If you'd like to understand clinical depression, especially post-partum related depression, read Dooce. If you want to laugh and cry and understand the ins and outs of parenting while mentally ill, you'll be glad you did. Furthermore, if you want to understand what it's like to live with mental illness while untereated, read this.
But what of the spouses and partners of people who struggle with mental illness? Turns out, Dooce's husband has an incredible riches of experience to share on this topic...
Late last month, on Blurbomat.com Dooce's usually non-blogging husband, Jon, spoke up about what it's like to live with a partner who is clinically depressed or mentally ill. He discusses the usual topics of self-care and the benefits of talk therapy, but with an obviously hard-won maturity that is truly impressive.
Living with clinical depression or another mental illness isn't easy, but one can imagine that being the partner of this person might in some cases be even more difficult, especially when children are involved.
