Posted in intimacy, love relationship, stress management on Oct 30th, 2009
What happens to couples when they are forced by external circumstances to live together? How does this situation affect each partner and their children, if couples have children? I suggest that, rather than fighting their situation – which does not solve the problem anyway – couples should face what is happening to them, understand how [...]
Posted in stress management on Oct 25th, 2009
The current recession in the US presents some unique challenges to couples. This is due to a very specific set of circumstances that came together in the past two years, particularly in the Southwest and in Florida. Adding to job loss and depletion of savings, couples in these parts of the country had the added [...]
Posted in intimacy, love relationship, stress management on Oct 21st, 2009
A clear correlation between economic pressure and interpersonal conflict in intimate relationships has been established by many experts in relationships.
In a 2005 paper on “The Effects of Economic Pressure on Marital Conflict in Romania” (Journal of Family Psychology, 2005, Vol. 19. No 2, 246-251), for instance, M. Robila and A. Krishnakumar studied this correlation in [...]
Posted in intimacy, love relationship on Oct 16th, 2009
A lot has been written on the various areas of our lives affected by the current economic recession. One area that deserves attention, albeit not as immediately identifiable as others, is that of intimate relationships. When under a lot of stress, intimate relationships often cease to be haven from the storm, and can become the [...]
Posted in stress management, women's issues on Oct 11th, 2009
In the previous post of our discussion on women’s increasing unhappiness trends, we discussed how women’s anger gets neither acknowledged nor expressed, because we have internalized societal expectations of what our responsibilities are. When we cannot meet our/society’s expectations, therefore, we feel inadequate and unhappy rather than angry.
As a psychotherapist, I see this situation often [...]
Posted in stress management, women's issues on Oct 7th, 2009
In my clinical work with women, in individual psychotherapy and counseling, when we explore the areas of stress that make them overwhelmed and unhappy, the picture that often emerges is one of multiple – often conflicting – demands and expectations. These demands come from a society that still expects women to be the keepers of [...]
Posted in stress management on Oct 2nd, 2009
Arianna Huffington, published an article in the Huffington Post on 9/17/09 titled “The Sad, Shocking Truth about how Women are Feeling.” Huffington discusses the multiple reasons that contribute to the current increased feelings of unhappiness in women vis-à-vis men, as reported by the United States General Social Survey. According to this survey, women’s unhappiness seems [...]
