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- My question is how to address a family member's depression. After about 28 years of happy marriage, we decided to move, had many problems, she did not like a house we agreed to purchase - could not select another one and we are now in a rental...
- Appreciate some advice about handling my wife's anxiety attack. Going over to family member for Thanksgiving, for years we had the dinner at our house, sold it, had problems finding a new one, now living elsewhere, a tough situation. Wife blames...
- Some of the nicest people have been those depressed or anxious. As I struggle through a tough time, I am thankful for the people in this group with their own issues who have taken the time to help me or my family, whether here or at a facility. ...
- My wife is going to a program that deals with severe anxiety, depression, and related conditions- mental illness to be short. My wife was scared to go to a program. And a man came over, calmly asking why she was scared and what he could do to...
- Background Wife was a friendly, competent, fully functional mother, wife, employee, mother of 3, through her life and is now 64. We decided to move, had serious problems, challenges about what house to get and got none and bounced to several...
- There are two groups here, one a group upset at the status of their lives and results, and two, those whose anxiety seem unrelated to specific things. I just read an impressive book for the first called, The Score Will Take Care of Itself, by...
- My wife is in a psychiatric facility. Before this week, you'd probably identify her as least likely to be there. And candidly you see a fair number of seemingly normal people. In the visiting area, I saw a seemingly agitated older man and a...
- My wife was just hospitalized. So far it was the right decision. If you are desperate or have difficulty controlling yourself, consider a hospital. Note this was a good hospital and they vary but sometimes people in crisis need serious...
- Background Happily married for 33 years. Wife pretty, sociable, happy, decided to move after kids left near to the beach, had problems finding house let one go because of indecision, ended up in a rental, displaced, worried, wife lost about 50...
- Family member taking Effexor, seems to have at best modest results. She still has considerable anxiety. This is her third anti-anxiety drug but she only took the other two for about a week before believing they don't work or had side...
- I have a family member who has developed some severe anxiety. Questions: 1. What do you do when she becomes anxious over a small item. And how do you handle it when you're working on something that will help the family, but she's focusing on...
- I come from a unique perspective, not particularly popular growing up, average social skills at best (being generous), and I had a family member quite popular. So I've gotten a chance to see how to be popular, so some observations. 1. First...
- Background Close family member was married for 30 years, raised 2 kids, pretty, popular and friendly. She then was to sell her house, problems developed, it was a mess and the deal did not go through. She then developed physical symptoms,...
- My wife has had several diffuse complaints including gum problems, joint pain, and recently eyes burning and loss of vision. She says its not a psychological problem and is real, but doctors keep talking about anti-depressants and controlling...
- My wife was generally happy, stabile, and sensible for probably 25 years or more more while we're married or before. We had thought about moving and then we decided to first sell, then buy. She became a little picky and passed on a couple of...