfectionism. But I believe that Pinterest actually has a very positive side for people who grew up in...
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My Dad Died And I Can No Longer Feel Emotions
Reader Bereft writes, My amazing, wonderful father passed away suddenly and very unexpectedly three years ago in the middle of the night, when I was 20, leaving only me and my mother to deal with...
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My Husband Is Depressed Again and Blames Me… Should I Leave Him?
Reader Had Enough writes, I feel like I have been writing in this in my head for weeks and still am unable to fully get my feelings out. In short, my partner of almost 10 years has depression and I am...
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My Husband Wants To Be Polyamorous (After a Lot of Marital Dysfunction)
Reader Doesn’t Feel Right says, My husband and I have been together for 18 years (married 16 of them) and with the exception of the first six months of new relationship energy and notable events like...
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Wife Is “Lazier Than a Sloth”… Should I Leave?
Reader Wife Is A Sloth writes, Should me and my wife call it quits? We’ve been married 5 years, no kids and have been together 10 yrs. She’s a nice, smart woman but lazier than a sloth. She’s...
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Lesser Known Signs of Depression: Can You Feel The Music?
Many times, I work with clients who tell me that they aren’t depressed, and therefore won’t try medication or in any other way augment our work together, or even come into my office often enough to...
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My Wife Prefers Her Vibrator To Sex With Me
Reader Ousted By Vibrator writes, Help, my wife is replacing me with plastic! To start, my wife is constantly absorbed in her phone. Whenever she is at home, she either has her nose buried in the...
View ArticleThe Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington
Getting enough sleep is integral to emotional and mental health, which is why I discuss it frequently with clients. Finally, there is a book that discusses all of the benefits of sleep, as well as the...
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How Can I Be Strong During Therapy So It Doesn’t Prevent Me From Functioning?
Reader Scared Of Therapy writes, I am a 32year old, happily married, mother of two boys (5 and 7months). My Mum is an orphan, was raised in an orphanage. She suffered sexual, emotional and physical...
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Do I Need a Therapist Or A Friend?
Reader Talk To Me writes, I am very very unhappy with my marriage. Whenever we have a fight (we have a major one every 3 months or so) I spend days crying by myself and wishing I had a friend to talk...
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When Women Regret Having Stayed Home With Kids
I have many clients who are intelligent, educated married women in their 40’s and 50’s. They are financially stable and often have high-earning husbands. In fact, many of them started therapy with me...
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My Husband Is Depressed Over His Career Choice
Reader Trapped writes, I’m writing because I’m worried about my husband. When we were very first married, he decided to go to medical school because he wanted to make a difference in the world. I...
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Husband Keeps Storming Out During Fights
Reader Married To Volatile writes, My husband of 15 years is fun, likeable and kind. But he has depression, complex PTSD and ADHD, plus other health issues to do with his lack of self care. It’s the...
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The Depressed Marriage
Sometimes in counseling, I see couples where both partners tend toward depression. Whether they meet criteria for Major Depressive Disorder is immaterial. Some are dysthymic, meaning they have a low...
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How Growing Up In A Negative Home Can Paralyze You In Adulthood
Many clients struggle with the inability to change. Most often, this is related to an upbringing where change was seen as impossible. As I discuss in the post “The Depressed Marriage,” when two...
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