My Concealed Depression

My thoughts on my lifetime of Major Depressive Disorder with suicidal ideation.

Facts and myths about mental illness

Now You Too Can Use Coping Statements to Minimize Mental Health Conditions

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Even those with long-term physical health conditions see the new year as a time to address their physical health and coping statements can help. Physical Health Coping Statements VS. Defensive Negative Self Talk (Negative Self Talk) I don’t feel like going for a walk –(Positive Coping Statement) “I always feel … [Read more...] about Now You Too Can Use Coping Statements to Minimize Mental Health Conditions

No-nonsense Holiday Mental Health Awareness Tips to Overcome Triggers

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There are only 16 more shopping days until Christmas. Hanukah is right around the corner, Kwanza is rapidly approaching. Yet Covid-19 marches on and wave two is sweeping across the country. As a group, we did not do so well with the staying at home for Thanksgiving idea. And the spike in new cases is bearing that out. Unless you don't believe in coronavirus, in which case … [Read more...] about No-nonsense Holiday Mental Health Awareness Tips to Overcome Triggers

How to Use Coping Statements for Self-Care During the Holidays

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How will you cope with the holidays? That is a question I am asking myself. Each year presents different challenges. When the kids were young, it was making sure Santa had time to get the presents under the tree before the kids awoke. My coping statement then was “we have done this before; we can do it again.†As the kids became young … [Read more...] about How to Use Coping Statements for Self-Care During the Holidays

What Depression Doesn’t Want You To Know About Unhelpful Thinking Styles

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Predictable, steady, expectable, certain, sure, unsurprising, humdrum, obvious, and foreseeable. That is my life. And that has been my life for several months. I guess it is always something. Depression has clouded my life with generous helpings of unhelpful thinking. A year ago, I was fixated on not being able to get started in the morning. It took five months of … [Read more...] about What Depression Doesn’t Want You To Know About Unhelpful Thinking Styles