How can i get my wife to seek help for depression?!
Question: I have sugested that she go to a doctor for this and she is against it,my children and myself are suffering through this with her.
Answers: I have sugested that she go to a doctor for this and she is against it,my children and myself are suffering through this with her.
My wife went through serious depression for many years, and it basically came down to her sitting and crying all day long and banging her head against the wall enough to give herself huge bruises.
We had a great life, a great marriage, a nice home and great kids! Nothing at all to be depressed about but she always had some excuse or something to blame it on so she didn't have to face up to her problem.
She finally did, thank God, and Paxil and Zoloft have helped her immensely. It's like I have my old best friend back and my kids have their sweet mother back too. She still goes through phases when she's down some, but never like before (unless she stops her meds for some reason, which she did from time to time unfortunatey and it was very hard to get her back on time again.)
Good luck and God bless.
(PS: Tom Cruise can kiss my backside - no, he'd probably like that).
Maybe suggest family counseling, so she will have you all there for support.
its hard thing to admit i suffer from depression and would not admit it i finally talked to a doctor after years of people talking to me about it stay on her and keep telling her of how shes changing she will start to notice things it took me a long time but im much better today after talking to a doctor
she may feel shame, depression still carries a stigma. reinforce the fact that it is a health problem, like any other. chemical problem in the brain, as opposed to another organ. team up with her mom or dad if possible, and keep working on it
Is she against potentially seeing a therapist? Some health plans have "Live Nurses" where she doesn't have to go anywhere and can just start off with a TALK with someone who can assess her situation. There is a chance the Live Nurse will not be able to convince her to come in, but at least it will get a conversation going.
Sometimes it's difficult for people who are depressed to get themselves to do something