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Posts on Self-Esteem at Health Central
Some Rights Reserved by paul (dex) at Flickr Here are two posts about self-esteem (here and here) I’ve recently published at Health Central. “Loss of self-esteem” has become the clinical term for one of depression’s key symptoms...
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Wed, Aug 08 2010 12:51 PM
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Relationships in Conflict: Action Against Depression
Some Rights Reserved by extranoise at Flickr In recalling how couples I’ve encountered have dealt with conflict in their relationships, two moments come to mind. These were just glimpses, but they stand out as the extremes. Once during a visit to...
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Wed, Jul 07 2010 4:08 PM
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We Are Most Definitely Not Pleased
Some Rights Reserved by Felinest at Flickr I’m a paws-on kind of guy so I get really upset when they’re tied behind my back. Truly, deeply, combustibly upset, especially with the self-imposed deadline for my new website fast approaching. For...
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Tue, Jul 07 2010 12:42 PM
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Relationships in Conflict: Depression’s Role
Some Rights Reserved by ComputerHotline at Flickr Depression is a natural enemy of close relationships. It helps build tension and conflict as a once-loving partner either withdraws into emotional isolation or turns angry and blaming. I suppose that’s...
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Sat, Jul 07 2010 2:11 PM
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What Comes After Recovery from Depression?
Some Rights Reserved by Mike Baird at Flickr In response to a recent post, Clinically Clueless commented that, for her, recovery was a process, not a destination. She needed to keep aware of it, like those recovering from addiction, in order to catch...
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Fri, Jul 07 2010 12:58 PM
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Meditation and Treatment by Tweet
Some Rights Reserved by dicktay2000 at Flickr When deeply depressed, it’s not the fear of failure I carry but the fear that success is getting too close. When I’m living in the timeless Now, what happens to hope, to a future, to recovery? I think...
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Mon, Jul 07 2010 11:46 PM
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GentlyMental’s Week for 2010-07-11
Read this great statement: moritherapy's mental health camp talk: insanity in the workplace http://bit.ly/aa3il8 # Who am I talking to in my head all day? Who's in there or really out there whom I need to convince? Of what? # Powered by Twitter...
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Mon, Jul 07 2010 12:30 AM
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Pema Chodron: Spiritual Teachers are Troublemakers
Belatedly, I need to thank Isabella at change therapy for mentioning Pema Chodron in a post a couple of years ago. That was the first I’d heard of this prominent Buddhist teacher. Isabella listed Chodron’s The Places That Scare You among the...
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Tue, Jul 07 2010 10:39 PM
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Fantasies of a Perfect Future in Depression and Emotional Abuse
Some Rights Reserved by gandhiji40 at Flickr I’ve added two posts on emotional abusers at Health Central (here and here). In one I compared the behavior of a depressed man who acts abusively with that of a true emotional abuser. It occurred to me...
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Thu, Jul 07 2010 6:10 PM
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Of Time, Makeovers and Money: Storied Mind at Age Three
Some Rights Reserved by jef_safi at Flickr After three years of writing here about personal struggles – and recovering from depression along the way, I’m making some changes at Storied Mind. It’s not going away. Both the writing and...
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Mon, Jun 06 2010 2:46 PM
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The Problem of Now in Recovery from Depression
Some Rights Reserved by monkeytime at Flickr For a long time, I found it hard to relate to the idea of living in the present moment as a method of recovery from depression. The present never seemed all that attractive when I felt smothered by its darkness...
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Tue, Jun 06 2010 2:06 PM
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Patterns of Recovery from Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Some Rights Reserved by Guanatos Gwyn at Flickr My mother survived two heart attacks but died twice before her death. That’s the way she saw it. Her heart stopped both times, but she fought her way back. The second heart-stopping attack occurred during...
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Wed, May 05 2010 12:05 PM
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Health Central Post on Treatments for PTSD and Depression
Some Rights Reserved by carlotardani at Flickr My new post at Health Central describes some of the alternative treatments the military is now experimenting with – all of them aiming at short-term alleviation of major symptoms. I’ve contrasted...
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Sun, May 05 2010 11:55 AM
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Misunderstood Epidemic: Depression
Video made available by Ironzeal This video is a short preview of one of the best films on depression I’ve seen. Broadcast originally on PBS last fall, The Misunderstood Epidemic is being shown again on a varying schedule around the country. If...
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Mon, May 05 2010 7:12 PM
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Growing Up with Fear and Depression
Some Rights Reserved by D Sharon Pruitt at Flickr I’ve always wondered why the stories of veterans with PTSD, like those I’ve been reading for the recent posts here and at Health Central, have always resonated so deeply. I have nothing close...
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Fri, May 05 2010 9:42 PM
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