Posts Tagged ‘power’

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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Theater of Depression

Written by John on October 11th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Lady Orlando at Flickr Catatonic Kid (CK) and Isabella have had an inspired exchange of posts in the last couple of months on the use of language and creativity to engage depression, take away its power and release creativity. There are so many ideas and evocative phrases in these posts that [...]

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Tags: creativity, depression, healing, imagination, language, play, power, Recovery, theater, underworld, words, Writing
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Men, Depression and Sexual Addiction

Written by John on July 17th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Aron Escobar at Flicker I had lunch with M one day to talk business, and I got on with him well. We were both excited about the projects we were working on, but soon got to more personal things. I told him about the depression I kept fighting and about treatment [...]

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Tags: family, fantasy, men, obsession, power, Recovery, sexual addiction, shame, wife
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Healing, Butterflies and Hawks

Written by John on March 31st, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by zenera at Flickr At times, emerging from depression seems like a gift. I’ve written before about a sudden shift, a kind of renewal, that occurred when crossing a shallow stream. In my experience, healing may come from a special place more effectively than from medication. I became sensitized to the power [...]

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Tags: butterfly, depression, healing, place, power, Recovery, spirituality, wellness
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