Therapy ThursdaysHi Wendi, I’m a 32-year-old guy from Australia. Your segment on TMS has been one of my favourites and has opened my eyes to a lot of stuff. Now for my question. I am currently going through a lot of changes: 1) My wife and I just had our second child. So we have all…
Hi Wendi, I am in love with my best friend, who has been married to someone else for a little over a year and a half now. We are both 23 and have been friends for more than 8 years. I was a witness at her marriage. I didn’t tell her about my feelings before…
Hi Wendi, I spend the majority of my days feeling sad, with zero energy and generally feeling pretty blue. In addition, anytime anything ‘big’ comes up in my life (e.g. When my partner and I just bought a house, when I apply for jobs, social engagements etc.), my chronic reflux plays up badly, basically giving…
Hi Wendi – I would be interested in your views on the following subject: In a time in society where diversity is embraced and being true to your own individual self is considered a triumph, there appears to be one subtle area where differences aren’t wholehearted accepted. People seem happy to try to understand mental…
Hey Wendi, I wanted to write in to get your thoughts on a recent issue my wife and I have been dealing with concerning our little boy (4yo). He’s been going to preschool for about 6 months and during that time he has had about 5 incidents of inappropriate touching/ behavior. It started off with…
Hi Wendi, I heard your Therapy Thursday show on TMS with your brother Scott and that caveman Brian, about the subject of sleep. There’s a huge struggle on the other side of the bed every night to fall asleep. I played the episode to my mate, but alas there is a real resistance to the…
Hey Everyone – I DID IT! Congratulations to me for keeping my 2017 New Year’s Resolution: Not write or publish a single blog post here on www.therapythursdays.com. It took a lot of work and effort, sleepless nights, blood, sweat, and tears, but I finally made it. I was 100% successful at refraining from the effort it would have taken to post a blog entry. Impressed? In case you are curious about my big goal for 2018, I’m on track to eat chocolate every single day. Wish me luck, it’s going to be a tough year.
Dear Wendi,Apologies if this sounds petty. I’m a 35-year-old, ex-royal marine commando for 17 yrs. I am currently studying adult nursing in the UK. I am a father, married and have a good circle of friends. Every year for Christmas I make an effort to either buy a gift or make something for friends and…
Hey Wendi, My wife and I have been married for nearly 4 years, but have been together for 7 years. She as of late has told me she has emotionally checked out of our relationship because she feels more like a mom raising me and my son rather than me being a husband. She complains I…
(the book I reference is called Getting the Love You Want, by Harville Hendrix Ph.D.)
Dear Wendi –My mother has been living with me, my husband, and my son for three years now. My mom is an alcoholic who won’t admit she has a problem. After a recent incident in which she was drunk, started calling me names, and then pushed and tried to hit my husband when he defended…
Dear Wendi, I’ve never really wanted to have children, but I have remained open to the possibility of having a baby because my husband would like to. I am 32 years old and I have reached the point where I feel like it’s now or never. However, I also think that we are not financially…
Hi Wendi, So I’ll try to keep this short and to the point. I was 32 when I met my ex, who was 37 and a single mother. I thought that I’d be open minded about dating her and it went very well. She is the person that I have melded with the best. She…
March 15th 2016 Dear Wendi, My wife and I have been in marrage counseling for the last six monrths. Due to holidays and such I think we had maybe ten sessions. In out last one,a week ago, my wife told me that it was over. She says she loves me but can’t stay married to…
Hey Wendi – Hello from Shanghai! Sometimes when you talk about ‘reverse culture shock’ and raising your kids in another culture I nod in agreement on the bus and no one knows why. Anyway… My husband is a workaholic. He is generally on the road 80% of the time (he does very cool stuff, I’m…
Hi Wendi, My mother is an extremely happy, loving, enthusiastic person. She loves spending time with family and any holiday that celebrates family or a specific family member, like Father’s Day or birthdays. However, when it comes to Mother’s Day or her own birthday, she has a very tough time. She will spend the weeks…
Hi Wendi, I have a hard time making friends. I know that is somewhat normal for adults, but it has been an issue my whole life. Usually, I will meet someone or a group, be friends for a while and then they will disappear or will kick me out of the group. Five years tends…
Dear Wendi, I have a friend who I have known since we were 2; we are now in our late 20s. In the last decade my friend has suffered from severe depression and I really want to know how to help them. This friend is a medical professional and has more understanding than the average…
Wendi, It’s strange how I’m nervous even writing you this ask on the internet. Okay, hi, hello, hi. I guess my question is, how do you get over the fears of going to therapy? When I was 12 I was diagnosed with a panic disorder and generalized anxiety without agoraphobia and in college I sought…
Dear Therapy Thursday: I’ve been in a situation for a while now I would love some advice with. I’m in a relationship with a girl I have known for many years. I’m almost 10 years older than her. We started dating when she was 23. During her teens she was doing a lot of drugs (pills). When we started…
Therapy Thursday. Is it just a clever play on words? Yes. Did Scott just make it up on the fly? Yes. And yet there is so much more to Thursdays for me. Let’s just say that Thursdays have always been my favorite day of the week. (Fun fact: Therapy Thursday is frequently used…
Hey guys: I have to admit something right off the bat: I don’t normally listen to a lot of Therapy Thursdays. The reason is my email. A lot of episodes have to deal with raising families and dealing with married life. I realized that something must be horribly wrong with me because the idea of reproduction…
Hi guys, I have a complicated family issue. I am the mom of a two-year-old boy. My mother and my stepfather are separated, but my son still spends time with my stepfather, his grandfather for all intents and purposes, as well as my half-sister. They are generous, mostly kind people with a big flaw- they’re racist. Not…
Welcome to Therapy Thursdays everybody! This is a blog written by someone who just might have mocked blogs since their inception (oops). So now that blogs aren’t that cool anymore, I’m all in. What does that say about me? Ready… psychoanalyze me….Go! Four years ago, I started doing a little thing called “Therapy Thursday”…