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removing mental health stigma: the student experience

June 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!watch this short video about a high school student who had a run-in with mental illness, and then turned around and helped others.

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creativity: a way out of depression?

June 16th, 2008 · 8 Comments

john over at storied mind has taken up the thread of the discussion on creativity that i started a while ago with Psyblog and, creative person that he is, is talking about it in connection with depression. let me add a bit to that discussion.
first of all, i’d like to say that if someone […]

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Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness

mental health, cancer and art

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

this is my first peopleized interview. peopleized is a site where you can find people to interview, offer yourself for interviews, and post interviews, which are then available for anyone to use. neat concept.
it’s friday, so of course this is a frozen pea friday post - a post about cancer. got a […]

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Tags: cancer · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness

job search and depression

June 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

head over to jacob’s blog JobMob for a post he invited me to guest write for his series on job search and depression.  there’s the beginning of an interesting conversation in the comment section, why don’t you join in!

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carrnival of eating disorders #17

May 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments

welcome to the 17th carnival of eating disorders, where we look at blog posts that deal with anorexia, bulimia, exercise bulimia, overeating, orthorexia, EDNOS, body image and other related topics.
i have to confess that after all this time, the name “carnival” of eating disorders still rings funny in my ears. thesaurus.com suggests these alternative […]

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Tags: blogs of note · depression and mental illness · eating disorders, body image & similar topics · interesting books

the definition of addiction

May 26th, 2008 · 9 Comments

in the last few weeks, a radio interview and two articles have encouraged me to again look at the nature of addiction. one of them is a discussion we are having on this blog here about alcohol use and art, with contributions by danish composer skovgaard danielsen and zen practitioner and painter eden […]

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Tags: addictions · depression and mental illness · interesting books

up the down staircase

May 20th, 2008 · 9 Comments

this is a guest post by my blogging and twitter friend alexander zoltai. it’s the story of how, down and out with alcohol and homelessness, he almost … well, read for yourself:

at first, i was trying to push ahead when i really needed healing time.
went from a homeless situation in ohio to florida for […]

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Tags: addictions · alcohol · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness · spirituality

mental health and cancer

May 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

for today’s “frozen pea friday” post on cancer, and because it’s national mental health week, i’ve interviewed someone on how she deals with the emotional effects of cancer. here’s what she says:

i have 100% permission to have all the meltdowns i need to have (i.e. anger, crying spells)
have a relationship with a psychotherapist […]

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wordless wednesday: mental health through photography

May 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

the image is by jackal, who says “i struggle with mental illness (borderline personality disorder) and i explore and express my world through photography and writing in which i believe there is no reality - only perception.”

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mental health week: alcohol and epilepsy

May 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

today for my post on mental health, i’d like to share with you a letter i received a few days ago from a fellow canadian. while it is about the mental illness of addiction, i’d also like to think about it as a move towards mental wellness; wellness achieved by sharing our stories […]

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vancouver events at this year’s mental health week

May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

this week is national mental health week in canada. like last year, i’ll dedicate all my posts this week to mental health. (in a way, all my posts are about mental health but this week we’ll just be a bit more explicit, ok?)
today a roundup of mental health events happening in and around vancouver […]

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mental illness stigma in churches: an occasion for self reflection

April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

thanks to barry for taking the time and care to comment on the post about how some christian churches deal with mental illness.
one of the habits i have fallen into is that when i feel critical of someone, i then turn to myself and ask myself how i, or groups i belong to or identify […]

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schizophrenia, taboos and meditation

April 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

this is a guest post by geb sheru geb. in this intriguing article, he takes up on my post about kiddie porn a while ago, and talks about how the process of obsession in a person who hunts for child pornography is similar to the process of obsessive thoughts of someone experiencing schizophrenic symptoms. […]

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left brain, right brain and a stroke

March 18th, 2008 · 12 Comments

marc pointed this video out to me. he rightly figured that this would be an ideal thing for me to watch. science and mystical experiences are not mutually exclusive. enjoy! and if you’d like to hear and interview with her, go here.

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Tags: depression and mental illness · psychological research and other things academic · spirituality

two views of depression

March 10th, 2008 · 23 Comments

the other day, marc challenged me with this idea: can depression, or any other challenge such as alcoholism or bipolar disorder, be an entity of its own, with its own agenda and will to survive?
i’ve been familiar with this concept for quite a while but it’s never really grabbed me. that’s why i’m grateful for […]

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