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Archives for March 2008

Healing, Butterflies and Hawks

by John Folk-Williams

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 of certain places through years of work […]

Filed Under: Spirituality Tagged With: depression, power, wellness

Depression Against Life

by John Folk-Williams

Anon for Now recently commented on the sense of renewal in life that served as a deterrent to suicide. This struck me as capturing the most baffling aspect of the temptation to end life. For what does the evidence of life on earth point to but the endlessly inventive will to survive? There is no […]

Filed Under: Depression Symptoms, Men and Depression Tagged With: depression, life, self, shame, suicide

Depression and Suicide – Back from the Edge

by John Folk-Williams

Christos Georghiou – Fotolia.com_ WARNING – THIS POST HAS POSSIBLE TRIGGERS. After a tough week with a lot of down time lost to pain of various sorts – as much mental as physical – I’ve been trying to draw on lessons friends have been sharing with me. They have been describing a deeper sense of […]

Filed Under: Depression Symptoms, Fighting Depression, Men and Depression, Spirituality Tagged With: fear, God, hope, suicide, teenage depression

Lincoln’s Adaptation to Depression

by John Folk-Williams

Lincoln's Depression

In January 1841, Abraham Lincoln, then a state legislator in Illinois, wrote to his law partner about securing a post for a physician who was then treating him for a nervous disorder called hypochondriasis, or hypo for short, a condition we would call major depression. “I have, within the last few days, been making a […]

Filed Under: Depression Causes, Fighting Depression, Men and Depression, Purpose, Spirituality Tagged With: depression, suicide, treatment

Dreams, Depression & Spirituality – 2

by John Folk-Williams

Some Rights Reserved by Elena Acin at Flickr Insightful comments by Stephany and Jane are helping me get to another stage in dealing with depression. In a previous post I started wondering if there might be a very different way of imagining and experiencing this illness. Could there be a way of adapting that started […]

Filed Under: Depression Causes, Fighting Depression, Spirituality Tagged With: consciousness, depression, dream

Shame and Family Violence

by John Folk-Williams

Some years back I took part in a series of group sessions that focused on helping people confront and deal with inner shame that had haunted them since childhood. It was the first group in my experience that got me to interact with other people not just through talk but through dramatic reenactments of past […]

Filed Under: Anger, Children and Depression, Depression Causes Tagged With: belief, depression, family, grief, home, love, rage, shame, trauma, violence

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Depression Present Tense: Moments of Crisis, Insight and Recovery from Chronic Illness

Man in maze by Dan Asaki for Depression Present Tense

Depression can be a life of moments, days, years, of a present that is tense, changing, recurring, empty, full, ugly and beautiful. This ebook is now available in most common ebook formats at major retailers.

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Surviving Depression Together Now Available at Major Retailers

Surviving Depression Together


Surviving Depression Together

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- Therese Borchard, author of Beyond Blue


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A Mind for Life Ebook Now Available at Major Retailers

A Mind for Life: From Depression to Living Well

A Mind for Life Ebook

The inner work of getting your life back from depression. This ebook is now available in most common ebook formats at major retailers.

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Living Depressed

Depression affects emotions, mental abilities, self-concept, behavior, relationships and the entire body. These core posts describe the full range of symptoms affecting daily life. Read More.

Choices in Healing

Hoping for recovery gives you a motive but not a method for getting there. This section has posts about therapies and healing methods you can work with either on your own or with professional guidance. Read more.

Living Well

If you've learned how to manage your depression, you'll want a fulfilling life rather than one dominated by fear that the illness might return. In this section, you'll find posts about how to work toward that goal. Read More

Relationships in Crisis

One of the hardest challenges of living with depression is holding onto your closest relationships. This section features posts on how to help a relationship survive. Read More.

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