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 […]
On Healing 8/20/2007: Anxiety, like ducks, will never be orderly
My friend Anne called recently to tell me she was thinking of leaving her job to work independently. A successful professional, she loves what she does, but realized that the pressure of working at a book publisher was affecting the quality of her life. She didn’t want to overburden her coworkers or be judged harshly […]
On Healing 8/6/2007: Guilt can wear down caregivers
According to the National Family Caregivers Association, more than 50 million people care for an aged family member or friend during any given year. A lot of them write to me about feeling exhausted, helpless, worried and guilty – particularly guilty (about feeling exhausted and helpless). Few stories capture these emotions better than one told […]
On Healing 7/23/2007: Misfortune gives life new meaning
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. — Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata“ It’s called bradycardia: an abnormally slow or unsteady heart rhythm that can cause dizziness and extreme fatigue. Often, there are no symptoms, and it’s not always a problem; many athletes in great condition have low […]
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