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Talking to Depression – 2

by John Folk-Williams 2 Comments

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 furious attack full of blame and rejection. […]

Filed Under: Depressed Partners, Men and Depression Tagged With: Anger, depression, emotion, emotional abuse, fantasy, feelings, hope, intimacy, marriage, men, pain, partner, support, wife

Feeling Fine on Prozac

by John Folk-Williams 39 Comments

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 drugs or any of the many other […]

Filed Under: Depression Treatments, Reconnecting Tagged With: antidepressant, emotion, treatment, wife, withdrawal

Why Depressed Men Leave – 2

by John Folk-Williams 60 Comments

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 inflicting pain and loss, breaking up families, […]

Filed Under: Depressed Partners, Men and Depression, Reconnecting Tagged With: family, leaving, love, men, partner, responsibility, wife

Men, Depression and Sexual Addiction

by John Folk-Williams 33 Comments

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 to keep it in check. He went into […]

Filed Under: Men and Depression Tagged With: family, fantasy, men, obsession, power, shame, wife

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