This so perfectly describes what depression feels like, and I love the hope that Katie gives at the end!
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8 Ways to Recover After a Suicide Attempt – By Steve Austin
Excellent advice for anyone who has attempted suicide or has ideation of suicide. You can recover!
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Since I’ve begun sharing how I went from a pastor to a psych ward, people often ask about my recovery.
Everyone wants to know, is there a single solution? Where does the magic lie? How do they get their own lives (or their loved ones’) back? Or, as others have said,
“What is the one thing that made you want to start living again?”
The truth is, there is no magic formula, but here are some intentional steps that made my life better. I am not a professional therapist, and everyone has a different recovery story. I can only share from my own experience. Here are eight steps that helped me recover after my suicide attempt.
1. Medication.
If I had cancer, you can bet I would take chemo. I might also listen to the naturopath’s advice to drink special juices and cut out refined sugars, or to follow…
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Opinion Piece: Is Our Modern Life Causing Increased Depression?
Here is an interesting opinion piece on Modern Living and Depression:
Young people are growing ever more depressed. Is modern life to blame?
Infographic on Bipolar Disorder
Suicide is not funny.
A wonderful reminder for anyone who thinks suicide is a joke.
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It’s Time, It’s Time to wake up : An Addiction Diaries Story
Manic-depressive illness forces one to deal with many aspects of growing old –with its physical and mental infirmities– many decades in advance of age itself.
–An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison
Mindful Living for a Healthy Mind 