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Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Refresher: How Can I Help With My Wife's Moodiness?

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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4.46K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

From my Call of the Day archives; Michael's wife is experiencing angry outbursts as a side-effect of her brain surgery, and it seems everything he does makes the situation worse. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0

Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives.

0:04.7

Remember, you can hear my live radio program weekdays 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph, 111.

0:16.3

Michael, welcome to the program.

0:18.2

Hi, Dr. Laura. First-time caller, a long-time listener.

0:22.1

Your program, love the advice you give to people.

0:25.1

And I've taken some of it in the past, and I really appreciate what you do.

0:28.6

I'm a veteran as well, retired Coast Guard.

0:31.4

So thank you so much for what you do for vets as well.

0:35.0

Thank you.

0:36.3

You're very welcome.

0:36.9

My question, yes, ma'am, my question regards my wife, post-surgery from a brain surgery

0:46.2

that had to do with melanoma spreading to her brain.

0:51.1

And since then, a side effect of the surgery has been that she has increased anxiety

0:57.4

and a little bit of anger along with that anxiety at times, right? And I could see it building

1:05.0

at times where I'm trying to come up with better ways to approach her or to try to de-escalate when I do see her having those moments.

1:17.2

And telling her, asking her to calm down or relax isn't cutting the muster.

1:22.4

That seems to have the opposite effect of what I'm trying to accomplish.

1:26.3

So I was wondering if you had any tools or recommendations on how I could either change my

1:32.2

approach or...

1:33.3

When she's not in one of those modes, she is aware that they do happen, right?

1:39.9

Yes, ma'am.

1:41.5

And how frequently do they happen?

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