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While I only mention alcoholics in the title, the theory applies to addicts as well — as I believe they are one and the same anyhow. I began this as a response to an author who had said that addiction began as pure escapism from life. I ended up writing out my main message to those who suffer from addiction, and think perhaps some professionals may … Read More . . . → Read More: Alcoholics Drink for a Reason That Likely Can Be Controlled 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. My … Read More . . . → Read More: Adoption and My First Anxiety Attack Bipolar Disorder tops the list in terms of the number of diagnoses made each year by doctors, mainly because most depression today is diagnosed as bipolar depression. Regardless of how prevalent these two diagnoses are individually ( The national Institute of Medical health estimates depression alone affects 20,000,000 Americans every year), there are stigmas attached to these disorders. Don’t allow a stigma to stop you from seeing the reality of the disorder — you or … Read More . . . → Read More: Bipolar Disorder and Depression – Seek help as soon as you have any of these symptoms I read this in an advertised Blogupp entry that started out as follows: Bi Polar Disorder Written by: Baby J on May 4, 2010.The following excerpt is from someone who is evidently Bipolar1 (more severe than Bipolar 2) and she is on drugs, as most people with mental disorders can be. People with disorders as you will see, however, can be more affected by drugs than a “normal” person on drugs. She writes “One … Read More
. . . → Read More: Are all Bipolar people truly crazy “whack-jobs”? The answer is a definite “No – not Bipolar 2′s, Anyhow”
I was adopted and later in life searched for my biological parents, who I eventually found. To my utter surprise, I found that my biological mother and father had had a “love fling” and I was the product of that, which occurred before they were married – forcing them to have me in secret and give me away. The really amazing part is they ended up getting married and having two more … Read More . . . → Read More: Down? Depressed? Amazing New Drug You Must Ask a Doctor About…
I am lucky enough to have a best friend from childhood — let’s call him Steve — who is also . . . → Read More: Best Way to Beat Bipolar Illness — Don’t Try and Do It Alone. Just as a “normal person” — if there is such a person — might have come home after work that day and said “Honey, I just had a rough day”, or told a buddy that Friday “Man, I had a rough week”, there was a day I was saying to whomever I could find who would listen, albeit tongue in cheek, “Man, I’ve had a rough eight years”. But I meant it. Still hospitalized, I … Read More . . . → Read More: The unseen link between depression, anxiety and addiction. 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 cite further facts, … Read More . . . → Read More: Depression creeps up on you. If you are not having fun – don’t let time fly by! 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
. . . → Read More: Nothing Making You Feel Better? You Could Have Endorphin Deficiency Syndrome (EDS) , a Deficiency of Natural Opiates in Your Brain I just read several of the most inspiring posts by another writer yet since having been introduced to this whole blogging thing. The blog is called “Drunk in Cardiff”, authored by “The Drinker”, and subtitled “The long walk to recovery from alcoholism and depression”. Just the subtitle makes one who has been through this whole journey want to jump on his work, I believe. So at the risk of losing the 3 people who may … Read More . . . → Read More: A Brilliant Writer Describes Depression in Such a Way it is a “Must Read”. |
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