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• How Will You Live Your Dash?

  

  A young man was saying a few words at a friend’s funeral and kept referring to the date his friend was born and died. When he mentioned the date of his... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Can We Live by Choice and Not Chance?

  

  Can we?Make changes and not excusesBe motivated, not manipulatedFeel useful and not usedExcel and not compete?Can we listen to our inner voices instead of the... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Solitary Confinement

  

  The court hearing was on the subject of solitary confinement in prisons with testimony from federal and state law enforcement officials, academics and... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Doctor, Do You Really Realize What It Means to Be Chronically Ill?

  

  Chronic illness is a persistent disease, prolonged in duration, one that can usually be controlled but not cured. But this explanation can be found in every... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The 4th Anniversary

  

  Today it’s 4 years since my late husband passed away and this is my way of honoring his memory. (My first effort to post this blog flew off with a glaring... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The 4th Anniversary

  

  I thought of you with love today but that is nothing new.I thought about you yesterday, for days before that too.Today is 4 years since my late husband passed... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• To Psychiatrists and Other Therapists

  Please don’t let your patients feel that you are judging them. Your job is to make them feel as safe and as comfortable as possible. I am aware of the fact... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Doctor, Do You Know What It’s Like to Have a Child That’s Different from Other...

  Doctor, have you ever stopped to think what it must be like to have a child that is different from other children?If I had been a blogger while my son were so... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The Model Doctor

  Doctor, please: Show respect to all your patients, irrespective … Try using a sense of humor. As your patient walks into your surgery, observe him. While keepin... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Dear Doctor, You Might Be a Patient One Day …

  

  Dear Doctor,One day you might have the misfortune to be on the other side of the medical system and become a patient. A nurse will hand you a hospital gown... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Paranoid s c h i z o p h r e n i a

  I met Dr. Travis via Linkedin and asked about the work he was doing. On 2/2/14, I received the following email from him which has a great deal of information,... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Still Living with Mom at the Age of 50?

  

  I was present at a meeting for parents with mental illness in their families. Why? Because a few seniors mentioned that they had children aged 50 plus still... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Forgiveness

  means letting go of and accepting what has occurred, because no matter what we do, the position isn’t likely to change. Forgiveness means dismissing the blame.... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• How Did Beethoven Feel?

  A disabled person does not always want assistance so it’s advisable to ask first whether that person wants help or not.If a person who is handicapped wants to b... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Use Time and Words Carefully

  Over the years I have jotted down points worth bearing in mind, that helped me get by during some of the hard times in my life:Knowledge is weightless, a... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Share a Little Act of Kindness

  

  Wally Lamb wrote: “It’s the most breathtakingly ironic thing about living: the fact that we are all alone. Singular. And yet, what we seek, what saves us, is ou... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• HIDDEN LIVES Coming out on Mental Illness

  HIDDEN LIVES, coming out on mental illness: edited by Lenore Rowntree and Andrew Boden.For those who have shown that stigma and bias can be beaten. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• 50 Shades of …………………S T I G M A?

  

  STIGMA is defined as a sign of disgrace or discredit which sets a person apart from the rest of us.STIGMA is a marker for adverse experiences, amongst them, a... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• If Houses Could Talk

  

  Like the fields were I chased butterflies when I was a child, the mountain my husband climbed as a boy, or the beach where our children paddled and fished in... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Life Interrupted

  

  When visiting an ill friend, it’s a good idea to refrain from relating your own problems. Don’t tell him/her that your cat ran away or that you got stuck in... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY