Posts Tagged ‘choice’

Making Decisions When Depressed

Written by John on September 23rd, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by AMagill at Flickr Like so many, I experience depression in various forms, yet each in its own way knocks out the decision control center in my mind. At times, I scramble in anxiety and can’t focus enough to pick out one among many possibilities. At other times, I don’t care about [...]

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Tags: choice, continuum model, decisions, mood, power, spectrum
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Lost in Place, Finding Home

Written by John on August 18th, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by simiant at Flickr. Simple things can overwhelm, turn me upside down, submerge who I am in a great wave. I was turned over once as a kid, swimming at a beach near LA, the ocean churning and huge. I tried to jump into a breaker and ride it in, but the [...]

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Tags: action, choice, confusion, creativity, decisions, depression, Fear, feeling, lost, motion, obsessive, overwhelmed, panic, purpose, Recovery, thinking, wellness
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A Clear Voice Amid Depression

Written by John on December 20th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Stygiangloom at Flickr. Thinking about recovery from depression often makes me dizzy. I’m trying to follow at once all the brief streaks of light from this roman candle mind. Each one’s gone before I can see where it’s headed, and I wind up chasing nothing. I have even asked myself, why [...]

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Tags: choice, confusion, depression, faith, God, Henri Nouwen, journey, mind, Recovery, self, spirituality, struggle, will
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