At Health Central: Recovery and Denial of Feelings
Written by john on February 19th, 2010
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Just a note to point you to this new post at Health Central.
I hope you’ll drop by and leave a comment.
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Posts Tagged ‘Recovery’
Reflections in Mind: Sherwin Nuland’s Recovery from Depression
Written by john on February 5th, 2010
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An important part of my recovery has been exploring emotional memory when I respond so deeply to a story or song or even just a moment in a film that somehow reaches right inside. A feeling long held back flows out freely, even though broken away from the memory [...]
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Trying to Explain Recovery from Depression
Written by john on December 4th, 2009
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A friend recently asked me if I could help him understand the change for the better I’ve experienced in the last couple of years. At the same time, a reader here asked if I could elaborate on what I mean by taking charge or putting myself at the center [...]
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Is There Comfort in Depression?
Written by john on November 16th, 2009
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The question continues to puzzle me: How did I get over depression? That deep change began about 18 months ago, and it’s been a year since I knew for sure that something fundamental had shifted. The nemesis wasn’t after me anymore. In fact, I couldn’t find that thing [...]
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Brief Dreams of Recovery – 2
Written by john on October 22nd, 2009
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In this dream, I heard myself saying: I am waking up out of the earth. I wasn’t at all sure what that meant. Was it supposed to be some mythic arising, or was it just another way of seeing myself as so much dirt? Then I realized I’d been [...]
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Brief Dreams of Recovery – 1
Written by john on October 16th, 2009
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Dreams are what they are, and I won’t try to explain them in rational or symbolic terms. The feeling of this one was all good. It came as recovery was at last getting to be the real thing.
After a long and baffling night I was running back to [...]
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