As much reading, research, and treatment as I have done for this most recent bout of major depression, I don't think I really and truly completely thought of it as a valid disease... until now.

Today I got up, drank a cup of coffee and read the paper. I then showered and dressed, fixed my hair and put on jewelry, and went out in the world. Even my shoes matched. I went out to lunch (by myself, which is a big deal for me), went to the library, and then swung by the post office. At some... Read More

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So here's the deal. I'm a mental health professional, schooled in the traditional mental health counseling method. I've been doing this for about 8 years now, and in my estimation, the traditional way doesn't work for everyone.

Some in my field would disagree, and say that we need to continue to work this way. My gut tells me that there have to be more and better ways to help people improve and get better.

So my question to you is this: If you could change something about menta... Read More

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Joey usually expresses it best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvrxrAxPNJ8

in case the link does work: youtube search "animate this! featuring Joe Pantoliano"

Happy Tuesday all!

L

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 i will go out and make some contacts with people about i having mental illness, oh, wait, this is something i have already done. when i finally decided to share what i have lived with all my life and how certain things affect me. you should have seen the look on their faces and i mean at work and relatives on my wife's side of the family.

  but, you know what it didn't last long due to i not giving them any impressions i was any different now then i was before. the deeper i... Read More

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  who made you aware of this condition, stigma? how did you get there to the point that you are different from other people? have you ever stopped long enough to see that nobody has the correct way to be with everything in life? would you like for me to share how many times i have broken the mold which should have created a feeling associated with stigma. imagine, what if, an infant could relate to fear and being humiliated the infant would never have learned how to do any... Read More

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