Posts Tagged ‘pain’

Changing the Mind’s Experience of Pain: The Witness of Reynolds Price

Written by John on September 17th, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by janusz l at Flickr When I think of recovery from a terrible illness, I think of Reynolds Price. His beautiful memoir, A Whole New Life, records the powerful experience of his mental and spiritual healing from the excruciating pain of a crippling illness. However, there could never be recovery from the [...]

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Tags: brain, cancer, depression, emotion, hypnosis, illness, medication, mind, mind-body, pain, Reynolds Price, surgery, treatment, visualization
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Talking to Depression – 2

Written by John on July 5th, 2009
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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 [...]

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Tags: anger, control, depression, emotion, Emotional Abuse, fantasy, feelings, healing, hope, husband, intimacy, marriage, men, pain, partner, relationship, spouse, support, therapy, wife
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Dropping Depression

Written by John on July 31st, 2008
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Photo Credit: JesterArts at Stockxpert As she often does, Stephany put a thought in my mind that I haven’t been able to shake. It was a three-word comment: “You have recovered.” Nice wish, I thought, if only – ! I’ve been working on recovery so long – it just isn’t happening consistently. But the problem [...]

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Tags: depression, feeling, life, love, pain, Recovery, song, Stephany, violence
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