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How Men and Women are Impacted by Depression- Dealing with Grief and Loss - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2012 from Grace AbonilloWe can never escape death. It is inevitable and yet when a loved one or a close friend died we suffered a great range of emotions. We desperately try to avoid the hurt, the pain, anxiety and feelings of helplessness we feel when we lost a loved one. Then we feel like life has gone back to ...
Views: 2303(3 votes) - The Structured Mindset and The Power of Positive Thinking - by Submitted on May 11, 2016 from Saltori SystemThe Structured Mindset and The Power of Positive Thinking Can you imagine that… You can choose completely how you feel always… So allowing frustration, depression, stress, anger to remain is merely an unconscious choice… Imagine if you worked on and protected your mindset then you can choose ...
Views: 2299 - Simple Steps to Beat Anxiety Depression - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Dan DeLucaScientific investigations have suggested that up to 60 percent of depression sufferers also have an anxiety disorder. Depression and anxiety are two common emotions, causing suffering and feelings of inferiority, despair and worse. Our society today is experiencing an epidemic of stress, ...
Views: 2298(2 votes) - Winter Blues Got You Down? - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2011 from Dr. Nathalie BeauchampAre you feeling tired, irritable or simply just, “down in the dumps?” If so, it is likely that you are suffering from the dreaded condition, Winter Blues. The official name for it is Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.), interesting acronym, isn’t it? Now, I am not generally one for labels, ...
Views: 2293(6 votes) - The Influence of a Solid Support System on Clinical Depression - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Dave KanofskyThink for a moment how you feel during a depressive episode. Do "helplessness", "hopelessness", and "loneliness" come to mind? If so, that also seems to be the consensus of many people in the depression forums where I spend some of my time. Depression has a way of creating a psychological ...
Views: 2279(2 votes) - Using Art to Contact Your Internal Critic - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2003 from Martha GreenwaldSeveral years ago I was driving home to Minnesota through central Wisconsin after a visit to my parents, a four-hour drive. My mother had criticized me for a minor matter that morning, and I responded with wounded intensity, feeling the injustice of her criticism. Somehow, a lot of the ...
Views: 2274(1 vote) - BIPOLAR OR NOT, EVERYBODY GETS DEPRESSION - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Agnes LevineDepression is a normal emotion that comes and goes with life. It is a chemical release in the brain known as Dopemine that is probably responsible for the emotion Depression. When someone dies or we lose our job, we may feel periods of sadness. That is Depression. Sometimes we move away from ...
Views: 2272(2 votes) - Suicide Prevention - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2003 from Martha PetersonCure for Depression/Suicide Attempts Let’s try Bible Wisdom! We’ve queried weejee boards, psychics, astrologers, soothsayers, lovelorn columnists and even movie and sports stars! We’ve taken the blue, the green and even the multicolored pills and still we are depressed and feel rotten. News ...
Views: 2269(1 vote) - Removing Stress From Your Life - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2010 from Candace CzarnyFor over three centuries, the Chinese people have found in Feng Shui the source for of internal and external balance and harmony. We all are searching for a little harmony in our life. Today’s fast-paced life assails all our senses with demands and expectations. Stress, anxiety and tension ...
Views: 2261(1 vote) - Fighting Depression - It's the little things that make a difference - by Maybe you are feeling blue, down in the dumps, nothing seems to be going right and everything is an effort. Most of us at some time go through a period of feeling "depressed". This type of depression is often termed reactive and is generally brought on by difficult life circumstances - stress, ...
Views: 2259(1 vote) - Hope for Hopelessness: A Wholistic Approach to Depression - by Ever experience a sense of hopeless for a prolonged period of time? Ever feel like the “dark cloud of gloom?visits you much too often and sticks around way too long? Think that it could be depression rather than the “blues?we all get from time to time? If so, you’re not alone. Depression is a ...
Views: 2258 - Adult Depression and Childhood Abuse - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Roni Weisberg-RossOver the years I’ve discovered that a significant proportion of adult clients who present with depression have a history of childhood abuse. The abuse may have been sexual, physical and/or emotional. At first I attributed this to the fact that I specialize in abuse and many clients who come ...
Views: 2257(4 votes) - How To Develop Positive Feeling From Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2010 from Andre ZiziHow often we’ve heard success gurus telling us to think positive, only few of them mention the positive feeling. How to go from positive thinking to positive feeling? Well, if you think you can just think it and you feel it, think again. How often we’ve read and learned how to be ...
Views: 2250 - Are You Sleeping? Is it ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, or a Sleep Disorder? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2023 from Debra BurdickDo you or your child toss and turn at night and experience daytime sleepiness? Have you or your child been diagnosed with ADHD, depression, or anxiety. Fifty percent of children in a recent study that had been diagnosed with ADHD had difficulty sleeping. They felt tired on awakening, had ...
Views: 2245(2 votes) - Depression - A Societal Evolution - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2010 from Greg BakerDepression is increasingly on the rise in our society. Its diagnosis has exploded over the last twenty years, and as a result, the medical field has responded with pill after pill. But depression isn't a disease. It can't be transmitted from person to person like the flu. So why is depression ...
Views: 2242(5 votes) - How To Handle Stress - 3 Powerful Natural Techniques - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Chris GreenEverybody is going to have to deal with several quite demanding situations at certain times of their lives. There are going to be highs and lows throughout life and during the lows, knowing how to handle stress proficiently is key so you don't enter into traumatic periods of depression or ...
Views: 2232 - Facing Depression-A Natural Alternative - by I feel that it's safe to say that in our society today, depression is more common than many people realize. Depression can be exacerbated by other events and occurrences like abuse, heartbreak, betrayal, death of a loved one, divorce, being fired, lack of purpose, losing, failing, and so on. ...
Views: 2230 - Take a Trip to the Movies-- A Healing Meditation Using Visualization - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2010 from Gwen PhillipsThe following is a script for a healing meditation. This is based on one of the meditations I have been using for my own healing. Use this as a beginning. Read through it several times until you get the basic idea. Your meditation should be and will be specific for your intentions and beliefs, ...
Views: 2230 - Codependency, Addiction, and Emptiness - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2016 from Darlene LancerEmptiness is a common feeling, and there are distinct types of emptiness, but it’s psychological emptiness that underlies codependency and addiction. Whereas existential emptiness is concerned with your relationship to life, psychological emptiness deals with your relationship to yourself. It’s ...
Views: 2227(2 votes) - Invisible Pain - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Kristen BakerInvisible Pain Always running and playing sports. Jumping on the trampoline for hours. Smiling at each new day. That all changed after the chlorine burn from the water park. She was burned from head to toe, as red as a lobster and as fragile as a crystal goblet. The blisters ...
Views: 2223(1 vote) - Three Reasons Why You Might Be Depressed - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2011 from Greg BakerHere are probably the top 3 reasons why you might be feeling depressed and a little something you can do about it. All healing begins, first, with understanding the reasons. Anything else merely masks the problem, but does not solve it. As a pastor and counselor for over 15 years, I’ve had ...
Views: 2222(4 votes) - Managing Depression - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2010 from Mariano JaucoMillions of people suffer from a depressive illness. They thought that depression is just a normal occurrence in their lives, which will go away after a short while. They just haven’t realized how serious depression can be. Did you know that words related to depression have been searched ...
Views: 2213 - A Powerful Depression Diet to Get Your Mood On The Road to Joy - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2007 from Merri EllenWhy does a depression diet work? It’s been proven that what we eat affects our mood. "Food can affect your mood, and what you choose to put into your mouth can influence your state of mind." - Amanda Geary, in her book The Food And Mood Handbook: Find Relief at Last From Depression, Anxiety, ...
Views: 2212 - Feel - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2010 from Mark GillespieOne day about 35 years after my fifteenth birthday while sitting in a psychiatrists office I realized that I had been acting out my entire life. This accomplishment both amused and horrified me. About this time I had determined that to go on living, I needed to find out who I was. This was a ...
Views: 2211 - 3 Reasons Why I Think Anxiety Therapy Sucks - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2014 from Dennis SimsekMany people over the years have asked me a question that I feel I should address in one of my posts, and that question is what do I think about therapy. Well, in a nutshell I think that psychotherapy is a complete waste of time and money, due to the length of time it takes to see any kind of ...
Views: 2209 - Go Green this Summer and Smooth Out! Nutritional Health Tips for Those Hot Summer Days… - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2010 from Ronda LaRueOK so it has taken me this long (40 some years) – and well into menopause, midlife crisis, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, OK so it has taken me this long (40 some years) – and well into menopause, midlife crisis, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, and depression – to finally GET IT: Want to ...
Views: 2203(5 votes) - Online Mindfulness Psychotherapy and Counseling for Agoraphobia - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2011 from Peter StrongAgoraphobics and those with social anxiety and shyness issues are often searching for more self-help tools and strategies to help them better manage their anxiety. Often, they are highly motivated to overcome their anxiety, but are afraid of venturing out of their safe zone. Online counselling ...
Views: 2194(4 votes) - Psychiatric Fraud: Are Psychiatrists Making Up Disorders to Sell Drugs? - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Michael LocklearSales of psychiatric drugs are big business. Worldwide sales of antidepressants, stimulants, anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic drugs top $82 billion a year and fuel the $330 billion psychiatric industry. Psychiatrists continue to label millions of Americans with “mental illnesses” and to ...
Views: 2190 - 60 Minutes 'explosive' report: Are antidepressants placebos? - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Les Linet'60 Minutes' antidepressant report may be 'explosive,' but it's not conclusive. Studies linking the placebo effect to antidepressants have been around for more than a decade. There have, however, been far more studies showing antidepressants to be significantly more effective than placebos. The ...
Views: 2186(5 votes) - Depression: Can Repression Cause Depression? - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2014 from Oliver JR CooperIn today’s world, depression has become a word that carries enormous weight; either for people who have it or for people who hear about it. It could also be described as a modern day taboo, with people often wanting to avoid the whole thing. However, what is clear is that depression is not ...
Views: 2185 - How Are You Keeping Anxiety And Panic Attacks In Check? - Don't Forget These 2 Great Herbal Anxiety Remedies! - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Wally BrownAssuming that you don't want to take some kind of dangerous medication for your anxiety, you also have the option to take something more natural to your body, like a herbal anxiety remedy. The human body was not built to take chemicals and potions that are created in a lab, so these natural ...
Views: 2182(1 vote) - Tips to Chase Away the Winter Blues - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2009 from Michelle BersellWinter is upon us, which means it is a natural time to go within ourselves and work through feelings that have been tossed aside during the holiday rush. When these feelings come up, they can at times feel relentless. All that is really happening is that our emotions are trying to get us to ...
Views: 2180 - Dealing With Depression - by Andrea Yates shocked the nation when she admitted to systematically drowning her five children in their Texas home. This 36-year-old mother had previously been diagnosed with depression and consequently was prescribed antidepressants. Depression is an ancient and prevalent mental condition that ...
Views: 2168 - Depression & Physical Fitness: How An Exercise Program Helps Depression Treatment & Boosts Mental Fitness - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2007 from Jon DysonThe Wonder Drug It is now becoming more accepted that a fitness program can act as a depression medication; that as a depression treatment it can boost mental fitness for life and at the same time it can reduce the risk of strokes? But why? The simple answer is that it is now understood that ...
Views: 2168 - Depression 101: Two -Minute Reality Check - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2010 from New Harbinger PublicationsThe negative effects of overwhelming emotions often have more to do with our reaction to the emotion than to the emotion itself. If you feel extreme rage and act on that rage by breaking a window or physically assaulting the person you’re angry at, the problem then becomes the damage you’ve ...
Views: 2163(1 vote) - 3 Things to Do When You Are Feeling Low - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Amy TorresWe all know the mood we call "feeling low." We may feel low because we lack confidence we can do something, or because we received bad news, maybe we're disappointed with life in general. Feeling low can be due to physical issues such as sleep deprivation or vitamin depletion. It can be an event ...
Views: 2162(1 vote) - Depression Treatment through Dream Interpretation - The Meaning of Your Clothes in Dreams - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2011 from Christina SponiasThe depression treatment based on dream interpretation is in fact the only one that you can absolutely trust. Jung discovered that our dreams are not produced by our own ignorant minds. All dreams are produced by the wise unconscious mind, which has a mysterious origin. Jung concluded that ...
Views: 2162(2 votes) - Why do women get stuck? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Oriah MillerWhy do most women get stuck in life after 40? The same reason women get stuck at 30, at 50 and at 60. It is their view of themselves, and their perception of their world. They 'see' life a certain way, and build perimeters around themselves on how 'things should be'. They compare themselves ...
Views: 2159(1 vote) - It's Still Important to Heal Your Memories, It Will Change Your Life - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2014 from Frank HealyDo you ever wish that something in your life had happened differently? Maybe you made a bad decision in a career or marriage? Were you bullied in school? at home? at work? Is there a memory that you continue to think about? There are some simple exercises that can help you heal a memory. It ...
Views: 2155 - Teenage Conduct Disorder - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Dore' Frances"Conduct disorder" refers to a group of behavioral and emotional problems in youngsters. Children and adolescents with this disorder have great difficulty following rules and behaving in a socially acceptable way. They are often viewed by other children, adults and social agencies as "bad" or ...
Views: 2150(2 votes) - Wise Woman Ways To Prevent Depression - by Submitted on May 09, 2011 from Susun WeedThe dark months are a time of rest and renewal, not a time of high energy. The fairies return to their underground homes at Halloween and return aboveground on May Day. Give in to the slower pace of the winter. Expect less of yourself; enjoy more time in bed. Stop fighting the dark. Let it be ...
Views: 2149(1 vote) - How To Reclaim Your Life When Your Past Lives Are Affecting Your Future? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Deborah Skye KingOne of the greatest results my clients receive is personal transformation from within themselves, feeling connected to the world around them, their families and with a clarity of purpose of why they are here. Most people are perplexed and confused in life feeling uncertain and disconnected, ...
Views: 2148(2 votes) - Psychotic Depression Explained - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Dan MichealsPsychotic depression is one of the serious types of psychiatric disorders. It doesn't only have depressive symptoms but is also characterized by hallucinations and delusions. Psychotic depression affects 25 percent of people who are suffering from depression. Briefly, this type of depression ...
Views: 2148(4 votes) - Finding the Light: Overcoming Depression - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2010 from Laura SchultzFINDING THE LIGHT: OVERCOMING DEPRESSION By Laura Schultz, MFT “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope”---Martin Luther King In our modern society, external stressors are numerous including divorce, death of loved ones, economic anxiety and concern for ...
Views: 2144(2 votes) - Depression and Purpose - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from David SamuelDepression, which is partly anger at ourselves, is self-destructive and drains our energy to the point that it is sometimes difficult to function even minimally. Depression is an illness of will, which becomes diseased, making a person incapable of persevering in many pursuits. People always ...
Views: 2143(3 votes) - Finding Natural Remedies For Anxiety Attacks That Work - 2 Popular Herbs May Keep You Calm - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Wally BrownThere are ways to treat your anxiety besides taking addictive medications that rarely work anyway. Since your body is already built to heal itself, you could use something like herbal remedies for anxiety and panic attacks that may act a little bit more like the natural body response. There ...
Views: 2142(1 vote) - Scientists Prove Learning To Play Music Is Good For Your Brain - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from niraj naikLearning to play a musical instrument may not just be good fun and entertaining, but it can actually change your brain. A recent paper published by Nature Reviews Neuroscience, is a compilation of research findings from scientists all over the world who used all kinds of research methods to ...
Views: 2140(1 vote) - 5 Reasons For Panic Attacks - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Greg MorrisonPanic attacks are very intense and debilitating experiences. The symptoms are very severe in nature and completely shake up a person. When a person is struck by a panic attack, it comes all of a sudden without any pre-warning and the body goes into overdrive. The person will see his heart ...
Views: 2139(2 votes) - Coping with Life's Inevitable Challenges -- 21 Ways You Can Move Past the Pain Instead of Getting Stuck in It - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2012 from Nicole Nenninger"It'll be okay; it's for the best." "Time heals all wounds." "I told you he was no good for you." "Keep your chin up--just keep moving forward." "Forgive and forget." If you've ever gone through a rough time in your life, you've no doubt heard some of those statements before. Well-meaning, ...
Views: 2139(1 vote) - A New Surefire Technique To Help With Stress & Anxiety - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Chris GreenThere are many symptoms that sufferers experience when they are dealing with stress, too many to go into detail here. One symptom common among many sufferers is the continual replaying of events from the past. Today, let's look at a new stress relief technique I have created that will really ...
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