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by Raffi Bilek, LCSW-C; seasoned couples counselor and practice owner https://www.baltimoretherapycenter.com/ https://www.dreamstime.com/preoccupied-confused-couple-women-men-talking-phone-exchanging-many-negative-thoughts-confused-couple-woman-image118965066 A common complaint among women in relationships is that they struggle to communicate with their partner; they don’t feel heard. Certainly a part of this is the way men and women are socialized different in our society. B

What discontinuation symptoms actually mean, and what they don’t. By Julie Brownley, MD, PhD Founder, Psychiatry for Women If you’ve ever tried to come off an antidepressant and felt awful, you’re not alone. And if your immediate thought was: “Oh no. Am I addicted?” You’re definitely not alone there, either. People (even providers) frequently use the word withdrawal to describe what happens when stopping an antidepressant. That makes intuitive sense. After all, some people ab

“Suicidal thoughts” are often treated as a single, black-and-white symptom—but they can reflect profoundly different experiences, from passive overwhelm to intrusive OCD thoughts, PMDD-related emotional collapse, postpartum anxiety, or true suicidal intent. Understanding the difference matters.

By Julie Brownley, MD, PhD Founder, Psychiatry for Women You’re getting everything done. Work. Partners, dogs, cats, kids, whatever. Logistics. All the random invisible things that somehow end up being your responsibility. From the outside, you look fine. More than fine, honestly. But internally there’s this low-grade sense of… I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this. Or: I feel like I might just… drop the ball on everything. I see this all the time. And what’s in