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Forgiveness and Escape from Depression

by John Folk-Williams 8 Comments

Forgiveness

As many know it, forgiveness is a feeling that can’t be forced, one that often comes after a long inner struggle. I’ve lived with the need for many forms of forgiveness, and each has been important in my recovery from depression. I’ve felt the need to acknowledge hurt that I’ve caused and to ask for […]

Filed Under: Recovery, Relationship Tagged With: Anger, depression, family, forgiveness, loss

The Loss of Feeling in Depressed Partners

by John Folk-Williams 244 Comments

Disreality Illusion

Living with depressed partners can mean living without the feelings of love that are at the heart of every relationship. What is it about depression that could turn intimate companions into cold and blaming strangers? Readers ask about this over and over as their partners start blaming them for their own unhappiness and want out […]

Filed Under: Depressed Partners Tagged With: feelings, loss, marriage, partner

Trying to Find Hope After Your Partner Leaves – 1

by John Folk-Williams 116 Comments

Depression when control is out of control

There are many strains that depression imposes on relationships, and the most extreme can lead to a sudden break-up. Depressed partners seem to change overnight, turn on their loved ones and decide to leave. They may offer an explanation, but many refuse to communicate at all. The abandoned partner is desperate to do something but […]

Filed Under: Relationship Tagged With: coping, loss, partner

A Brief Story of Pablo Neruda

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Some Rights Reserved by capsicina at Flickr A friend sends out a poetry email every Monday, and here’s what he sent this week. Pablo Neruda, toward the end of his life, was invited to read in Caracas, Venezuela, in the great national theater there. The theater was filled with people celebrating him as the icon […]

Filed Under: Recovery Tagged With: loss, love, soul

Are You Still You When Your Partner Is Depressed?

by John Folk-Williams 64 Comments

Over and over, I find online stories about the transformation of a loving partner, most often a man, into a depressed stranger. As I’ve often written here, I have been that stranger. I’ve told several stories about what happened during that time in my life and what I’ve tried to learn from my own depressed […]

Filed Under: Depressed Partners Tagged With: depression, identity, loss, marriage, partner

Healing & the Need for Roots

by John Folk-Williams 4 Comments

Some Rights Reserved by pictoscribe at Flickr I’m finding that healing the effects of depression has a lot to do with understanding the need for roots and what the experience of being uprooted is all about. The metaphor of roots growing into a nourishing soil kept me focused for a long time on just one […]

Filed Under: Recovery Tagged With: connecting, culture, ecotherapy, family, home, loss, love

Healing & the Power of Place

by John Folk-Williams 6 Comments

Some Rights Reserved by frapestaartje at Flickr In a couple of excellent posts, Susan at the Wellness Writer has written about ecotherapy, a form of treatment that seeks to restore the lost connections with the natural world that are essential to health. (She cites a new book of, the same name as a good introduction.) […]

Filed Under: Reconnecting, Recovery Tagged With: awareness, depression, ecotherapy, life, loss, pattern, wellness

And Like Goliath Will Be Conquered…?

by John Folk-Williams 20 Comments

Some Rights Reserved by nyki_m at Flickr As I’ve noted before, Real Depressed Men Don’t Cry – well, hardly ever. I’ve had Bob Dylan on my mind lately, he’s about the last person you’d think would trigger those droplet-things that have a wet way of blurring your vision. Have you seen I’m Not There – […]

Filed Under: Fighting Depression, Men and Depression Tagged With: grief, hope, loss, men

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