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Learning to Ask Questions (Instead of Making Assumptions)
See? The Fonz knows… Happy October, everyone. September was devoted to Getting Our Personal Shit Together. We covered fundamentals like taking responsibility for our life, learning to live by our...
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Learning to Ask Questions, Part 2
Last week, I talked about conflict and how asking questions, rather than making assumptions, can make communication easier and prevent problems. This week, I want to delve a little more into this...
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Marriage, Communication, and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
So October is communication month. In Dr. Christie’s world, that is, not anywhere else. Communication in dating and relationships is important, even crucial, if you want to succeed at them. And I...
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Communication in Relationships: What is Gaslighting?
Ingrid Bergman in the 1944 film Gaslight By now, you’ve probably heard of gaslighting. It’s a hot term these days, mentioned and discussed in blog articles and on internet forums like sociopathy was...
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Dating, Relationships, and Mental Health
The Bible of mental disorders Happy November, peeps. Over the last few months, we’ve focused monthly themes. We’ve talked about getting your personal shit together... the stuff that makes you a...
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Relationships and Mental Illness, Week 1: Anxiety
As I talked about last time, I’m devoting November and December to mental illness and psychopathology and the impact they have on dating and relationships. Today, we’ll talk about the most common...
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Relationships and Mental Illness, Week 2: Social Anxiety
Welcome to Week 2 of our multi-week focus on mental illness as it relates to dating and relationships. Last week we talked about anxiety disorders; this week we’ll focus specifically on social...
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Relationships and Mental Illness, Week 3: Depression
So, let’s continue with our exploration of mental illness in dating and relationships. Week 0 was an overview on why we’re doing this, Week 1 focused on anxiety disorders, Week 2 was devoted to...
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Relationships and Mental Illness, Week 4: Bipolar Disorder
A good visualization of the different levels of bipolar disorder (BP) from Sketchy Medicine. It’s Week 4 of our exploration into mental illness and its impact on dating and relationships! We’ve...
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Relationships and Mental Illness, Week 5: Narcissism
It’s Week 5 of our exploration into mental illness and its impact on dating and relationships. Or I guess it’s Article 5, since I missed last week (bad Christie). So far, we’ve covered anxiety,...
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