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Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! Some people are born with smooth lines; others have jagged edges. Some find contentment in a cup…

Because I’m on vacation this week, I’ve decided to publish posts from the two-week test pilot of Beyond Blue back in October of 2006, two months before its initial launch in December 2006. We’ve come a long way! Although I’ve suffered from depression and anxiety from the moment I was induced from my mother’s womb,…

Thanks to my editor, Holly, for finding this fascinating study about serotonin and spirituality. I’ve argued in many places that I swear we depressives are more religious. It turns out that high image brain scans are documenting a biological underpinning for religiosity, related to the neurotransmitter serotonin. The only thing I’m confused about if those…

I was moved by the comment made by Beyond Blue reader Simi on the combox of my post “Video: My Self-Esteem File.” I was happy to see this site. I am a therapist myself, and I also suffer from depression. It took me a long time to acknowledge my depression. It wasn’t until I lost…

I have a learning disability called bipolar disorder. My thought process is severely distorted at times, making me believe that the plastic spider in front of me is real, and if I don’t exert all my energy into swatting it, the thing will leave me with a bite bigger than my knee. That sounds absurd,…

Thanks to Beyond Blue reader Larry Parker for forwarding to me Dick Cavett’s blog post on depression. It’s marvelous. I’ve excerpted a few paragraphs below. To read the entire article, click here. I thought it was interesting that he mentions libido and the ability to read as depression main two victims, because you know about…

Dear God, In the Gospel of Matthew (14:22-33), we read: After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into a boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. My mom constantly refers to this…

Macrina Wiederhehr explains how we can impart some of the wisdom of the monastic tradition into our workday in her book “Seven Sacred Pauses.” Among my favorite passages are these: How can we learn to open our hearts to simple grace-filled experience? …How can we become more aware of the yearning in our hearts for…

Ironically, right as I’m trying to incorporate some solitude into my life, Beyond Blue reader Frank sent me this meditation of his on solitude. As I read it, it occurred to me that the experience of motherhood is much like that of prison–you need to wake up in the middle of the night to get…

I promise to get off this “if you were going to croak tomorrow” kick after today. I just have been in a reflective mood lately because I’ve noticed that the ages of persons posted in the obituaries seem to be decreasing … or maybe I’m getting older, so many of the folks that have passed…
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