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Until the publication of Myrna Weissman's study The Depressed Woman in , it was generally assumed that the depressed were silent, compliant and passive in all contexts. But this was based on merely interviewing them once, rather than observing them at home. She found they were paranoid and aggressive to close intimates, especially partners and children, and the same has since been shown to be true of depressed men.
"Wedding Bell Blues" is a song written and recorded by Laura Nyro in The best known version of the song was a number one hit for the 5th Dimension in The lyrics are written from the perspective of a woman whose boyfriend has not yet proposed to her, and who wonders, "am I ever gonna see my wedding day?. Wedding Day Blues Lyrics: Today is the day, the day that I dread / I hardly wanna get up out of my bed / My old woman's getting married and I'm a little jealous.
Partners of depressives are themselves more likely to be depressed, to get physically ill, to abuse alcohol and to commit both suicide and homicide. Compared with couples where neither is depressed, in couples with one depressive, the depressed partner is more likely to be inflexibly overbearing in solving disputes. The couple feel miserable about their relationship, are secretive and uncommunicative, providing little support to each other.
In short, depressed people tend to be hell to live with as well as living in hell. The implications are intriguing. Rates of depression among year-olds have risen between three and 10 times compared with ; rates of divorce are seven times higher. There can be little doubt that the increased depression will have increased the divorce rate.
On top of that, the greater ease of divorce will have enabled more depressed people to 'act out' avoiding feelings through action their hostility and paranoia towards their partner by divorcing them rather than getting treatment for it. The consequent increased number of divorcees - since divorced status increases depression - will have then further boosted the depression stats.
Mind you, nor would Kate have that second bottle at lunchtime or go to bed with her slap on. The incredulity with which such confessions are expressed cannot be exaggerated. From our Slough of Despond we wail: In a multi-media age, where the populace rarely views the same subject matter, we united on a single theme. A self-confessed pessimist remarks: There was a genuine air of camaraderie.
For once we had good news — and on an epic scale. And all of us have had to face the end of that stretch of sunlit loafing born of consecutive bank holidays.
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Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation. Monday 17 December Have you fallen into the arms of post-wedding-day blues?
As released by Nyro the song is similar in content and arrangement to the later 5th Dimension version, albeit with a somewhat more soulful vocal line. None of us can truly say whether a marriage is 'good' or 'bad'. Comment on this discussion. A knock at the door broke him out of his reverie on the sofa and his mum being busy he answered it in his sweat pants from earlier, hoping it wasn't Liam. Labelle Time and Love:
After celebrating the royal wedding our nation is left deflated, says Hannah Betts. A nation mourns, or rather, sulks. Zara Phillips, take note. More from The Telegraph.