Posts Tagged ‘mental illness’

Requiem: Religious Belief and Mental Illness

Written by John on May 17th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Zenera at Flickr In writing about heightened states of mind I’ve experienced, I keep wondering about what they mean, what they are. Are they signs of a spiritual reality pushing into the midst of the everyday world? Or are they artifacts of mental disorder? The first time I had such an [...]

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Tags: belief, culture, depression, exorcism, mental illness, religion, Requiem, society, spirituality, treatment
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Depression and Stress

Written by John on December 27th, 2007
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Photo Credit: Eraxion – Stockxpert Part of my recovery consists of putting two and two together. I’ve learned to see links between things I’ve done and felt that I never knew were connected to depression. Blowing up in rage, feeling extreme anxiety, even panic at meeting a group of new people, deep fears and fantasies, [...]

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Tags: depression, emotion, glucocorticoids, mental illness, neurochemistry, psychology, Recovery, Robert Sapolsky, stress, stressors
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