Storied Mind

Some Rights Reserved by prudencebrown121 at Flickr My new post at Health Central talks about picking up on the early warning signs of depression. Since I tend to need a big picture to figure out what to do, I found it when forced by desperation to look closely at my own self-defeating behavior. That was [...]

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 a Native American community in the Pacific Northwest, I went to see an elder [...]

Some Rights Reserved by carlotardani at Flickr My new post at Health Central describes some of the alternative treatments the military is now experimenting with – all of them aiming at short-term alleviation of major symptoms. I’ve contrasted that approach with the long-term treatment aiming at complete recovery as detailed in Jonathan Shay’s Odysseus in [...]

Some Rights Reserved by nonofarahshila at Flickr I’ve written an overview post in this series on Depression Central, and I hope you’ll have a look at that. Thanks. Talking to a depressed partner can be more than frustrating. It can feel hopeless when you’re faced with a slammed door shutting you out completely or a [...]

Some Rights Reserved by carulmare at Flickr I always had a hard time linking forgiveness and peace with my early family life. In fact, it was hard for me to understand what forgiveness itself was all about. I thought of it as a remote dream, a utopian feeling. There were many people I had struggled [...]

Some Rights Reserved by paintmonkey at Flickr Lynn left a comment on Why Depressed Men Leave that ended with a question I’ve been thinking about all week. She summarized the wrenching story about her bipolar husband and his blaming her for everything that was wrong with him. Then she asked me how I gained the [...]