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• Labeling

  

  Are stigma and discrimination the obstacles to a public discussion on mental illness?Do you know that  having a mental illness is not a sign of weakness?Mental... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Battered, Tattered, but Not Shattered ….

  

  Questions, questions and yet more questions were asked:- Tell me how it happened…how, without warning on a typical day, when the morning was filled with... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Loneliness …

  

  SERENADE2SENIORS Loneliness is the enemy of many older people. Retired seniors are at the increased risk of slipping into a depression. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Ever Heard of T D ? We Hadn’t …….

  T.D. stands for Tardive Diskenesia, a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic drugs usually prescribed for psychiatric disorders. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Mental Health Triggers ….Speakmout,

  It is difficult for an outsider to understand the situations that act as triggers and so affect mentally challenged people even though they might. They might no... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• I’m Trying My Very Best to Get This Hurdle Jumped …

  From someone who has a mental illness:I know you might not think so but I’m really trying hard. I don’t do it on purpose. I didn’t pick this card. I’m doing my... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Page from the Notebook …

  

  My son often scribbled or wrote in his notebook. There were times when he showed me a page here or there.I remember the day he wrote the following, then showed... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Smile and the World Smiles with You …….

  

  SERENADE2SENIORSAs a child, I spent time with older people that I loved and admired. They were confident, independent, and free to choose what they wanted to do. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• What My Mother Taught Me

  My mother taught me some valuable lessons that I’ll never forget. Before I got married, she said; “Don’t ever let the sun go down on your wrath.” I often think... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Seven Steps to Happiness

  

  Everyone has their own way of handling problems and over a long period of time, this is the way that helped me most.I really worked on myself for years, and in... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Forgiveness

  

  I have learned the hard way to forgiveness. It is an attitude. Forgiveness means letting go of, and accepting what has occurred because no matter what I do,... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Is Every Person with Depression an Atomatic Public Safety Risk?

  In 2014, over a year ago, I wrote a blog on this site with the heading; How often is a pilot’s mental health tested by a registered psychiatrist with infinite... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Making Lemonade Out of This Shit ….. The Benny Fund

  

  yMAKING LEMONADE OUT OF THIS SHIT – GRANDMA JILLPosted in Paperblog.The following was written and posted on the internet by The Benny Fund and I subsequently... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Body Language

  

  tells an alert person much more than we realize. Our bodies are actually controlled by our subconscious minds and subsequently not always in accordance with wha... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Don’t Upset Your Son, the Therapists Said ….

  

  S C H I Z O P H R E N I A. I have written so much on this subject but here is more about some of the therapists we met. ‘Don’t upset your son,’ they said. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Sometimes What We Care About Most, Gets All Used up and Goes Away, Never to...

  

  SERENADE2SENIORSShe grew up with practical parents. Her mother washed aluminum foil after use. She was the original recycle queen before there was a name for it. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Our Culture of Intolerance

  

  Isn’t it strange that although mental illness is so prevalent, it has such a stigm?. Mental health statistics and facts reveal that over 46 million Americans... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• They Slipped Flyers of Tombstones into Our Mailbox … ?

  

  Not long after our son died, our mailbox filled with flyers advertising tombstones. We were expected to shop around. Would you like a rough or a smooth stone?... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The Trap by Doron

  While my late son was extremely ill, he wrote the following:-There’s no way out.The exit is blocked.The chance of winning isOne in a million.It’s a deathtrap,A... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• When Talking to Someone with Dementia, Don’t Argue – Agree.

  When talking to a person with any kind of dementia:Agree with the patient rather than argue. Distract rather than try to reason. No one is perfect so try not... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY