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In this episode, I take a question from someone about how they can help their romantic partner who is great most of the time but gets suicidal or violent every so often. How can she get him to go to therapy or recognize the that there are actual issues going on? I give my perspective on this question and also spend some time defining bipolar disorder. Enjoy!
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Hello, friends! Super excited to bring my wife, Joelle, back on the podcast today. As usual, this is a super candid and honest conversation naturally flows into a variety of topics, but we broadly focused on issues related to communication and supporting one another in a relationship where one partner has significant mental health challenges. We bring our own personal experience into it and keep it super real. I hope you enjoy it.
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One of the things that is difficult across the board is understanding how to support someone with mental health issues. People on the outside will say, “Let me know if you need anything!” or “I’m here for you.” Those statements are nice, but they place the burden on the person who is suffering. They may actually feel pressure to come up with a way that you can help. Then again, if you offer some specific way helping, there is no guarantee that someone will be willing to take you up on it. The bottom line is that it’s confusing and it’s hard to know the right way to help people with anxiety or depression. As a psychologist and the spouse of someone with significant mental health struggles, I have come up with a few key principles that can help you be the best supporter possible. I like to call them the 4 Cs of supporting someone with a mental illness.