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			<title>Confusion with BF</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:37:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hello

I was diagnosed with PCOS recently and have spoken to my boyfriend of 3 years about this, he seems very dissmissive and not open to talk to me about it, i understand how it seems and how he must feel but i need support with this, im really struggling myself to come to terms with it, and every time i try and bring the subject up im directed to another topic or ignored.. Im really unsure what to say or do..

Any help advice or similiar situations out there?

Sasha</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hello<br />
<br />
I was diagnosed with PCOS recently and have spoken to my boyfriend of 3 years about this, he seems very dissmissive and not open to talk to me about it, i understand how it seems and how he must feel but i need support with this, im really struggling myself to come to terms with it, and every time i try and bring the subject up im directed to another topic or ignored.. Im really unsure what to say or do..<br />
<br />
Any help advice or similiar situations out there?<br />
<br />
Sasha</div>

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			<title>Just Diagnosed with Depression</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I was just diagnosed with depression. That's still hard to even say. I didn't realize that so many women have this issue of depression associated with PCOS. Why don't doctors look for these symptoms? I talked to my DR about these exact symptoms a few months ago. He told me to get on a diet and excercize.

So, here recently I started crying alot. Fatigued, you know the whole 9. 

Then he says yeah, thats cause you are depressed. I even made a comment to his nurse about PCO women more likely to have depression issues and she said yeah! absolutly! As if to say "DUH!" 

So, how do I keep myself from feeling down and embarrassed to even say to myself.....I have severe depression. ??]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I was just diagnosed with depression. That's still hard to even say. I didn't realize that so many women have this issue of depression associated with PCOS. Why don't doctors look for these symptoms? I talked to my DR about these exact symptoms a few months ago. He told me to get on a diet and excercize.<br />
<br />
So, here recently I started crying alot. Fatigued, you know the whole 9. <br />
<br />
Then he says yeah, thats cause you are depressed. I even made a comment to his nurse about PCO women more likely to have depression issues and she said yeah! absolutly! As if to say "DUH!" <br />
<br />
So, how do I keep myself from feeling down and embarrassed to even say to myself.....I have severe depression. ??</div>

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			<title>Feeling awful after breakup</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:44:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hi and thanks for a great site. I have a little story and it still has me down. I am an italian american man who tends to prefer dating black women. Well, I have been seriously seeing a woman who also teaches at the university I teach at for almost two years. She was always very reserved and very shy. We were getting along very well, but our love life was not the best it could be. She always had to have the lights out, never wanted me to see her naked and didnt like the normal romance part of it that is inhernent in us Italian men. Finally, I confronted her about why she wasnt open with me. Mind you we have been seriously dating for more than a year at this point. I know she was more hairy than your average woman, but honestly us Italian men are used to this as italian women tend to be naturally hairy. I even founf her hair sexy to be honest and enjoyed playing with it.
 
But, for her she was devastated by it. I tried my best to make her at ease, took my time with her and really cared about her. But, she would always put up her defenses when we got intimate. Eventually she told me that she never felt comfortable with her body and that she felt that she couldnt be with anyone and that I had been one of 3 men she had ever been with. She is 39 years old, I am 40. She said it was better for her to be alone rather than endure her feelings.
 
I suggested we go to cousneling even as i am a big believer in communication, but she since has made it clear to me that she wants to be alone. i asked her if it was me and she said she was suffering from depression as well. She has told me she loves me, so this is hard on me. 
 
At this point I have stopped trying. Really what can I do? Thanks for any advice. My yahoo messenger is The_fiduciary07 if anyone would talk to me about PCOS</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi and thanks for a great site. I have a little story and it still has me down. I am an italian american man who tends to prefer dating black women. Well, I have been seriously seeing a woman who also teaches at the university I teach at for almost two years. She was always very reserved and very shy. We were getting along very well, but our love life was not the best it could be. She always had to have the lights out, never wanted me to see her naked and didnt like the normal romance part of it that is inhernent in us Italian men. Finally, I confronted her about why she wasnt open with me. Mind you we have been seriously dating for more than a year at this point. I know she was more hairy than your average woman, but honestly us Italian men are used to this as italian women tend to be naturally hairy. I even founf her hair sexy to be honest and enjoyed playing with it.<br />
 <br />
But, for her she was devastated by it. I tried my best to make her at ease, took my time with her and really cared about her. But, she would always put up her defenses when we got intimate. Eventually she told me that she never felt comfortable with her body and that she felt that she couldnt be with anyone and that I had been one of 3 men she had ever been with. She is 39 years old, I am 40. She said it was better for her to be alone rather than endure her feelings.<br />
 <br />
I suggested we go to cousneling even as i am a big believer in communication, but she since has made it clear to me that she wants to be alone. i asked her if it was me and she said she was suffering from depression as well. She has told me she loves me, so this is hard on me. <br />
 <br />
At this point I have stopped trying. Really what can I do? Thanks for any advice. My yahoo messenger is The_fiduciary07 if anyone would talk to me about PCOS</div>

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