How to Fix Relationships When Depression Hits – A Survivor’s Guide

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Mental Health and Relationships

In this episode of SurvivorNetTV's series, "SN & You. Mental Health and Relationships," survivors share how they handle their mental health and relationships while undergoing cancer treatment.
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Any relationship goes through its ups and downs, especially when something unfortunate happens, like a cancer diagnosis or medical issue. In this episode of SurvivorNetTV's series, "SN & You. Mental Health and Relationships," survivors share how they handle their mental health and relationships while undergoing cancer treatment.

“My husband and I had actually been separated for two years and we had only recently reconciled,” says Mary Elizabeth Williams, in the film. “As painful and awful and crappy as it all was, we chose to be there for reach other.”

We all get depressed from time to time or we have a bad day “that’s part of normal human emotion,” says Dr. Scott Irwin, director of the patient and family support program at Cedars-Sinai.

“And sometimes it gets to the point where that depression can be a little bit overwhelming and we help them through therapy,” says Dr. Irwin.

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