Posts Tagged ‘emptiness’

Why Depressed Men Leave – 3

Written by John on February 26th, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by boskizzi at Flickr. I’ve written a lot about the form of depression in which men look outside themselves to find the cause for an inner pain that simply can’t be faced. They may feel anger, rage, a longing to act out fantasies, or a compulsion to blame and abuse those closest [...]

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Tags: blame, despair, emotion, Emotional Abuse, emptiness, family, isolation, leaving, withdrawal, work
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Fear of Falling and Mad Men

Written by John on May 26th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Memotions at Flickr In the midst of writing about moments of spiritual insight, I realized I had to draw the other half of that picture. The lost side of spirit is emptiness. I don’t mean the emptying that can be a stage in recovery and spiritual growth. That kind of emptiness [...]

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Tags: dread, emptiness, Fear, healing, i, Mad, men, panic, purpose, Recovery, self, spirituality
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