GAMES FOR DEPRESSED COUPLES – DEPRESSION
As an infant, this patient was rejected by his mother, who seemed to have been a depressed personality herself. He was born with big ears and crossed eyes, and his mother used both unfortunate inheritances as excuses to be disappointed in him. Eventually his father and sisters also scorned him, cementing his development of low self-esteem and lifelong depression.
When two people like my patient get together, you generally have two people who have suffered from some kind of traumatic loss or some kind of emotional abuse. Naturally, they then displace their depression onto their primary relationship. Having been made to feel unworthy, they make their spouse feel unworthy; having not been soothed adequately, they have no sympathy for their spouse; having been emotionally abused, they emotionally abuse their spouse; having been deprived of attention, they are themselves depriving.
The games in this chapter are designed to deal with the negation that such people continually act out.
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