General posts on psychology, typically covering depression, and OCD
49 this week, the years go fast! (End August 2011) Still waiting to see the NHS psychologists, but doing what I can to keep my moods in check and avoid the really dark lows. According to the last update I had I am third in the queue for screening – and it will be another […]
Forty nine this week and feeling it Read More »
Defeat depression: 52 brilliant ideas for healing a troubled mind ~ by Dr Sabina Dosani This is a subjective review by a chronically depressed bloke that’s close to had enough. I read this yesterday but felt at the time I got little from it, though it was an easy read and did raised the odd
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Coping with Depression. A guide to what works for patients carers and professionals This is a subjective review of the above book, by Dr Costas Papageorgiou, Dr Hannah Goring and Dr Justin Haslam After a brief introduction the book starts with a chapter by an unnamed patient of theirs whose health problems were attributed to
Coping with Depression. Guide to what works – a subjective review Read More »
Intro This was and is more for myself, but 1 in 4 people have depression or other mental health issues at some point in their life or, for some, throughout there life, so perhaps you may find it useful too, whether as a clinician, as someone with mental health problems, or with someone close that
Breaking the depression cycle. My positive affirmation and empowerment list. Read More »
Rediscovering myself Yourself, or as here, myself. This will be a long, rambling post. This is primarily for my benefit, to find my center again and where I need to be in life to heal. If you get something out of it, great. If you see this as blowing my own trumpet, that’s good too.
Rediscovering yourself – self empowerment 101 Read More »
Intro As you may know if you follow Ackadia, I’ve been struggling with ill-health for several years now and spells of sometimes suicidal levels of chronic depression, the last – current – spell being especially bad, probably the worst. Details don’t matter but I had myself put in hospital before I got any worse and
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway. Empowering yourself to escape depression. Read More »
You know in all the ‘action movies’ where the besieged heroes are valiantly crossing the decrepit rope bridge, rotten boards breaking off and falling hundreds of feet down into the chasm, rope or vines on the main cable coming apart, one strand at a time? Well, that’s life. Stuff happens. You get over it. Sometimes
Depression and breaking points. The cycle of hope and despair Read More »
‘Celebs’ doing depression You have to laugh how all of a sudden it almost seems fashionable to be “depressed”. You can almost hear the PR people and ‘celebrity’ agents minds ticking over with this: Agent: “Have you seen the coverage Catherine Zeta-Jones is getting? Get out there now and admit you have a problem” (a
Depression is the new in thing? Read More »