Blogger John Folk-Williams writes, “Like so many, I experience depression in various forms, yet each in its own way knocks out the decision control center in my mind. At times, I scramble in anxiety and can’t focus enough to pick out one among many possibilities. At other times, I don’t care about choosing – or anything else for that matter – and I let the alternatives fall where they may. Or I make all kinds of decisions, even life changing ones, but none of them seems like a choice. Each one is do-or-die. If I fail to do it, I’ll go right over the edge.” Read the Blog
Making Decisions When Depressed
When Words of Depression Block My Mind
Blogger John Folk-Williams writes, “The words I hear when I’m depressed are limited, negative and decidedly lacking in color, but they can all too easily block my mind and feelings. I’m stuck on “I can’t” when I want to do something important to me.” Read the Blog
Self-Starting When You Are Depressed
Depression blogger, John Folk Williams writes, “How can you activate yourself to get anything done when you’re depressed? Several readers have asked about this basic need to keep functioning when your mood, mind and body do not want to cooperate. It’s not only about work.
It’s about pushing through all the resistance of depression to do your life – to be present in relationships, to cook a meal, to talk to a friend, and especially to keep practicing the methods that help you heal from the illness.” Read the Blog
Making Decisions When Depressed
Blogger John-Folk Williams writes, “Like so many, I experience depression’s various forms, yet each in its own way knocks out the decision control center of my mind.” Read the Blog
Depressed Men Behaving Badly
The “unconscious man” is one who is focused solely on what is missing form his life and what he does not get from his partner or spouse. Read the Blog
Fighting Back – Changing Belief About Depression
From John Folk-Williams, a piece about how our beliefs about what depression is affects our perspective and healing. Read the Blog
Hoping for More than Remission of Symptoms
From John Folk-Williams at The Storied Mind, if you could get rid of depression, what would you want your life to look like? Read the Blog
Depression at Work – 3: Should You Change Your Job or Your Life?
Big question for lots of folks battling depression. Read this fine blog from John Folk-Williams. Read the Blog
Depressed: When Control is Out of Control
From the award-winning blog A Storied Mind, a piece about how depression can take control over our lives. Read the Blog
Depressed Men Behaving Badly Can Stop
From the blog The Storied Mind, a great read about why depressed men often breakup their relationships as a misguided way to get well and find fulfillment. Read the Blog
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