Disappointments are unfortunately part of our daily life. Things don’t always turn out as we plan, or as we would like, for many reasons. Maybe it’s the job you didn’t get, the relationship that failed, or a child or parent who is challenging. Maybe the expectations you had were unrealistic. It could be in the planning, the execution, your effort, other people, or lots of things. When faced with disappointment you can either curl up[…]
Do you ever feel that your opinion is not recognized or acknowledged by those who do research in psychiatry, those who are looking for better treatments for you? That your experiences in living with a mental illness are not considered important by them? Perhaps you have symptoms or side effects of medications that you want to let them know about and you don’t know how to do it. Well, I can see how you could[…]
Ugh you say, as you roll your eyes. Don’t lecture me on what I should do! But this isn’t a cliché or a holier-than-thou lecture on the benefits of volunteering your time. It is my own personal experience of how volunteering helped get me, and now maybe you, through depression. How is this possible, you might wonder. I can barely take care of myself, get off the couch, or think straight. I couldn’t do something[…]
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