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Here are some excerpts from Dr. Duckworth’s article, “Ask the Doctor: Treatment-Resistant Depression,” that I found on NAMI’s website. It provides an excellent overview of some steps that Beyond Blue readers can take if you are among those who haven’t responded to treaments in the past. You can read the entire article by clicking here.…

I mentioned Revolution Health’s online mental health fair last week, but I want to mention it again because it is an easy, painless way to raise money for non-for-profits who are fighting stigma and doing whatever they can to educate the public on mental health issues. By simply clicking on the box of a non-profit…

This was pretty cool, too: David’s care package the first day of school, with this note: Welcome Did you wonder, did you ponder, What these things had to do With being in school, just like you? A rubber band …. to remind you of those times when you want to give a hug or receive…

Thank you very much to all my Beyond Blue readers who responded to my first attempt at video blogging (vlogging, as reader Larry Parker says) with words of support and kindness. Thanks for not telling me that I have a fantastic face for radio!My favorite piece of feedback was by my friend Robert Ellsberg, who…

Here’s some background you might need for choosing my inner child: The Freaky Therese: I haven’t been able to dig up an official background check on this babe, but she does resemble those dolls that come alive in the middle of the night to reenact a scene or two from “Fatal Attraction.” Ariel (aka “The…

I think that what Americans like me who live in therapy assign to healing one’s inner child is really about letting go of our attachment to pain, a major theme in Eastern thought, especially in Buddhism. Here’s an excerpt from Victor M. Parachin’s new book, “Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds,” about how we might suffer…

Thanks to reader Babs for sending me the following excerpt from one of Madeleine L’Engle’s books, “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art.” Madeleine was one of my very favorite authors, and I was saddened by her recent death. It made me regret that afternoon at the Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit when I skipped…

If you’ve been reading Beyond Blue loyally, I need not introduce you to Larry Parker, perhaps my most, um, vocal reader. I was very moved by his comment to my post on 9/11 and Tumbling Towers. Like Madeleine L’Engle and her mom, he has learned a great deal from his suffering and (if I am…

I was also very moved by Nancy’s comment on that same message board: [Your post] brings tears to my eyes as I identify with all that you said and the unspoken words also. It is a deep longing and pain so far within the soul. Yes, I also too am blessed in many ways and…

Thanks to reader Sandy Slaga for mentioning this podcast called “The Soul in Depression” that you can hear by going to the American Public Media’s series, “Speaking of Faith,” by clicking here. Here’s a description of the podcast that you can download for free: Nearly ten million Americans are diagnosed with clinical depression. As a…
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