A Day in the LifeHere is the state of depression in the Upper Midwest: I play Beatles’ songs on the piano and go ice skating and some nights my wife Leah…Feb 3, 20211Feb 3, 20211
What We Caregivers Talk About When We Talk About Self-CareI do my best brooding in the shower, especially on a cold October day like today, gray as cinder, an all-day rain-snow-sleet sludge…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
I Know You Have a Mental Illness. But I Am Only HumanMental Health Awareness Week includes the health of those who care for someone with a mental illness.Oct 5, 2020Oct 5, 2020
How Al-Anon’s Three C’s Helped Me Navigate My Wife’s Bipolar DisorderThe best reminder I ever heard with regard to loving my wife who’s living with bipolar disorder came from a pal of mine I call Jack Lemmon.Sep 10, 20201Sep 10, 20201
Four Things I Wish I Knew During My Wife’s First Stay on the Psych Ward“Leah is safe now. We need you to come down here to the county hospital.”Jul 16, 20201Jul 16, 20201
You Want Me to “Be Supportive,” But Help Me Know What That MeansHoney? I love you.Jun 25, 2020Jun 25, 2020
“Yes, You Have a Mental Illness, But I Need an Apology for What You Did”Actually, I didn’t say it.Jun 11, 20202Jun 11, 20202
Dateline, Minneapolis: Old Jewish White Guy’s Mental Health UpdateThirty-five years ago my wife and I lived three blocks from Cup Foods in South Minneapolis, where we bought milk and where George Floyd…Jun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020
Published inInvisible IllnessNo, Your Depressed Partner Can’t Put Her Stupid Dishes in the Stupid Dishwasherby Jeff ZuckermanMay 27, 20202May 27, 20202
Surprising Intimacy and Hope in a Zoom-Based Support Group MeetingI’ve been attending a pair of NAMI support groups for five years now, ever since my marriage was walloped by my wife’s late-onset bipolar…May 18, 20201May 18, 20201