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[EFerrari]

2. I think I've used reading (& learning) the way some people use meditation.

For some reason, studying lifts the depression a little AND calms the anxiety. My brain is never happier than when I'm focused that way. I understand about your wife feeling left out or neglected. When I went back to school, my husband didn't know what to do with himself because every minute of my time was scheduled.

I'd do anything to get into a master's program in psych but the money is just not there. Unless I win the lottery, I'm going to be stuck studying on my own but there it is.