How to Survive an Unhappy Marriage

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:28.5	I want to talk about how to survive a marriage you're not happy in.
0:32.2	Written by Catherine Cullen, licensed clinical social worker.
0:37.1	Let's see, what year was this published?
0:40.6	Doesn't say, oh, 2025 in psychology today. I rarely find articles in there, I think, are well
0:48.7	written. I'm going to say that. It's rare. Okay, this was very good, and it's a subject that I don't see people writing about a lot
0:59.9	it's how to just be happy all the time or how to get a good divorce so why don't you divorce?
1:11.6	Starts out with a very good question.
1:14.6	Barriers to legally breaking up this marriage and family
1:19.6	often include finances, religion, cultural values,
1:26.6	stigma, fear, or some other practicality.
1:32.4	Okay?
1:34.2	So she then points out that this is for unhappy people, but not in abusive relationships.
1:43.4	If there's physical abuse, severe addictions, yeah, get a divorce.
1:50.0	Okay, but short of that, you're just not really happy, but you don't want to think you can't,
2:00.0	but you just don't want to have a divorce. You have kids,
2:03.2	what have you. So I like the suggestions she gives, and I like to share them with you. Number one,
2:14.8	just like with alcoholics.
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