Archive for June 2012
Relationships
Welcome to Format Free Fridays, the one day a week when I break the format of answering your questions and I dispense that which we rarely welcome in life: Unsolicited advice. Today I’m talking about relationships since, in the final analysis, the extent to which we have fulfilling relationships is the greatest indicator of happiness…
Read MoreZero Benefits
Dear Dr. Darcy, I feel like I can’t get over one of my exes, even if we didn’t have a conventional relationship. We started out as friends and eventually ended up dating (standard lesbian procedure, I guess.) Anyway, my ex was in the middle of having an affair with a married woman, while simultaneously seeing…
Read MoreThe Power of Reframing
Dear Dr. Darcy: My daughter was killed in an accident 7 months ago and my depression seems to have no bottom. She was hit by a drunk driver and she was only 19 years old. She was such a wonderful young woman with so much promise. She had just finished her first year of college…
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