A physical is a must. Many times, your symptoms are linked to a physical problem and not a chemical problem in your brain. Make sure your doctor checks for vitamin D and vitamin B12 deficiencies, anemia, blood sugar imbalance, and insulin resistance.
Get your thyroid checked. This may seem redundant but, the truth is, many doctors don’t check everything they should. They may check the TSH levels, but not run a complete panel. Even endocrinologists may not do a complete workup to find hypothyroidism. However, every single person the author knows who has chronic depression has a problem with his or her thyroid.
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Is Technoference Wrecking Your Love Life?
Technoference may not be a word you’re familiar with, but you’ve probably figured out what it means. There’s no doubt you’ll be hearing of it more and more.
In an age when everyone is connected to everyone else 24/7, there is the expectation that you have to be available 24/7 and, if you’re not, there are repercussions. This is not a healthy way to live – especially for couples.
Do You Engage in Conscious Combat or Are You Just Fighting?
Many couples will do almost anything to avoid a fight. When you avoid talking about a problem or difference, or you pretend it doesn’t exist, it can lead to feelings of resentment and neglect. These feelings will build over time until you explode and end up in a fight. While fighting, you are more likely to say and do things you regret later, and your fight will accomplish little or nothing.
Are You in the Wrong Relationship?
Too much of any of these behaviors, from either partner, can have both of you running for the nearest exit. If, on the other hand, you were to follow what Dr. Daniel Siegel author of Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation calls the “COAL” Attitude: Curious, Open, Accepting, and Loving, you might find solutions you hadn’t seen before. Taking the COAL point of view, and accepting the fact that everyone–including yourself–is human, you can ask yourself these two questions:
Uncovering the Most Toxic Pattern in Relationships
There is a pattern of relationship interaction that is so invasive, toxic, and unfortunately common that it is considered a classic: Demand/Withdraw or DM/W.
Demand/Withdraw is such a strong predictor of marital dissatisfaction and divorce that it should be considered poison to your relationship and handled accordingly.
DM/W appears to be a conflict more likely to occur in relationships that are already under stress. In many situations, one spouse is depressed. Generally, the pattern plays out in a gender-specific way. Research finds women commonly play the demand role; the withdraw role is played by men. This is probably due to the way women and men are socialized.
