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“A Mind for Life” Ebook Is Now Available
Leaving Lamictal and Antidepressants for Now
Psychological Flexibility, Well-Being Answer Doubts about Recovery
The Labor and Life of Gardening
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“A Mind for Life” Ebook Is Now Available
“A Mind for Life” Ebook Is Now Available I’m happy to announce that A Mind for Life, my ebook on recovery from depression, is now available. Unlike many recent books about how to deal with the illness, this one focuses on the inner work...
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Leaving Lamictal and Antidepressants for Now
Leaving Lamictal and Antidepressants for Now By phasing out lamotrigine, known more widely by the trade name Lamictal, I have recently ended 18 years of uninterrupted medication use to treat depression. It’s been a rough ride with 20 different psychotropic...
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Fri, May 05 2012 11:16 PM
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Psychological Flexibility, Well-Being Answer Doubts about Recovery
I’ve been wondering about this. How could it be that I have recovered from depression but still deal with symptoms almost every day? Can both things be true? Recently I've come across new ways of thinking about well-being and psychological flexibility...
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Wed, Jul 07 2011 2:59 PM
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The Labor and Life of Gardening
My wife keeps expanding and adding variety to the gardens at our house. For her, they’re a labor of love, rewarding and fulfilling for the work they require. But growing hundreds of different plants isn’t exactly relaxing because there is...
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Health Central Posts on Recovery
Some Rights Reserved by bala at Flickr Last week I published two posts at Health Central (here and here), describing the beliefs and attitudes I needed before I could begin to recover. That meant finding a mindset for recovery, but it wasn’t just...
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What Do You See in the Mirror When You’re Depressed?
Some Rights Reserved by Atiqah Aekman W. at Flickr Here’s a post I wrote at Health Central about a year ago. There are a couple of China Beach stories I keep coming back to, and I hope this one is as helpful to you as it has been to me. Quite a...
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Wed, Aug 08 2010 10:16 AM
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Depression Therapy: Lonely Talk in a Crowded Room
Some Rights Reserved by M@nuDia at Flickr Therapy for depression usually meant talking about the world I was seeing, the thoughts I had, the pain I felt, the judgments about me I projected onto others – all me, all the time. Once, I was talking...
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Tue, Apr 04 2010 10:30 AM
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Trying to Explain Recovery from Depression
Some Rights Reserved by spettacolopuro at Flickr A friend recently asked me if I could help him understand the change for the better I’ve experienced in the last couple of years. At the same time, a reader here asked if I could elaborate on what...
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Fri, Dec 12 2009 1:48 PM
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Is There Comfort in Depression?
Some Rights Reserved by Andy Saxton at Flickr The question continues to puzzle me: How did I get over depression? That deep change began about 18 months ago, and it’s been a year since I knew for sure that something fundamental had shifted. The...
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Mon, Nov 11 2009 10:12 AM
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Talking Honestly about Depression
Some Rights Reserved by exper at Flickr I’ve always had trouble talking honestly about depression, in therapy or out. Even though much of its influence is gone, this remnant of depression is still holding on. I was always able to report the latest news...
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