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Riding the emotional rollercoaster: What happens when you say goodbye to antidepressants?
A recent study reveals the social and emotional upheavals that accompany the physical symptoms of withdrawing from these medications.
As anyone who has tried to stop antidepressants knows, the process isn't always smooth sailing.
Anxiety, dizziness, headaches, and nausea are just the tip of the iceberg. The study found that these physical symptoms are often accompanied by social and emotional difficulties.
The seeds of depression and anxiety could lie in childhood sleep
Research finds that inadequate sleep in childhood significantly increases the risk of developing emotional disorders later in life.
The impact of poor sleep on emotional well-being is profound, altering both negative and positive emotional experiences.
For instance, after just two nights of poor sleep, children cannot derive the same pleasure from positive experiences, and they struggle to recall these positive experiences later on.
How cognitive abilities are changing across generations
Recent research reveals a fascinating trend: the cognitive abilities of older generations are improving compared to younger ones.
Evidence from 60 studies suggests that older adults today have better cognitive skills than their grandparents did at the same age.
Meanwhile, younger people's cognitive abilities have shown little improvement over recent decades.
Let's dive into why this is happening, what it means for both the young and the old, and the broader implications of these findings.
The challenge of a neurodivergent marriage
If you’re an Aspie, you will always be an Aspie.
It’s not a personality disorder or illness. It is a variation in how your brain is wired. And it is, in fact, a core aspect of your identity.
Working with a neurodivergent couple is differentiation in work boots. Let’s jump in…
Does infidelity impact your legacy and echo through time?
Infidelity impacts your legacy and echoes through time. New research tells us that a tendency toward infidelity runs in families.
When children of Infidelity are aware of parental infidelity, they are much more likely to engage in infidelity as well.
Is it ever too late to save a marriage?
Older American couples endure more than six years of misery before seeking help.
It’s like driving your wheels over and over in the same place so often that you’ve worn deep ruts into the marital driveway.
The sooner you enter couples therapy, the better. This is one of the reasons why Millennials enjoy such a delightfully low divorce rate.
They pursue couples therapy at the first sign of trouble. And they do so earlier than any other recorded generation…
5 Reasons why date night is important
Date nights foster an abiding sense of “couplehood.” The deliberate planning and pursuit of date night allow partners to choose one another—in front of friends and family.
Choose to read this post, and discover the science behind date night…
My husband cheated on me …now what?
In the aftermath of the disclosure or discovery of an affair, most couples are overwhelmed by pain, rage, and guilt. It’s typical for clients to contact me in the early days of affair disclosure.
“My husband cheated on me… now what?" is a question I often hear…
Decades of research about parents fighting in front of the kids
Kids may not seem to hear you when you tell them to eat their vegetables, but when you and your spouse are fighting in front of the kids, your children are paying close attention.
This behavior impacts their immediate behavior and affects their mental health significantly.
Symptoms of childhood trauma in adulthood and its impact on marriage
There is no fact of human existence that resonates so profoundly and pervasively through time as Developmental Trauma (aka Complex Trauma).
Developmental Trauma is a pattern of chronic, prolonged childhood abuse and neglect and symptoms of childhood trauma in adulthood impact marriage.
Postpartum Depression and marital conflict: understanding and addressing the challenge
It’s important not to confuse Postpartum Depression with the more typical “baby blues” which fades after a few weeks.
More severe form of Postpartum Depression may result in more serious struggles to care for and bond with a new infant.
Christian couples counseling in a secular therapy world
Christian couples get a raw deal in secular couples therapy, and Christian couples counseling is often uninformed by science.
Psychotherapy has never been particularly curious about religious faith of any kind.
Most modern therapists do not tend to describe themselves as religious or even particularly spiritual (Bilgrave & Deluty, 2002) and (Smith & Orlinsky, 2004).