http://dir.salon.com/topics/emotional_pain/?source=rss&aim=emotional_pain en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/13/feeling_and_thinking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/13/feeling_and_thinking/index.html?source=rss If I'd been more honest with myself and with her, maybe we wouldn't have broken up. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/01/past_abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/01/past_abuse/index.html?source=rss I've come far from the poverty and dysfunction of my roots, but asking for my family's support is bringing it all back again. By Carol Lloyd Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/08/abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/08/abuse/index.html?source=rss So says a study looking at lifetime physical and emotional abuse. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/02/07/fear_of_aging/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/02/07/fear_of_aging/index.html?source=rss I'm not ready for cats and pottery class, but I don't know how to deal with the fear. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2005/11/01/father/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2005/11/01/father/index.html?source=rss I have certain hazy memories that give me the creeps, but I really don't know the truth. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/23/anger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/23/anger/index.html?source=rss I was a victim of rage and violence and now I can't control my temper. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/20/disrespected_by_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/20/disrespected_by_boyfriend/index.html?source=rss I asked him why he was doing the bump and grind with a woman, and he said he thought it would get him laid. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/25/leaving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/25/leaving/index.html?source=rss My boyfriend has done wonderful things for me, but I cannot stand to be in this relationship any longer. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/18/secret_affair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/18/secret_affair/index.html?source=rss I'm sworn to secrecy, but I think maybe I should tell the rest of my family. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/06/09/giving_up_on_the_kid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/06/09/giving_up_on_the_kid/index.html?source=rss As a mom and as a daughter I'm at the end of my rope. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/04/15/kamen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/04/15/kamen/index.html?source=rss Paula Kamen has had a headache for 14 years. Her unlikely and often hilarious memoir explores the secret history of women and pain, and introduces us to a new (but very old) social phenomenon: The Tired Girls. By Cary Tennis Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2005/02/11/sociopath/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2005/02/11/sociopath/index.html?source=rss I always get over relationships quickly, but this one has left me shattered and angry and baffled. By Karen Maroda Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/11/29/plath_therapist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/11/29/plath_therapist/index.html?source=rss Ruth Tiffany Barnhouse was therapist for the most famous, and famously troubled, poet of our time. Shortly before her own death, she agreed to speak about her treatment of Sylvia Plath, and the regrets that still haunted her decades after Plath's suicide. By Fred Branfman Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/05/firestone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/05/firestone/index.html?source=rss A new book argues that the decline in long-term psychotherapy -- along with our reliance on medication and quick fixes -- is a public health tragedy. By Laura Miller Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/05/13/suicide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/05/13/suicide/index.html?source=rss A new book argues that suicide can be a rational response to an intolerable world -- and says that by medicalizing suicides, we rob them of their free will. By Bomani Jones Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2002/10/23/cobain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2002/10/23/cobain/index.html?source=rss Excerpts from Kurt Cobain's journals (published in Newsweek) reveal an oddball genius battling severe physical pain -- and imagining a Nirvana reunion tour sponsored by Depends. By Fred Branfman Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/11/16/guru/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/11/16/guru/index.html?source=rss Psychologist Robert Firestone rejects the quick fix for bad marriage.