Posts Tagged ‘responsibility’

Relationships in Conflict: Depression’s Role

Written by John on July 24th, 2010
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Some Rights Reserved by ComputerHotline at Flickr Depression is a natural enemy of close relationships. It helps build tension and conflict as a once-loving partner either withdraws into emotional isolation or turns angry and blaming. I suppose that’s inevitable since the loving support of a long-term relationship doesn’t fit the depressed view of an undeserving [...]

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Tags: confirmation bias, conflict, Connecting, emotional reasoning, emotions, partner, psychology, responsibility
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Why Depressed Men Leave – 2

Written by John on February 21st, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by nyki_m at Flickr Some of the comments on the last post in this series hit hard on two issues. First is the question of personal choice: is a man supposed to escape responsibility for destructive behavior by attributing everything to depression? The answer is no! Depression is never an excuse for [...]

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Tags: action, behavior, children, family, hurt, impact, leaving, love, men, partner, responsibility, wife
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