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Poetry
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Share, bookmark, email or print. A Friend, Akin to the Music of the Heart. The language of poetry can touch us in fabulous ways. It can inspire us in difficult circumstances like a guide from beyond. It can celebrate what is most familiar and deeply intimate. It can render us helpless simply drenched in beauty;. Or dance wildly with us like life prayers. Poetry is indeed a friend, akin to the music of the heart. This is our second selection of poems. To read the earlier selection, click here. Calls to yo...
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Manic depression: when elation takes control
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Share, bookmark, email or print. Manic depression: when elation takes control. Don't like the term ‘bipolar disorder' as applied to manic depression. Here, they advance a different view of what is happening in this experience. There is a line in the sand. Between those who experience manic depression and the more common-or-garden forms of mental distress. Much mystique surrounds the experience of elation,. This rock-bottom state is the stuff of a serious emotional crisis. Has he passed his driving test?
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When panic attacks — what's happening? Am I dying?
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Share, bookmark, email or print. Panic attacks are becoming more common. A panic attack can be terrifying, an event in which you think you are about to die. Aine Tubridy. Explains what's going on, and what to do about it. Picture this fictional scenario. If this were really happening to you, do you suppose you might feel your zest for life ebbing away, since it would now all be sapped by having to be constantly watchful for the next onslaught, or recovering from the last one? And if your doctor offered y...
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Psychotherapy: a journey to liberation
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Share, bookmark, email or print. Psychotherapy: a journey to liberation. Psychotherapy seeks to heal mental distress by uncovering the roots of a condition and counselling the client on strategies to deal with them. Aine Tubridy. Believe it is a means towards personal liberation and the journey back from the brink of. Psychotherapy derives from the Greek. Know thyself: wisdom chips. To buffer us against setbacks. These are the core building blocks of healing. Develop more effective coping skills. By enab...
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ECT must be outlawed — now
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Share, bookmark, email or print. ECT must be outlawed now. If you arrived at A&E with the same symptoms as ECT produces, you'd be rushed to Intensive Care. Why does this barbaric practice, masquerading as ‘treatment', continue in use? Says it should be outlawed. Mary, a 66-year-old woman,. But what exactly is ECT? In many respects, it resembles a surgical procedure. An electrical current of between 70 and 400 volts is passed through the brain of the patient with the intention of producing a. Came to a ho...
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Bullying is a crime, not just a problem
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Share, bookmark, email or print. Bullying is a crime, not just a problem. Believes that bullying should be regarded as a work-related injury and that bullies should face criminal prosecution. A person who hurts, persecutes, or intimidates weaker people (Collins English Dictionary); a person who uses strength or power to coerce or intimidate weaker persons (Oxford). Bullying is an act of violence and abuse. The emotion of depression has evolved over aeons of time, stretching back to our ancient brain....
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The Wellbeing Foundation: Podcasts
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We have a full set of audio podcasts to help you deal with panic attacks. These are on this page. If you would like to download any of these, or any other podcast, click on the podcast title inside the player. This takes you to Podomatic, our podcast partner,. And the podcast you have picked will play. At the bottom left of the page you will see 'Download episode'. Click this to download and play on your iPod, iPhone, mp3 player, or in iTunes. The evidence that the drugs kill is now overwhelming.
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The use of medication and ECT
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Share, bookmark, email or print. The use of medication and ECT. Billions of psychoactive pills are prescribed overprescribed annually, and thousands of people are given powerful electric shocks to the brain. Just what does all this do, and why is it done? Grapple with the problem. It is beyond the scope of this article. Tricyclics, (such as Tryptisol and Prothiadin). Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) such as Parnate. Hypnotics for sleep, such as Zimovane, Stilnoct, and Rohypnol. And is secondary to ou...
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Sexual abuse: eclipse of the soul
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Share, bookmark, email or print. Sexual abuse: eclipse of the soul. The trauma of childhood sexual abuse is almost incomprehensible. Here,. Explain some of the consequences. I've come to realise that sexual assault is an imposed death experience for the victim. That is, the victim experiences her life as having been taken by someone else. The emerging self, with its inherent potential,. Fast forward again. She is now a teenager, perhaps at this stage no longer being actively abused. She now lives...A 32-...