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Try homeopathic medicine…like herbs and natural things.

I’ve just started using kavakava tea yesterday, and to be completely honest its VERY effective. I’m really not exaggerating. Its just as good (for me) as prescription drugs. Its some powerful stuff. Try it out.

You should tell your doctor also. Talking to someone who isnt emotionally involved helps. Is your husband the one who makes you feel these ways?

You cannot base your actions on how you “feel.” Nothing would get done by anyone if we all just acted on how we “felt.” I have a 500-mile drive tomorrow, and just completed a 500-mile drive today. I don’t “feel” like driving all those miles, but I’m gonna get up, have some breakfast in this Holiday Inn, and DO it! Oh, yeah. Your husband needs to stop saying mean things to you. That kind of stuff just doesn’t work. You need to sit down and talk about expectations in a NON-threatening atmosphere, and it might take a marriage counselor at this point. But, yes, he has a right ot feel ticked off if you’re sitting at home like a vegetable all day long. But, no, saying mean things to you doesn’t act as a motivator. You need reassurance and support. I was once married to someone who could never approach me in a loving way about anything–the only “behaviors” she knew were hostility and cold, silent resentment. Well, that stuff becomes ineffective in short order and resentment is not a tool for change. Here’s something to think about: we develop self-discipline to carry us through the tasks of those days that we aren’t brimming over with motivation. No one wants to change a dirty diaper–you’ll never “feel” like you want to, but you know it has to be done, so you do it! Yes, see a therapist, and see a marriage counselor. You’re a good person, and you just need a little help getting out of this “rut.” And, yes, you can do it–and you must!

Have you tried talking to him about the way you feel? Sometimes the other person doesnt know they are hurting the one they love. No matter what, counseling would be good for the both of you

Go see a therapist. They’ll tell you that depressed people look like anybody. Sometimes, it happens to perky, beautiful people and they need help. A professional psychologist has helped many other people with your problem and can lend perspective that you wouldn’t be able to come up with yourself. And they’ll give you tools for dealing with your husband, who really needs to take some anger management classes.

I hope sincerely that he doesn’t flip out in the grocery line when some big guy is a little slower than he’d like.

Good luck, joy. Go see a therapist and get your groove back, baby.