The Yellow Wallpaper

What does John diagnose his wife with?

Why does the narrator say his proffession is "perhaps one reason i do not get well faster"? What is she suffering from

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John diagnoses his wife with a "temporary depression" a "slight hysterical tendency".

If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression--a slight hysterical tendency-- what is one to do?

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The Yellow Wallpaper