Posts Tagged ‘wife’

Talking to Depression – 2

Written by John on July 5th, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by nonofarahshila at Flickr I’ve written an overview post in this series on Depression Central, and I hope you’ll have a look at that. Thanks. Talking to a depressed partner can be more than frustrating. It can feel hopeless when you’re faced with a slammed door shutting you out completely or a [...]

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Tags: anger, control, depression, emotion, Emotional Abuse, fantasy, feelings, healing, hope, husband, intimacy, marriage, men, pain, partner, relationship, spouse, support, therapy, wife
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Feeling Fine on Prozac

Written by John on March 1st, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by (le)doo at Flickr. Medication is a hot subject on the internet, so I need to say up front that I’m not opposed to the use of medications to treat long-term depression. I have a live-and-let-live attitude about treatment. Finding anything that works for each person is the key, with or without [...]

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Tags: antidepressant, distance, emotion, medication, neurotransmitters, Peter Kramer, prozac, Recovery, serotonin, treatment, wife, withdrawal
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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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Men, Depression and Sexual Addiction

Written by John on July 17th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Aron Escobar at Flicker I had lunch with M one day to talk business, and I got on with him well. We were both excited about the projects we were working on, but soon got to more personal things. I told him about the depression I kept fighting and about treatment [...]

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Tags: family, fantasy, men, obsession, power, Recovery, sexual addiction, shame, wife
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