Girls who complain about their problems at greater risk of developing anxiety and dep

AlphaFrog · #1 08-02-2007, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AlethiaSi

interesting. what are you trying to say James?

He's saying we all bitch too much and we need to STFU.

Fat chance, James.

Kevin · #2 08-02-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

He's saying we all bitch too much and we need to STFU.

Fat chance, James.

No.. that's what science is saying.

Y'all should listen to science

AlphaFrog · #3 08-02-2007, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

No.. that's what science is saying.

Y'all should listen to science

Tell it to your wife.

And then come back and post a pic of the black eye she gives you.

ZTA_Lover · #4 08-02-2007, 03:49 PM

I guess this makes sense- the more you talk about your problems, the more they're on your mind, the more you stress over them! Good to know.. although most of the time i feel like it helps to vent to my friends. I guess not in excess though.. next time i feel like overly- bitching i'll keep my mouth shut

cheerfulgreek · #5 08-02-2007, 06:27 PM

I think it's better to get it off my chest. If I keep it bottled up inside, I tend to think about it more, so I don't know if I totally agree with that article.

AKA_Monet · #6 08-03-2007, 02:41 AM

I am seriously thinking about getting my degree in social work/therapy:

So, how does that make you feel?

Do you want to tell me more about that?

Seriously, whatever. So women talk. Men talk, too. We all have problems. Life is chitty like that. We have to get over it some kind of way. Yes, most of it should be related to exercise and sleep. But that ____________ (insert decadent dessert here) is too tasty to give up and groaning about it or commiserating with sistafriends is well worth it!!!

AGDee · #7 08-03-2007, 06:33 AM

As happens frequently, they are assuming a cause-effect relationship when it is probably a correlation. Perhaps the girls who are co-ruminating the most have the worst/most serious problems and issues which are going to cause depression/anxiety. A kid with relatively no stressors is not likely to become anxious and depressed and wouldn't have much to co-ruminate about. I do agree that having kids involved in "healthy" activities helps them cope. We frequently had kids in treatment who we tried to get involved in a lot of activities because it helped them get away from their psycho families who were causing them stress.