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Depression Is a Creative Force in Human Evolution?

Some Rights Reserved by gutter at Flickr. What is it about depression that draws people to search for the benefits it brings to its lucky victims? Since I’ve been writing this blog, many writers have had great success with books and articles describing...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 2:05 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: depression, therapy, Explanations, treatment, isolation, medication, Mental Health Practice, analytic-rumination hypothesis, evolution, evolutionary psychology, speculation, psychiatry

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...

Published Wed, May 26 2010 12:05 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: Recovery, depression, treatment, Experience with Treatments, trauma, healing, relationship, PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, trust, pattern

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...

Published Fri, May 07 2010 9:42 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: Recovery, depression, Fear, family, anxiety, childhood, Growing Up with Depression, violence, rage, detachment

Getting Ready to Recover

Some Rights Reserved by flikr at Flickr In thinking about how I managed to rid myself of depression, I’ve realized the importance of getting ready to recover. This idea never occurred to me during many failed attempts to find a way out of the underworld...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2010 2:45 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: Recovery, depression, treatment, medication, meditation, detachment, symptoms

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...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 4:08 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: Recovery, depression, emotion, Connecting, communication, conflict, anger, breakthrough, harmony

A Brief History of My Meds

Some Rights Reserved by e-MagineArt.com at Flickr Over at Health Central, I’ve put up a post called My 20 Meds. It’s about the trial and error process I went through to find a medication for depression that gave me more help than harm. The...

Published Sat, Nov 20 2010 10:23 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: treatment, medication, antidepressant, psychiatry, Depression Treatments

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...

Published Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:59 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: Recovery, therapy, symptoms, well-being, pscyhological flexibility

Recovery from Depression: the Power of Expectation

Recovery from depression depends in part on what you believe is possible for the future. If you are to recover at all, you have to take action at some point. It could be a series of small steps about your daily routine – eating breakfast, walking...

Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 1:35 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: Recovery, depression, belief, treatment, expectation

On the Other Side of Fear

On the Other Side of Fear Fear has a way of setting boundaries that can’t be crossed. If you do cross them, you know you’ll pay a price – a pain or terror you can’t endure. The boundary is protection. Inside it, you’re safe. I think of the anxiety...

Published Sat, Oct 29 2011 7:18 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: memory, therapy, Fear, cognitive behavioral therapy, OCD, boundaries, Self-Guided Healing

Great Self-Help Therapy for Depression: Why Don’t I Do It?

The force for change and healing can start with excitement and promise, then slowly dissipate until settling back into the stillness of depression. There are great self-help therapies to achieve well-being, and I have great intentions to get them all...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 12:01 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: depression, therapy, Depression Symptoms, procrastination, well-being, self-help, intention

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...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2021 6:00 AM by Storied Mind

Filed under: hope, medication, symptoms, diagnosis, Psychiatric Treatment, disease, neurotransmitters, message

Why You Can’t Command Depression

Some Rights Reserved by kennymatic at Flickr When you’ve been in the midst of severe depression, have you groaned in exasperation: “Why can’t I control this? How can this keep happening? I should be able to will it away. Why can’t...

Published Fri, Sep 24 2010 3:59 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: depression, emotion, feeling, will, brain, thought, Neuroscience

A New Post at Health Central on Combat Trauma and PTSD

Some Rights Reserved by Will Lion at Flickr I’ve published a new post at Health Central, the second in a series on depression and related problems among veterans. This one looks at PTSD from the perspective of soldiers who’ve been through...

Published Sat, Apr 24 2010 2:50 PM by Storied Mind

Filed under: Recovery, treatment, trauma, military, PTSD, society, ceremony, combat

Does the Partner or Depression Cause the Breakup?

Does the Partner or Depression Cause the Breakup? I’ve often described the way depression can break up close relationships, but does the illness explain everything? How responsible are depressed partners for the human cost that others pay because of what...

Published Wed, Feb 08 2012 8:29 AM by Storied Mind

Filed under: marriage, partner, responsibility, anger, Depressed Partners, blame

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...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2021 6:00 AM by Storied Mind

Filed under: feelings, family, Depression Symptoms, dissociation, intimacy, connection

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