Hi Bill, this brief article was entirely about research on men and depression. It did say depressed women tend to feel disempowered and tend to appear more obviously depressed-- in contrast to men who tend to hide it more in these behaviors. But there is a lot of stuff out there on this topic. I would suggest to read all you can-- it will give you perspective.
My C was telling me not too long back that the vast majority of people he has treated in his career who were involved in As were suffering from depression when they had the A (which only eventually made the depression worse). That's what caused me to find this article. I have lately been going through a notebook I kept during my C sessions. Has been good for me to do this now that my emotions aren't out of control the way they were a lot of the time then.
Azure, thanks for finding me out here! And I'm with SS on the date thing. I've been asked out a fair amount (since I've been at this a while now).
Once even by a guy who followed me off a highway exit and pulled alongside me and asked if I was married and told me I was "beautiful"... he was actually very polite and nice, though it sounds scary when I describe it. It was more funny and SO unexpected.
I haven't taken anyone up on it yet either. Especially the two men who apparently "forgot" that they are, oh yeah, that's right, they are MARRIED! Why someone would think this is OK is beyond me. All right. That is my rant for the day.
Update Talked to my H yesterday. He asked me for my direct work line so he could program into his new cell (? thought he did this already). He lost the old cell a few weeks back.
We're still trying to work out a time to collect that paper for insurance. I had a busy week and so does he. So he asked about the next 2 days and Friday is out for me. He said he would call me today once he knows his schedule for the day.
Then, he gave me advice on buying a printer. This is something I had mentioned to him on a voice mail about two-three weeks ago and have not spoken of since.
Just out of the blue, he says, so you had a question on printers? And then proceeded to tell me all I wanted to know. Was very helpful.
I sent him a nice email saying thanks, with a bit of a sexy innuendo to it as well. Was feeling kind of unexpected myself.
