Tag Archives: Depression

Coping With The Emotional Fire-Storm Of Thyroid Disease

  Doctors are quick to tell their newly, diagnosed hypothyroidism patients that treatment is straight-forward and simple. However, bringing thyroid hormone back up to normal levels can be a slow process. Emotional symptoms are very difficult for the patient and their families … Continue reading

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Shattered:The Devastation Of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Childhood sexual abuse shatters the heart, mind, and soul of a child. Many people don’t want to talk or think about the sexual abuse of children and this results in societal denial that protects the abusers and forces victims to … Continue reading

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Acknowledging Un-named Grief And Living With Permenent Sorrow

Grief must not be denied. It is a process that must be experienced. When grief is denied, it becomes un-named grief that makes itself known as depression and anxiety that seemingly, come from nowhere. Healing begins with grieving. An emotional wound that can’t … Continue reading

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Coping With Emotional Pain And Healing Emotional Injury

It is impossible to live without receiving emotional injury. Some injuries are highly common and some less common and we all have inborn methods of coping with emotional pain. Complete healing from emotional injury requires laying those coping mechanisms aside … Continue reading

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Human Trafficking Is Slavery, Part II: What Became Of, Katie?

Last week I wrote about a young victim of human trafficking in a post called, “Katie’s Story“. This post continues that story that depicts the personal damage children experience when they are sexually abused and exploited as prostitutes. By the time Katie … Continue reading

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Inside PTSD, Causes And The Door To Healing

PTSD is associated with veterans but people of all walks of life are susceptible to developing the disorder and it has many causes. PTSD is not a disease but a set of coping mechanisms that become habitual in coping with … Continue reading

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Boomer Back-Beat: Mental Illness and Misdiagnosis

The methods of diagnosis for mental illnesses are more accurate than they used to be but doctors still lack true scientific tests for various mental diseases. Diagnostic criteria can be desribed best as educated subjectivism and it leaves much room for misdiagnosis. … Continue reading

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Boomer Back-Beat: The Roots Of Depression And Anxiety

Depression and anxiety are the common cold of mental illness. Most people will experience one or the other , at varying degrees, at some point during their life. As we baby boomers grow older, we will become more susceptible to … Continue reading

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