Tag Archive | depression
#450: How to tighten up your game at work when you’re depressed.
Hey, Captain and Co. I spent the past two years of my life being really depressed (and, honestly, who knows how long before that — I was only diagnosed last year, but I’ve felt pretty awful for as long as I can remember), and, through some supportive parents and medication and an awesome partner and […]
#429 & #430: When depression is contagious.
Dear Captain Awkward: I need some advice on being a decent human being. My wife and I have been together for 8 years, married for 5. She has severe depression and anxiety. She’s been in therapy since before I met her, but her illnesses still hit her pretty hard. I do as much as I […]
#361: Friendship, obsession, and depression.
If reading about suicide and suicidal ideation would be troubling for you, stop here.
#308: I feel like I don’t deserve my partner’s support of my artistic dreams.
Dear Captain, So here’s the deal: I’m married, and living with someone who is incredibly smart and hard working. He has so many mad skills that he doesn’t even need to submit applications to get a job. By comparison I have a degree in something I realized (after 4 years) isn’t really my thing and […]
Guest Post: What It’s Like In A Mental Hospital
This is a guest post by Ozy Frantz about recent personal experience in a mental hospital for severe depression after a suicide attempt. If you have trouble reading about those topics, the cut it’s behind is for you. _____________________________________________________________________________
#252: How can I help my boyfriend when he won’t ask for help?
Howdy, Captain. I am in a four-year relationship with a lovely man. We’ve weathered serious storms and worked through what could have been relationship-wrecking issues, thanks to being forgiving, talkative, and evolving people. We’re easy-going, share humor and interests, and enjoy spending time together, and we’ve lived together for three years now. For about the […]
#241: Am I my extremely difficult sister’s keeper?
Dear Captain Awkward, I would like some advice about a difficult family relationship. My sister C’s been stuck in a loop for several years. She thinks that she’s worthless and that everyone hates her, so she spends most of her time at the computer instead of going out and doing things and meeting people, and […]
#189: My girlfriend moved here to live with me and now I feel trapped.
Dear Captain Awkward, I’ve been in a relationship for over four years now, initially long-distance but much closer for the past year and a half. We went from long-distance to living together in my mother’s house, and then, when she went to university in another city, living apart on the weekdays and back together on […]
