Even though he's the one mistreating me and our son, he makes me feel as though the divorce and everything else is my fault. I am the second provider Marsha has come to for help. Several months ago, a psychiatrist prescribed medication. One drug gave her headaches, the other one dry mouth and stiffness. Halving the dose or waiting for the side effects to pass was met with stone-cold resistance.
Depression is an invisible illness.
There are no open sores, no clinically significant blood tests, and no hard physical findings. While professionals recognize the biochemical underpinnings, laymen typically do not. There was no doubt that Marsha needed cognitive restructuring. She needed to learn how to take care of herself for a change, as opposed to taking the blame for everything wrong in everyone's life. She needed to take responsibility for her life, and no one else's.