Posted by Medusa on December 31, 2003, at 3:17:20
In reply to Economics of depression...feeling like s**t :-(, posted by jay on December 30, 2003, at 21:53:39
> here he doesn't even have a college diploma, yet owns a house,
>unfortunately there's more to it than college=job security. sometimes the kind of work one has to do to get a degree doesn't match up with the kind of work one has to do to get the house and trappings.
>yet if I try dating, women are going to think I am some kind of freak living at home with my folks at 34.
>Jay, how 'bout if you forget the dating thing for a while, and focus on working on your relationship with yourself and with your parents? If you do this, I guarantee you'll land a much nicer long-term lay.
Have you read _Family Evaluation_ by Michael Kerr and Murray Bowen? It seems to have been written for doctors, but since you're a sort of mental health professional I'm sure the technical bits won't stand in your way. Anyway, it cuts to the quick. Even though it's not titled "how to get hot dates drooling over you by working out your family-of-origin issues", it's the closest thing I've seen.
If you do get the Kerr/Bowen book (try a library, because it's not cheap), let me know. I'd definitely be interested in discussing it here.
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