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HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media. Many men come into my office complaining about their wife acting so stressed out all the time.

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And sometimes the words they use are not that nice. Basically, many husbands want to know: "My wife and I both work, but when I get home, it's not like a fire drill for me. For her, though, it's like the end of the world if we don't stay on schedule, if the dishes are in the sink, if we eat late or the kids are playing for a few minutes instead of brushing their teeth. What's her problem? If she wasn't so stressed out, our home life would be so much more relaxed. " Newsletter Sign Up A weekly guide to improving all of the relationships in your life Subscribe to HuffPost’s relationships email Successfully Subscribed! Realness delivered to your inbox I completely understand this perspective. Anyway, here is a list of seven reasons that your wife finds it difficult to "calm down" on a regular basis. 6 Things to Do to Improve Your Relationship. How to Stop Resenting Your Spouse After Having a Baby 

Here's a scene that played out nightly during my first months of motherhood: My photographer husband returns home from a shoot, smelling of high-end catering and excitement.

How to Stop Resenting Your Spouse After Having a Baby 

I greet him at the door, smelling of stale formula. A fight ensues. I resent that he got to escape the monotony of life with a newborn. He resents that I don't appreciate how hard he works to support us. Both of us resent the other for having what seems like the easier job. Before having kids, my husband and I hardly ever fought. How American parenting is killing the American marriage - Quartz. At eleven o’clock in the morning on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, guns across Europe fell silent.

How American parenting is killing the American marriage - Quartz

An assassination in Sarajevo that had turned into a grinding, grueling conflict was coming to a diplomatic close—but it was not over. For Americans, Nov. 11 is celebrated as Veteran’s Day, a time to honor the brave servicemen and women who have fought for our nation. For much of the Muslim world, Nov. 11 marks the end of a kind of order: the Sunni caliphate, an office that had been more or less occupied from the death of Mohammed in 632, to the exile of the last Ottoman Caliph in 1924. It took several more generations, and another, even worse war, for the new Europe to be born, a continent at peace with itself and with the world.

And yet there is still no lasting peace in the Muslim world, no resolution, no transition to a new order. The difference in mild and severe AD/HD [Archive] Sure -- I was just trying not to screw up the message, but we're obvious seeing different things.

The difference in mild and severe AD/HD [Archive]

When you go through puberty your brain grows really fast and to become more efficient it prunes away some of the connections (this is a good thing) and increased mylenation occurs which makes everything go faster (also a good thing). This isn't totally finished after adolescence. I read somewhere that it continues to improve until mid life but much more slowly than in the teen years. Obviously if someone is just a tiny bit on the side of the impairment line that qualifies for an ADHD diagnosis an improvement with maturity will either lessen the symptoms or even put one over the line into the non ADD category (although there may still be an ADD thinking style without impairment). On the more severe side of the continuum an improvement might help, but the impairment would still be profound enough to leave serious problems for the ADHD individual. ThaiPulse Blog: Living in Thailand, Thai People, Things to Do. I have ADD – ADHD.

ThaiPulse Blog: Living in Thailand, Thai People, Things to Do

I didn’t know I had it until I was going through my masters program and I took a test just for fun. Baseline for ADD / ADHD was 25 points. I Scored triple that – 76. Recently (10/09) I took another online test at a psych site I scored over 100 and 75 was supposed to be a high probability of ADHD. I’ve got what others term ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) – ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Can This Marriage Be Saved? "My Husband Is Depressed" Listen in as one real-life couple works through a major crisis in their relationship with the help of a marriage therapist.

Can This Marriage Be Saved? "My Husband Is Depressed"

The Couple Rhonda: 56, guidance counselor Bill: 58, unemployed Married: 34 years Kids: Eric, 26; Jeannie, 24. Coping With a Disabled Husband. Coping with a Disabled Husband A devoted wife learns how to honor her husband while dealing with his disease. by Marcia Alice Mitchell Shortly after Lee and I were married, he began to lose his balance while walking.

Coping With a Disabled Husband

Initially, the doctors thought he might have Multiple Sclerosis. They later amended the diagnosis to Cerebral Atrophy, then Atrophy of the Cerebellum, then Alzheimer's. The latest amendment is Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. I was prepared to stay with Lee and care for him, but I wasn't prepared for the continuous changes in him nor the changes this would bring to our marriage and family. Coming changes. Your Marriage After Baby: 6 Solutions to Common Problems. Your Marriage After Baby: 6 Solutions to Common Problems. Dealing with Spouse’s Debilitating Disease - Marriage Advocates.

I'm going to throw probably too much information and too many ideas out there.

Dealing with Spouse’s Debilitating Disease - Marriage Advocates

Sorry in advance if it feels overwhelming. The biggest thing that I am so grateful to all of you for is the acceptance and validation of my feelings. I have felt and do feel horribly guilty for being resentful.