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Beliefnet’s Alana Kornfeld has written an interesting article for Time Magazine on a burgeoning field called “yoga therapy.” To read the full article, click here. She writes: Talk. Share. Cry. Stretch? Psychotherapy has historically been an exercise of the mind, but in the offices of more and more modern-day mental-health providers, emotional healing is taking…

I do my fair share of whining and griping here on Beyond Blue about my New Age friends who don’t get my depression. Not at all. And how they can be incredibly condescending and hurtful with their comments about how I just need to evolve into a more spiritual human being in order to suffer…

I recently told my therapist that I was going to come up with an automatic response to unintentional hurtful comments that come my way, so that I don’t have to absorb them and stew over them hours after the conversation is over. When someone says something to the effect that “it’s a shame that person…

I read with interest John McManamy’s post, “Blueprint for Recovery — YOU Are the Authority” for several reasons. First, because I’m learning that very lesson over and over and over again … not only with my mental health, now, but with several other health conditions. I just can’t get over how much the doctors don’t…

If you have a minute and are struggling with an awkward friendship, you should read some of the comments over at PyschCentral.com on my post, “8 Steps to Closure When a Friendship Ends.” Among them: This article came into my mailbox just in time.I’ve been in many unhealthy relationships and at times put my true…

I couldn’t resist linking to this post by fellow blogger Kari Henley. You can read her post by clicking here. I’ve excerpted a few paragraphs: Psychologists Wendi Gardner and Marilynn Brewer studied the ways people describe themselves and believe when you answer the question, “Who Am I?” The answer usually relates to the groups in…

I guess we depressives are a tad sensitive. On the combox of my post, “Brain Changes After Depression,” many readers confessed that they take criticism the same way I do–as a life sentence–and appreciated the scientific explanation as to why we might do that. Reader Leslie wrote: Oh, I can so identify with this. I’ve…

Me? I’m trying to get away from all this people-pleasing. I think it’s making me sick. However, being likable, or at least having many close relationships, also contributes to success and happiness, says fellow blogger Gretchen Rubin. And she gives you eight pointers to do just that … become more likable. To get to her…

I hate to admit this, but I was somewhat consoled by Mary Elizabeth William’s blog on unfriendly reader feedback. She has her haters, too! And she interviews about a dozen memoir writers about their hate mail. In her post, called “Thanks for Your Feedback, or: I’ll Just Go Kill Myself Now,” she writes: I thought…

You may all remember this video from awhile back. I thought I’d republish it today because its visualization about the doors into your conscious self is another great way of processing harmful words that tend to get the snowball of depression off and rolling. To view my YouTube video, click here.To read more Beyond Blue,…
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