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Why I Hate The Phrase “Hang In There”

Today’s blog is written for the family members and close friends of those who have depression or bipolar disorder.  I was recently interviewed for an article and later asked to write a guest blog; the topic for each one was “what not to say to someone who has depression.”  This is in contrast to the more positive advice I offer in my new book, When Someone You Know has Depression: Words to say and things[…]

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Fear of Recovery

It came up in a conversation I had recently that with depression, bipolar disorder, or other longstanding mental illness, feeling better, or “good,” may feel alien and uncomfortable.  At least at first.  For this reason some of us have an underlying fear of getting better, a fear of recovery.  How can this be?  Isn’t that the ultimate goal, to feel better? First, you have to remind yourself that fears are feelings, surrounded by unhelpful thoughts;[…]

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My Role Model For Coping With Adversity

There are some people who have received a disproportionate share of bad things that happen to them, more than the expected amount of events that would come to one in life.  This is in spite of what they do or don’t do.  They cause nothing to bring it on, and there is no way to understand it.  It is clearly not fair!  But then, nobody ever promised that life would be fair.  I personally know[…]

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