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Question by Kimberly G: My marriage is affecting my health negatively. The stress is literally killing me. What do I do?
My husband of 10 years has been just been diagnosed with a porn/sex addiction. His behavior has literally ruined all trust and love that I had for him over the course of our marriage. We have a 16 year old daughter and an 8 year old son. I can’t stand the thought of telling them that my heart is broken and can’t be repaired but after 10 years of counseling and countless other attempts the debilitating pain is still here. I feel like I can’t go on. I need help but my husband has alienated my friends and family by calling them himself every time we have a fight. I don’t want to bother them with more negativity. I feel completely alone. All I want is for him to leave. I need peace. Lately, I’ve been having pains in my chest that radiate to my back and down my left arm after our fights. I have been crying for three days solid. I’m a mess and NOW he wants to go to get therapy for his “addiction.” I’m spent. I’m exhausted after 10 years of hanging in there and I don’t want to fight this fight anymore. How do I tell my family that I can’t take anymore of this? I feel weak and stupid for allowing this kind of treatment to go on for so long. If I die because of the stress then I obviously can’t be there for the kids or anyone. I feel like he’s literally killing me slowly. This is not what I signed up for! Please help me.

What Are Common Foods Associated With Allergic Reactions?

The rate of allergic conditions that include asthma, eczema and hay fever is increasing.  There are many theories that subscribe that these conditions are  caused by a number of factors however, there is no clear medical evidence that points at one specific cause. It is more or less a combination of different factors that cause these allergic reactions in people.

Many of these factors can be linked to more pollution in our environments and the diets and lifestyle we lead. Over the last 30 years the western diet has changed greatly with greater amounts of processed foods that use many chemicals and additives in their production.
The following 2 food types are well known to be linked to causing allergic reactions in people.

Wheat:

Do You Enable Someone You Love: What Is Codependency

We hear a lot today about enabling someone or being codependent. It is used in the addiction context to discuss a way someone displays inappropriate care for a person and allows the destructive or self-destructive behavior of a person to continue. The enabler needs the other person to depend on him. There is an excessive degree of involvement with the addict and a difficulty in exercising tough love.

What is Psychotherapy?

Perhaps the greatest ability that mankind is capable of is the power of reasoning. Although the entire field of psychiatric medicine is devoted to understanding the relationships between the centers of the brain that are capable of this gift, and how they relate to the rest of the body, we sometimes underestimate the power and influence that reason has over our health.

When people think about psychotherapy, they often pictured the stereotypical image of a psychiatrist who has a patient laid out on the couch, spilling their guts while the doctor sits calmly with a clipboard taking notes. This is a remarkably narrow view of the field of psychiatric medicine, and the truth is that the psychotherapist has to take a very active role in the treatment of any patient, no matter what their apparent symptoms may be.  There are literally hundreds of different techniques and methods that psychiatric experts use to interact with their patients, and each of them has a role that is every bit as real as any tool used by a surgeon.

Question by Katherine R: What do you think of this GIRL???!!!?
alright so there is this guy i work with. He’s had a really rough life….he’s 20 yrs old and he sells drugs, has been to jail, is an alcoholic, weed head, has OCD, was raised in foster homes, and is currently adopted….BUT he is really sexy & good-looking with a good heart.

BUT one day one of the girls (just turned 17 yrs old) who works night shift came in during the day. He basically thought she was sooo attractive. He told her to her face that he thought she “was sexy & should come to is place”.
The girl said “ummm i can’t today, i have a project” & then 2 days after they met they were “in a relationship”….Also, 1 wk later he broke up with her and slept with some other girl. So she actually called his phone & talked him into getting back with her….

Question by sayuri_k: Recovering Alcoholic – What should I say when others want to drink around me?
I’ve been sober for almost two years, but haven’t done AA, so I don’t really know the “rules” for how I should live life now.

I don’t mind when I’m at parties and everyone is drinking, but my husband asks me a couple times a week if he can have a few drinks. Somehow, it seems disrespectful or insensitive for family to drink in our own house, that’s where I should be safe. But, I’m not the type of person who will say “no, you can’t!” – it’s not up to me what others do.

He wants me to tell him if it bothers me, though. It always bothers me to some extent, but it’s not like I can tell him to not drink for the rest of his life. So what is my role as a “recovering alcoholic”? Do I just say it’s ok for anyone to drink anytime because I have to deal with it forever anyway?