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• Demons

  

  My life is plagued by DEMONS.Awake all day and nightThey persecute meAnd never let me rest.My doctors support themAnd don’t consider me. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• How Mental Illness Affects Others ….

  Parents: Parents are the ones who sually have to find psychological and other services for their sick child, often having to deal with a system that is reluctan... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Speak out for Mental Health

  

  I speak out for mental health because - I never want another mother to experience what I did.Blame, shame, discrimination and stigma are the result of NOT... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• It’s All in Your Head – Think Positive, Will You!

  

  Never tell a depressed person; ‘It’s all in your head.’ Try not to say; ‘Think positive man.’ While optimism is certainly important when training our brains,... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• He’s at Rest in God’s Hands, but ………………

  

  While attending a dear friend’s funeral, it triggered memories of the grief I’d felt when our son died; after he ended his life. I remembered some of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Let’s Not Deny Flowers, Sympathy and Support to People with a Mental Illness

  

  Mental illnesses are like any other illnesses – the only difference is that they are illnesses of the brain instead of the body. Are they really so different... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• How to Reduce Stress

  

  When life becomes unbearable due to an overload of work or stress; when we find ourselves losing our tempers too fast and too often, that’s when we need to lear... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Thoughts Can Take on a Life of Their Own

  The following thoughts can take on a life of their own, twisting through memories to find even more evidence of why they are true, pushing further into one’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Why Does Papa Act This Way?

  

  Alzheimer’s is not easy to cope with, and it became difficult to reply to the barrage of questions asked by my grandchildren who wanted to know why their Papa... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• ‘You Are Suffering from Dementia … Probably Alzheimer’s Disease…’

  

  ‘I have good news for you, as well as some bad news,” the geriatric neurologist told my husband.’‘Start with the bad news doctor.’‘You are suffering from... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Quiet Background Music in a Psychiatric Hospital … ?

  

  .There is often a high level of noise in a psychiatric ward as the television might be blaring, a patient might be in distress, someone else could be listening... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• How to Combat Peer Pressure …….

  

  Negative Peer Pressure makes a person feel unaccepted by their peers who bring strong pressure to bear no matter what does ,they do, whether they want to do so... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• What to Say to Someone Who is Grieving

  

  What I would say to someone who has lost a child?I’m so sorry. I don’t really know what to say, but I want you to know that I feel deeply for you and your famil... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• They Avoid Studying Psychiatry

  

  I have written a great deal about the stigma associated with mental illness but I want to add that it actually invades the attitude of health care... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• DAVID’S STORY by Jill Sadowsky

  ‘When we talk to God it’s called prayer.When God talks to us, it’s called s c h i z o p h r e n i a (by Lily Tomlin)Dvora Waysman, author of 11 books... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Take One Day at a Time

  

  OUR SUPPORT GROUP – my life saver. Having a mental illness in my family taught me all about the various emotions parents experience when they discover how sever... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• That Long, Long Corridor …

  

  One thing that struck me abot the psychiatric hospital while my son was there, was how little help was on offer. However, there was one thing that they do best ... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Find Reasons to Laugh and Smile ….

  

  Bill Cosby the comedian, said: ‘Humor can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. Once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• More on DO YOU KNOW THAT?

  

  Do you know that despite the fact that despite the fact that we are living in the 21st century, there is still a significant stigma attached to mental illness? Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• When Things Go Wrong ….

  

  This jingle was sent to me by a young woman of 18 who was diagnosed with depression and her way of coping is to write jingles. Here is one of them:-When things... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY