The key to long term successin recovery is beginning with a solid treatment program. It is critical that you develop a solid foundation from which you can start working to get better, and proper treatment is the only way to build that foundation. Simply detoxing to break the addiction cycle cannot substitute for a longer term treatment plan, and by just detoxing and then installing yourself in a sober living you are putting … Read More
It is called “Depression TV and it has a whole series of 3 minute videos with excellent questions and answers. Depression: When Should I Seek Help, Depression and Loss of Libido, Depression and Rage – Are they Related, and many more. I think this is one of the few video sites I have seen that succinctly answers depression questions in plain language without a bunch of psychobabble.
Most Adopted People Harbor Anger and Lack of Trust at some Levels, and there is a biological urge to know from whence we came. Don’t punish yourself if the question can’t be answered
I wrote this in one of the attached comments on this blog but wanted to make sure other adoptees did not miss it, and I elaborated a bit:
I feel for you insofar as wanting to find out more about your biological … Read More
This is EXACTLY how I feel today. There is not a single thing I want to change about my life. that’s a pretty cool place to get to, if you are able to treat your problems. Have faith, friend.
Those of you who have been following my blog — and those of you who may just have arrived– should know that my biggest theory about what is happening to us as a society in the … Read More
This site will bring you some very real insight into anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and adoption first-hand from someone who has a lifetime of experience dealing with all four conditions – me. I realize the title is a mouthful, and I also recognize – acutely – that one of the four “conditions” in the title may surprise or even offend some people, and that is adoption. Anxiety, … Read More
What follows is a letter to a lady friend who described her boyfriend’s habit of drinking quite a bit 4 times a week or so. Also she thought his mood was generally low, but overall she had adjusted to the situation and was not overly concerned, and had a good relationship.
Dear Lola:
I can appreciate your dilemma — and unfortunately my dear, it is a dilemma. So you might not like exactly what I … Read More
The article I have written voices my disagreement with the bulk of thinking by a writer named Laurie Couture. What follows is one of her statements about how awful it is that childrens’ rights are ignored. The author goes on to suggest that if children had all the rights they should have and we could meet all their needs (i.e a world of no spanking, no traditional school discipline, etc) – it would likely result … Read More
Maj. Gen. Mark Graham speaks openly about mental health and his “family” of men and women in service. It is a start, but hardly enough to reverse what is really happening.
of men and women in (NOTE: Please read the articles at the end of this entry)
The other day on the radio I heard some shocking statistics about depression and suicide as it relates to the military. Personally, I don’t think there could be … Read More
A very common heart problem is called an “arrhythmia” — in fact I am fairly sure I read somewhere that upwards of 15% of people or more experience heart arrhythmia at some point in their life. “Cardiac arrhythmia” is a term that encompasses a whole bunch of different conditions that can occur when the electric circuitry of the heart muscle is thrown out of whack and results in one’s heart beat becoming too fast or … Read More
You read this headline right. Your brain makes actual opiates that are almost identical to the pills and synthetic opiates made by the drug manufacturers. The syndrome in your brain — if you are LACKING in these natural opiates, would then produce a significant, prolonged, stubborn, unbroken depression that you’d get pretty tired of fast.It is called endogenous opioid deficiency. I have just finished reading about 100 posts from … Read More
