Marriage Problems? Uncover 3 Causes of Depression to Solve Them
Early in my career, on a Friday morning, a couple came to me with a whole pack of marriage problems; name calling, ignoring each other, yelling at each other. A real mess. (I really don’t like ending the week like this.) According to the wife’s description (who complained that he bossed her around, was arrogant around other people that embarrassed her, and eat “like there was no tomorrow” I didn’t dream that he was suffering from depression.
However, it turned out that these are all signs of depression in MEN and after we worked on his depression things turned around for the good.
Depression is a big factor in many marriage problems and it is important to identify what is causing the depression so you’ll be able to overcome the depression and begin to solve your marriage problems.
In this article I will present 3 common causes of depression (as identified by Dr. David M. Burns).
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Marriage Problems? 2 Causes of Depression That Might Lurk Under Them
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) “Major depressive disorder affects approximately 14.8 million American adults, or about 6.7 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year.” This is pretty scary to me.
Not only do these 14.8 million American adults suffer from their disorder but so do their spouses and whole families. Depression is the source of many marriage problems and overcoming depression rebuilds the marriage.
In this article I present 2 common causes of depression and what you can do to overcome it so you will eventually be able to solve your marriage problems.
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Parenting Tip: 4 Ways That Laughing Bonds
Whoever said that , “Laughter is the best medicine.” knew what they were talking about. In “the olden days” we only knew this intuitively. Today, however, scientific research shows that laughter is really the “the best medicine” (O.K. it’s second to antibiotics. but it is surely GOOD medicine.).
It stimulates production of endorphines in the brain, relieves stress, increases oxygen in the body and even strengthens the heart muscles. It does all of this with no harmful side effects and it isn’t even difficult to swallow!
The benefits of laughing, however, don’t end with the person who laughs. Your child, spouse, and all of your family members (who said the joke) also gain tremendously when you laugh when they say something witty, sharp, or funny.
In this article I will show you 4 ways that your family members gain when you show that what they say is funny or witty.
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3 Essential Parenting Tips For Fathers On How To Parent.
Parenting tip # 1: DON’T listen to the media to learn how to parent. It’s been a long time now that father’s are getting bad rap from the media. They seem to just not like fathers and try to sell us that father’s aren’t really needed in order to raise healthy (emotionally) children. Don’t fall for it! In my experience dealing with children, mothers, and fathers, I see that they are TREMENDOUSLY needed to build good families.
3 Ways To Build Low Self Esteem And Your Marriage
William Shakespeare wrote, “for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” This so aptly describes the life of someone who suffers from low self esteem; it is not their life’s circumstances which cause their low self esteem but rather it is the way that they look at what is happening them. If you suffer from low self esteem or a married to someone who suffers from it, then you know how hard it is for this kind of person to have a good marriage.
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