unhappy marriage advice

a happy marriage can mean you have a partner to share your life with and experience together all the joys and hardships that come with it. being unhappy in your marriage is different from being dissatisfied with your life. and as long as the marriage isn’t abusive and partners are reasonably respectful of one another, it can actually work for some couples. here are resources you can reach out to right now: if your marriage is unhappy but you’re not …

alone in marriage

if you feel alone in a marriage, it’s often a sign that there’s an underlying issue in the relationship or in your own personal life that must be addressed. here are some things that can cause partners to feel distant from each other and therefore feel lonely, according to jackson and andre: “people get lonely in marriage when they go through the mundane waves of life,” jackson says. but people need to be able to feel full and complete on …

depression and marriage

samhsa’s national helpline, 1-800-662-help (4357) (also known as the treatment referral routing service), or tty: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in english and spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. this service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. english and spanish are available if you select the option to speak with a national representative. currently, the 435748 (help4u) text messaging service is only available in english. …

dealing with marriage breakdown

here is some information to help you recognise how you’re feeling, and why. at times, you may feel excited about your new life, and free. separation can be painful, and may involve the loss of: these losses may be even harder to accept if you don’t want the separation, or your family and friends don’t support you. despite the circumstances of the relationship breakdown, you may still feel sadness, rejection and confusion. you may feel happy one day and sad …

romance husband wife sexless marriage

we went out for 18 months, but i didn’t feel the same pressure to have sex that i’d had before. i said to her: “shall we have another baby?” and she said: “well, there’s something we’re not doing so that might take us a while,” and we both laughed and that started the whole chat about sex. it did worry me that i didn’t want anything more than kisses and cuddles, and even when we had sex i knew “nice” …