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Jamie

Is just okay good enough?

Sometimes those of us with depression are willing to accept a life that is just okay, instead of aiming for living a life that is something more. Just recently I was doing exactly that. For the last several years I have been okay. I've been emotionally stable and steady, without any real highs or lows. You could say that I've been pretty... Read more Chevron

posted 06/02/2011, comments (6)|

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amyes

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Me in my own words. Argh.

I Remember when I was normal. Ha, who am I kidding? I play so many roles depending on what audience I need to perform in front of that I don’t know reality from acting. I’d like to think that me as ‘normal’ is when I’m in a great mood and find everything funny, I like being like that - but that can’t be normal... Read more Chevron

posted 05/10/2011, comments (0)|

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The Long Hauler

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27-year-old fighter against Bipolar 1 since age 19.

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Can anyone relate to this quick a shift?

This morning I was feeling confident, better than I had felt in a while, journaling about treating my intrusive, repetitive, destructive thoughts as just that, thoughts, and nothing more. I firmly set myself in that direction and was having a good day. Then, later on this afternoon and into the evening, those "thoughts" came in a tumult,... Read more Chevron

posted 04/24/2011, comments (0)|

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Rena

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Battle of the Med.'s, the Mind and My RA.

I am going to have to revisit my medications and evaluate what is working and what is not working...Again! I guess that is just going to be how it is for those of us with RA. We start a medication and some work well and some have to be stopped due to side effects or etc. Then...the ones that do... Read more Chevron

posted 04/13/2011, comments (16)|

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John Folk-Williams, Health Guide

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I'm a writer who's recovered from decades of major depression.

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How Stress Causes Depression

Stress is turning up more and more as a contributor to health problems of all kinds, including anxiety and depression. The problem isn’t so much the worst traumas, such as the death of loved ones, divorce, or losing your job. It’s also the constant stress arising from pressures at work, the burden of debt, living in deeply troubled... Read more Chevron

posted 04/10/2011, comments (7)|

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