Category: depression

Rethinking Antidepressants for the 1000th time

picture from the guardian. Rethinking Antidepressants for the 1000th time

Rethinking Antidepressants for the 1000th time: chemical imbalance is BS. New cycle of horror and shock. Depression isn't caused by low serotonin! ~~ (photo is a news headline from the Guardian...it was covered in news all over the world) Yes, it's happened again. Mainstream outlets everywhere are decrying this travesty. This "news" about the chemical imbalance theory cycles through the media every few years. (for at least the last 20 yrs)...Always presented as though it's new and shocking

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lightworker? let’s be clear, the real work, is shadow work

The dark wants more than anything to be LIT. Let us light up the world. ...

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Embracing Winter: reframing seasonal affective disorder

a cold wintry scene in nature... Embracing Winter: a time to go inward (reframing seasonal affective disorder)

I don't use the term depression for my experience,  but I do find that there is a big natural shift in winter that encourages going inward and slowing down. I have found for a long time now that moving away from the pathologizing of my experience has been a healthy move for me and many of the folks I advocate for.  ...

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Depression as pain

depression as pain

So much talk of disease these days. Depression is a disease. Mental illness is a disease. -- The language of disease is soothing: there is nothing wrong with you, you are not crazy, you are not different, you are not “less.” You just have a disease. Like diabetes. -- Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong condition: you take your insulin, you are fine (well, sorta: you also have a shorter life expectancy and likelihood of nerve damage, eye damage, etc.). So is the “disease” of mental illness. Nothing to be ashamed of. It doesn’t mean you’re weak, or that someone hurt you. It’s no one’s fault. -- So here’s what’s wrong with this lovely, guilt-free approach to mental pain. one: it dooms you to a lifetime of disability. You are a lifetime depressive, bipolar, OCD sufferer, schizophrenic. The disease is here to stay. ... [click on title to read the rest]

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Depression Delusion: intro by author, Terry Lynch, MD

cover of depression delusion, the book

By Terry Lynch ~~ I am a mental health activist, author, physician and psychotherapist. I am also a husband, father, piano player, animal lover, among other things. I am the author of the Depression Delusion.

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Non-medication ways to relieve depression: online course CE/CME available

ERICKSONIAN HYPNOSIS IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION
*Treating Depression Hypnotically and Strategically emphasizes the importance of utilizing proactive and well-targeted interventions when treating depression.
*Out of the Blue: Six non-medication ways to relieve depression
*Altered States: Why Hypnosis Helps Depression
* The Many Faces of Loss, and how to resolve it.
*Hypnotic Brain Change for Depression: Help Your Clients Practice Positive Mental Habits.
*Getting Your Life Back: Healing Depression with Hypnosis
*What Can Solution Hypnosis Contribute to The Treatment of Depression? ... [click on title to learn more about this opportunity]

Depression (psych labels in general) reflect the dis-ease of civilization

"The health of the society and the health of its individuals are inextricably linked. To end the worldwide epidemic of depression, we must combine individual psychological therapies with new social and economic systems that respect the earth and more fairly distribute the worlds resources. Such models already exist. What we need is the political will to implement them. If we can do so, we will be able to create a more equitable culture that optimizes the mental and emotional health of each of its ciitizens." … [click on title for full view]

Is This Depression? Or Melancholy? Or…

By Will Hall -- "Depressed." -- It's a word I put in quotes because, like so many words we use to describe our mental health experiences, it has as much power to confuse as it does to clarify. We live in a culture bombarded by media and sped up by rapid-fire social interactions. It's definitely useful to grab hold of a simple, short, sound-bite term, to quickly describe what we are feeling or suffering. "Depression" is such a word - it evokes and encapsulates, conjures the images of that ugly pit of despair that can drive so many to madness and suicide. Yet at the same time the words we use, strangely, become like those pens deposited in medical offices and waiting rooms around the world: ready at hand, easily found, familiar — and tied to associations, marketing and meanings we were only dimly aware were shaping how we think. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Rocks in my Pockets: a crazy quest for sanity

“Rocks In My Pockets” is a story of mystery and redemption. The film is based on true events involving five women of the filmmaker’s family, including herself, and their battles with depression and suicide. It raises questions of how much family genetics determine who we are and if it is possible to outsmart one’s own DNA. The film is packed with visual metaphors, surreal images and a twisted sense of humor. It is an animated tale full of art, women, strange daring stories, Latvian accents, history, nature, adventure and more. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Lincoln’s Depression | Joshua Wolf Shenk | Madness Radio

Celebrated US President Abraham Lincoln also suffered from life-threatening depression. Did he view his “melancholy” as a treatable illness, as a punishment from God — or as a source of his gifts? How did Lincoln’s extraordinary leadership abilities arise from his struggle with extreme pain?

Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, explores the famous President’s battle with despair, suicide, and intense sorrow, and discusses what people with depression – and the medical establishment empowered to treat them – can learn from Lincoln’s suffering. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

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