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Jeff Zuckerman

Jeff Zuckerman

A Day in the Life

Here 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, 2021

A Day in the Life

Feb 3, 2021

Jeff Zuckerman

What We Caregivers Talk About When We Talk About Self-Care

I 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, 2020

What We Caregivers Talk About When We Talk About Self-Care

Oct 23, 2020

Jeff Zuckerman

I Know You Have a Mental Illness. But I Am Only Human

Mental Health Awareness Week includes the health of those who care for someone with a mental illness.

Oct 5, 2020

I Know You Have a Mental Illness. But I Am Only Human

Oct 5, 2020

Jeff Zuckerman

How Al-Anon’s Three C’s Helped Me Navigate My Wife’s Bipolar Disorder

The 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, 2020

How Al-Anon’s Three C’s Helped Me Navigate My Wife’s Bipolar Disorder

Sep 10, 2020

Jeff Zuckerman

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, 2020

Four Things I Wish I Knew During My Wife’s First Stay on the Psych Ward

Jul 16, 2020

Jeff Zuckerman

You Want Me to “Be Supportive,” But Help Me Know What That Means

Honey? I love you.

Jun 25, 2020

You Want Me to “Be Supportive,” But Help Me Know What That Means

Jun 25, 2020

Jeff Zuckerman

“Yes, You Have a Mental Illness, But I Need an Apology for What You Did”

Actually, I didn’t say it.

Jun 11, 2020

“Yes, You Have a Mental Illness, But I Need an Apology for What You Did”

Jun 11, 2020

Jeff Zuckerman

Dateline, Minneapolis: Old Jewish White Guy’s Mental Health Update

Thirty-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, 2020

Dateline, Minneapolis: Old Jewish White Guy’s Mental Health Update

Jun 5, 2020

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Invisible Illness

No, Your Depressed Partner Can’t Put Her Stupid Dishes in the Stupid Dishwasher

by Jeff Zuckerman

May 27, 2020

No, Your Depressed Partner Can’t Put Her Stupid Dishes in the Stupid Dishwasher

May 27, 2020

Jeff Zuckerman

Surprising Intimacy and Hope in a Zoom-Based Support Group Meeting

I’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, 2020

Surprising Intimacy and Hope in a Zoom-Based Support Group Meeting

May 18, 2020

Jeff Zuckerman

Jeff Zuckerman

Jeff Zuckerman leads a NAMI-MN support group for spouses of those with a mental illness. His memoir, “Unglued: A Bipolar Love Story,” was published this summer.

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