Showing posts with label depression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label depression. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

So how DO we get through all this shit?

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I find myself posting outrageous Trump stories (most of them connected directly to a jaw-dropping denial that COVID-19 even exists), the...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

What NOT to say to a depressed person

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What NOT to say to a depressed person I've posted this several times before, but each time it seems more relevant. I believe, at ...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

What NOT to say to a depressed person

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What NOT to say to a depressed person (A summer repeat, but worth saying again. I believe, at one point or another, I have heard a...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Should I post this? Maybe not

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I have my reasons for thinking these things, but in saying them, I break many taboos. That's why I need to say them. I came to the c...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

What NOT to say to a depressed person

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  “It’s all in your mind.” “You just need to give yourself a good swift kick in the rear.” “No one ever said life was fair.” “I th...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Mental illness: Let's NOT reduce the stigma!

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Every day, and in every way, I am hearing a message. And it's not a bad message, in and of itself. It's building, in fact, in in...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Whack jobs: or, why we still can't deal with mental illness

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I’ve been having some thoughts lately, mostly triggered by some recent events in the news. It’s about people’s language around mental il...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Let's Talk: today and every day

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Every day, and in every way, I am hearing a message. And it's not a bad message, in and of itself.  It's building, in fact, in ...