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Three Things You Need To Know About Childhood Depression

Although it is rare, childhood depression is a very real and serious anxiety disorder that affects approximately one in twenty children in the United States. Most often, it is due to factors in the...

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The Corkscrew-A Book About the Spiral of Depression, Chapter One

In the beginning, there was the fighting and the arguing. The little girl saw it, and she heard it and she felt it and she knew it was wrong. just like she knew it was wrong for her to feel so creepy around...

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I chose to overcome sexual abuse not let it overcome me

See the little girl above this? That was me at the age of 5. I was 6 when my uncle molested me for the first time and my entire world turned upside down. Scared of my uncle, who was an alcoholic, I kept...

3 comments    depression freedom pain
KT (2nd grade) on vacation at the beach in Vancouver, BC, Canada64

My Second Chance

Looking at that first picture of me, sitting on the beach in the middle of Christmas break, smiling, you'd never know the truth.  Even at that age, I thought I was going to die early.  Not just a random...

11 comments    love life relationships
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Best Treatment for Depression

Here is a question which gets asked on a regular basis by people who suffer from depression or know someone who is suffering from depression: What is the best treatment for depression? Or Is there a...

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Should Your Child be on Meds?

I sneak quietly into my son's room. "It's time to get up and get ready for school." Wham!! I step aside to avoid the leg wildly kicking at me. "I don't want to go! Leave me alone!" Just another typical...

6 comments    health advice family
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Warning Signs Of Childhood Depression

According to HealthyPlace.com, about 1 in 10 children battle with symptoms of depression over extended periods of time. The older the child gets, the greater the symptoms grow. Untreated depression in...

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