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Still love my ex: Normal or Nuts?

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    Dr. Keith Ablow weighs in

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Got an honest question and my normal.

It's a questioner Onassis once in awhile it's a question that we asked after keep that low -- be joining us now to answer that you.

Assists so she's contributor and psychiatrist doctor keep apple I let's get right to it shall -- hey there's -- number one shining for an ex husband's.

I'm devastated by the news my ex husband has a new son with his new wife.

We divorced years ago but I still love him.

-- -- -- -- How low.

Understandable how human how normal.

Right because listen why should have been -- the end of America -- feeling goes away you still connected.

You can still honored that and you know what may -- if you still love this person in certain ways.

You can think how can I help him on his journey forward doesn't have to be the end of everything -- you think Michigan -- Well I think it's always a tragedy when people who were connected are no longer connected -- because.

The nature of the relationship -- change I think sometimes you can stay connected very often.

Number two.

A brother lives that parents -- 34 year old brother still lives at our parents while they fund his pie in the sky dreams none of which ever work out.

He needs to grow up but they aren't helping matters.

Who is nuts here.

Doctor that's an impossible question because they were all crazy.

Here cool depended.

And -- at one another.

These parents don't want this child child 34 year old child to become an entrepreneur and succeed otherwise -- listen.

You get -- get real investors to get -- get your own place to live.

We just coddling you so the bottom line is he may have terrific notions and creative ideas he's never going to exploit them.

When he's at home with mom and dad saying yes cupcakes without frosting and rear end.

Good idea.

OK so so we have one and one let's scene it's gonna break but I think yeah email and three -- -- every holiday it's 99% of the human race.

Every holiday season I managed to gain ten to fifteen pounds this has been going on for years it takes months to lose it again.

And once I do it's practically holiday time again making it back.

Is it snaps.

This is present.

Its.

So depressing and so very normal.

Number one people are sensors that car.

-- -- season of the year.

And you know particularly people who have sensitivity that can put on -- very quickly the other thing to think about is.

This is also the season when some people have seasonal affective disorder they can be depressed.

And so if you have other symptoms like -- mood weight gain.

Increased sleep think about it go see somebody in antidepressant might mean you don't gain weight and maybe even feel better for four -- during the year.

-- every year.

It's tough to give up the egg -- You find the Tuscany Italy more about the -- are there other things you find in your life difficult for you -- yes and just it was chocolate things chocolate egg -- -- we should go over and so after I.

I have -- -- -- okay yeah it's analysts and do things are right yes I in in the meantime we should have other people also write us right after one -- -- -- FOX & Friends dot com email doctor -- your questions he will answer them.

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All right thank you.