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Depression Present Tense Now Available
Depression Present Tense Now Available My latest ebook, Depression Present Tense, is now available at Amazon and the other major online retailers. Like Surviving Depression Together and A Mind for Life, it draws together a number of posts from Storied...
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Fri, Jul 21 2023 8:00 AM
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Storied Mind Ebooks Ready to Go!
Storied Mind Ebooks Ready to Go! Well, it took a little longer than I expected, but the two Storied Mind ebooks are now available at most of the major online sites, including Amazon, Apple iBooks, Kobo, B&N Nook and a lot of others I’ve only...
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Tue, Jul 26 2022 6:00 AM
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Update on the Storied Mind Ebooks
Update on the Storied Mind Ebooks Just a note to let you know that I have finally edited and reformatted the two Storied Mind ebooks (Surviving Depression Together and A Mind for Life) to enable them to be read on Kindle, Kobo, Apple iBooks and other...
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Wed, Jun 29 2022 8:22 AM
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Why Writing Helps Heal Depression – 2
Why Writing Helps Heal Depression – 2 As I discussed in this earlier post, writing helps heal the depression that dominated decades of my life. That post reviewed James Pennebaker’s research, as summarized in Opening Up, but said little about...
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Mon, Jan 03 2022 6:00 AM
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Re-Reading the Story of Depression’s Meaning
Re-Reading the Story of Depression’s Meaning There are no more beautiful and moving stories of healing than those told by Rachel Naomi Remen. Kitchen Table Wisdom is one of those books I come back to again and again. Each of its brief stories renders...
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Mon, Dec 06 2021 6:00 AM
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Depersonalized, Derealized, Dissociative and Disappearing
Depersonalized, Derealized, Dissociative and Disappearing I had a comment on a post at Health Central that described an experience the writer called dissociative. During a therapy session she had become so remote that she couldn’t focus on the discussion...
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Mon, Oct 25 2021 6:00 AM
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A New Model of Mental Health Recovery
A New Model of Mental Health Recovery My understanding of mental health recovery came from experience with the standard treatments: psychotherapy and medication. Until the 1990s, I worked exclusively with psychiatrists for both. In that setting, I can’t...
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Mon, Oct 11 2021 6:00 AM
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Depression Diagnosis – 2: What Does It Mean to You?
Depression Diagnosis – 2: What Does It Mean to You? Once you have a depression diagnosis , what does it mean to you? I’ve heard a lot of reactions, ranging from a feeling of comfort to dismay to a shrug of the shoulders. A diagnosis is simply a...
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Mon, Jul 12 2021 6:00 AM
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Depression Diagnosis – 1: The Person or the Disorder?
Depression Diagnosis – 1: The Person or the Disorder? A depression diagnosis usually marks a turning point in your experience of the illness. Up to that point, you may have downplayed the seriousness of mood problems, or you may have been less aware...
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Mon, Jun 28 2021 6:00 AM
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Updating Storied Mind
Updating Storied Mind This is just a short note to let you know that after ten years I have to update Storied Mind. That means a lot of changes: a new theme and background images, removing some features and generally simplifying things on the back end...
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Mon, Jun 21 2021 6:00 AM
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Mindfulness as Self-Help for Anxiety
Mindfulness as Self-Help for Anxiety There’s nothing like extreme anxiety to make you feel like you’re falling apart. Using a few basics of mindfulness as self-help may be a way to pull yourself back together. The all-embracing anxiety I’m talking...
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Mon, May 31 2021 6:00 AM
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6 Dimensions of Psychological Well-Being
6 Dimensions of Psychological Well-Being Recovery should aim at restoring psychological well-being as well as ending the symptoms of depression. Naturally, you get into treatment to stop the pain of those symptoms. It’s a huge achievement if the treatment...
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Mon, May 03 2021 6:00 AM
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The Powerful Noise of Panic
The Powerful Noise of Panic Some of the most frightening moments I’ve had during long years of depression were not those of despairing mood or even suicidal thinking. Instead, they were the times of panic when I’d feel yanked into a wind...
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Mon, Apr 19 2021 6:00 AM
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Does Finding Purpose in Life Help You Overcome Depression?
Does Finding Purpose in Life Help You Overcome Depression? Finding purpose in life that goes beyond your personal needs is often mentioned as a major step in overcoming depression. That’s a hard thing to imagine, though, when you’re in the middle of a...
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Mon, Apr 20 2020 6:00 AM
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Martin Seligman’s Approach to Cognitive Therapy
Martin Seligman’s Approach to Cognitive Therapy Many people with depression believe that nothing good will ever happen for them. The norm is failure and disappointment, the exception is success, and when something good does happen, it doesn’t...
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Mon, Apr 06 2020 6:00 AM
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