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On the Other Side of Fear

by John Folk-Williams 22 Comments

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Fear has a way of setting boundaries that can’t be crossed. If you do cross them, you know you’ll pay a price – a pain or terror you can’t endure. The boundary is protection. Inside it, you’re safe. I think of the anxiety I feel when moving through depression as the warning sign. You’re getting […]

Filed Under: Psychotherapy, Self-Help Tagged With: boundaries, cognitive behavioral therapy, depression, fear, memory, OCD

Peak Experience in Depression

by John Folk-Williams 18 Comments

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So much is written about peak experience, the feeling of oneness, the effortless flow of energy as you feel yourself at one with what you are doing. I often struggle with myself to achieve these moments, but depression has its ways of blocking them. If you’ve ever played a sport that involves hitting a ball, […]

Filed Under: Creativity Tagged With: boundaries, Buddhism, experience, fulfillment, oneness

Living with a Depressed Partner

by John Folk-Williams 16 Comments

Living with Depressed Partner

Several readers have asked about the best ways to respond to warning signs and symptoms of depression in their partners. The illness tends to separate two people in many ways, so the question always arises: What can I, the well partner, do when the symptoms start to push us apart? I think the first thing […]

Filed Under: Depressed Partners Tagged With: boundaries, expectation, marriage, partners, treatment

How Setting Boundaries Helped Me Heal

by John Folk-Williams 17 Comments

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My getting depressed after a cancer operation almost ended our marriage. It was the blow that forced my wife to remind me of the boundaries I couldn’t afford to ignore. I had been in high spirits for the operation and right through the recovery period. My wife and I had been especially close during that […]

Filed Under: Depression Symptoms, Relationship Tagged With: boundaries, connection, fear, self, shame

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