I took a couple of months off because of some health problems. It all began last summer, when my normally slow heart rate suddenly dropped to dangerous levels. A pacemaker was implanted the next day, but within hours I was experiencing wild fluctuations in blood pressure, and extreme fatigue. The doctors thought it was temporary. […]
On Healing 12/24/2007: A loved one grieving? Give the gift of simply listening
“Pictures on the nightstand, TV’s on in the den Your house is waiting . . . for you to walk in But you’re missing” – From “You’re Missing” by Bruce Springsteen Tomorrow will be Linda’s first Christmas without her husband. They had been happily married for 20 years, and their two teenage daughters were […]
On Healing 12/10/2007: Don’t let denial go too far
Psychiatrist to Jackie Mason: “We are here to understand your unconscious.” Mason to psychiatrist: “My unconscious is none of my business!” – From “The World According to Me” Have you ever noticed a mole on your body that looks like it might have changed? You get that creeping feeling of anxiety, promise yourself to call […]
On Healing 11/26/2007: Accepting a life with chronic pain
When Jonathan first came to my office two years ago, I could see his problem before he said anything. He walked gingerly, shoulders hunched over, a look of anguish on his face that announced what he was feeling: six months of severe pain following an operation. When he complained to his surgeon, he was told […]
On Healing 11/12/2007: Adversity, great cure for anxiety
Many of us feel more stressed out today than we did five years ago. Seventy-five percent of the people in a new American Psychological Association survey cited work and money as the leading cause of stress, up from 59 percent in the same survey last year. And half said costs related to housing – rent, […]
On Healing 10/29/2007: Much more than ‘baby blues’
These were not the “baby blues.” Three months after giving birth to her first child, Sally cried most of the time, hardly left the house, and felt she couldn’t adequately care for her baby. She might have been right about that. Up to 80 percent of new mothers feel vulnerable or have crying spells, and […]
On Healing 10/15/2007: Stress disorder infects the family
All emotions are contagious, but post-traumatic-stress disorder has been compared to an infectious disease that affects everyone nearby. Anybody who has grown up in the shadow of trauma already knows that. Linda was born in 1945, just 10 months after her father returned from the war. Her aunts said Morris was a lighthearted man, a […]
On Healing 10/1/2007: What’s lost by ‘saving face’
I recently had lunch with a friend who said he was being treated for clinical depression and was having difficulty with even simple day-to-day tasks. He runs a successful small business that requires a great deal of energy and attention to details. He was concerned, he said, that his business might not survive his depression. […]
On Healing 9/17/2007: Learning to live with injustice
In my last column, I described how some schools deal with bullying through programs called restorative justice – programs that try to help heal the wounds wrought by bullying. The same day the column appeared, 71-year-old William Barnes was charged with the murder of former police officer Walter T. Barclay. While committing a crime in […]
On Healing 9/3/2007: Bullying: A real solution
The start of school means different things to different kids, but for a lot it means fear. Ninety percent of elementary-school children said they had been bullied or victimized in the last year, researchers reported in the April issue of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. The study involved just 300 children in third […]
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