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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…

2 min readFeb 3, 2021

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A Day in the Life

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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…

3 min readOct 23, 2020

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

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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.

3 min readOct 5, 2020

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

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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.

3 min readSep 10, 2020

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

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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.”

4 min readJul 16, 2020

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

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Jeff Zuckerman

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

Honey? I love you.

4 min readJun 25, 2020

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

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Jeff Zuckerman

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

Actually, I didn’t say it.

3 min readJun 11, 2020

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

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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…

5 min readJun 5, 2020

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

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Invisible Illness

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

by Jeff Zuckerman

4 min readMay 27, 2020

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

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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…

4 min readMay 18, 2020

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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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