Posts Tagged ‘children’

Why Depressed Men Leave – 2

Written by John on February 21st, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by nyki_m at Flickr Some of the comments on the last post in this series hit hard on two issues. First is the question of personal choice: is a man supposed to escape responsibility for destructive behavior by attributing everything to depression? The answer is no! Depression is never an excuse for [...]

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Tags: action, behavior, children, family, hurt, impact, leaving, love, men, partner, responsibility, wife
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Ceremonies of Magic, Imagination and Play

Written by John on November 24th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by a whisper of unremitting demand at Flickr Merely Me wrote a wonderful post on the importance of bringing play back into everyday life. It is the forgotten tonic among adults in general and depressed adults in particular. She paints a vivid scene of a group therapy session where she coaxed recovering [...]

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Tags: ceremony, children, creativity, death, education, imagination, instinct, life, medication, play, school
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Caution: Raging Man in Residence

Written by John on December 16th, 2007
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Photo Credit: winterling – Stockxpert An active and aggressive side of depression, especially painful to recall, is the rage that used to blast through me at my wife and three boys. There are few things to equal the power for healing of the connection and love of your own family, and it’s a sign of [...]

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Tags: children, control, depression, family, love, marriage, men, parent, partner, rage, shame, trust
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