By Tom Rees, on November 21st, 2009%
My response to a group invitation; Nov., 2009
My name is Tom Rees and I have been invited to introduce myself to the group. All of life’s other “stuff” you can find on my Linked page; I joined you all because I was adopted at birth and thought it would be interesting to share with other adoptees or people in the field.
I was 6 years old when I understood what adoption meant.… Read More
. . . → Read More: Adoption and My First Anxiety Attack
By Tom Rees, on November 18th, 2009%
BACKGROUND
Depression affects over 20 million people per year, or over 8% of the U.S. (defined as having at least 1 major depressive episode in the past year.) That is an unbelievable statistic in terms of it being almost 1 in 10 people. Out of the 44 million people a year affected by some mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, almost half the events involved depression.
I could… Read More
. . . → Read More: Depression creeps up on you. If you are not having fun – don’t let time fly by!