Gary Drevitch
Senior Editor at Psychology Today
Writer, Editor, Psychology Today staffer, father of 3, Boston native
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psychologytoday.com | Shireen Jeejeebhoy |Gary Drevitch
Source: Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy“When I was eleven.” With those words, I began my non-fiction book Brain Injury, Trauma, and Grief: How to Heal When You Are Alone. In an earlier post here, I wrote about visiting my grandfather in the cardiac care unit when I was 11 But another sight affected me, as well:“I stood in the sliding glass doorway of my grandfather’s cardiac care unit room. He lay white and still surrounded by humming machines and tubes in the hushed room.
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psychologytoday.com | Gary Drevitch
What's the "right" frequency of sex for an established romantic couple: Daily? Weekly? Monthly? For many people, this question can be hard to answer, in part because they have no sense of a baseline. Friends may not talk openly (or honestly) about their bedroom habits and there's no common health-based standard for sex the way there is for sleep (7 to 8 hours is recommended).
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psychologytoday.com | Sebastian Ocklenburg |Gary Drevitch
Most people date or marry a significant other whose age is within a couple of years of their own. However, relationships or marriages with an age gap of up to decades are becoming increasingly common. The psychological dynamics in such relationships are not well understood, as only a few scientific studies have focused on them.
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psychologytoday.com | Yvonne Castañeda |Gary Drevitch
Source: Mikhail Blavatskiy/iStockYou open your brand-new journal and take a breath. You’re ready to work through something that’s been bothering you—a conversation you can’t shake, or a moment that left you feeling unsettled. Journaling feels like the right way to go because your therapist suggested it, friends swear by it, and social media is full of people praising the power of writing things down.
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psychologytoday.com | Gary Drevitch
A few weeks ago, my friend and colleague Phil McAuliffe and I launched an advice column where people can share their connection challenges and receive guidance that blends real-world experience with behavioral science. The very first submission we received stopped us both in our tracks—not because it was unusual, but because it was so painfully common.
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