In yesterday’s therapy session, I shared how I question whether what I see now in the midst of this depression is the truth or a lie. I acknowledge that oversimplifies it, but I wonder whether my depression is hyperbolizing the problems. She asked…
Yesterday was our 4th couples’ therapy session. Jeff, the therapist, explained early on that he has a template for the first few sessions. The first session is about why you are there, the second session is about how you met, the next couple…
Before I found out about my uncle, I had spent several days wondering, what success looked like? Meaning, what would be an acceptable outcome from all of this: the depression, the re-assessment of the relationship, work, etc. In no particular order: My career:…
I cannot tell if I’m coming out of or going into a fog. Depression undoubtedly provides a different world view. The issue is recognizing which views are enlightening and useful and which are illusion. The last days have been spent jigsaw puzzling and watching mindless television. These activities I have…
My Uncle Tom committed suicide this week. I left work early on Monday when I found out. I stayed home Tuesday and most of Wednesday. I attended a meeting on Wednesday afternoon and faltered. Not so that you would know that someone in…
In the past few months there have been a flurry of well written articles on female assertiveness, apologies, and anger, which have come to the forefront in part because of Jennifer Lawrence’s ,Why Do I Make Less than My Male Costars? We are…