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80Yes, Virginia, There Is Something Called Clinical Depression
Just recently I was part of an online discussion about whether or not depression is a real medical disorder as opposed to simply being “a wrong mindset”. Having suffered from clinical depression for 20+...
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72Forget the Depression! Get Happy with Movie Musicals
During the great depression of the 1930’s and on into the war years of the 1940’s, the world’s songwriters produced hundreds of upbeat, inspirational tunes that kept people optimistic about the future...
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79Life before asylum. Drugs, hugs, hookers and thugs
This is off the cuff again, I have told this story many different ways, so many times. I'll breeze over the early bits, I could but I will not blame anyone else for what happened in my life so far as drugs...
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80Did Goldman Sachs Engineer the Current Depression?
Courtesy fsgm @ flickr.com Conspiracy theorists are busy these days. Especially financial conspiracy theorists. You can't so much as go online to look at your checking account balance without running into...
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85The Economy's Dead Cat Bounce: The Mini-Recovery Is Over
Some clear talk about where the economy is going: Down. Yeah, I know, the bulls have been riding roughshod since the DJIA hit the mid 6,000s just a few months ago, but yesterday's 250 point rout is just the...
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85Living With Domestic Violence is Damaging Our Children
When we talk about abusive relationships and domestic violence we tend to concentrate on the adults, the abuser and the abused. Sadly, though all too often the people affected most are the innocent children....
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94Ghosts of the Great Depression - 1930s Poverty
Rochelle Frank’s Hub called Survival in the 1930's is an eye opening account of survival that many people born after 1960 probably cannot imagine -- Unless they were born into the poverty of the poorest Appalachian regions, the most destitute part of a rundown inner city, or a third world country. I have only a few stories to contribute.
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93If You're Bipolar Stay On Your Meds
If the answer is "no," then you are categorically unqualified to make the decision to take yourself off your bipolar medications. And yet, it's very, very common for bipolars to exclaim, "I'm off my meds!!"...
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82Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley was the second major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, lasting from August 9th to August 15th and attaining a peak intensity at winds of 150 miles per hour, placing it in the...
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94Stress Leave
Recently, I approached my doctor about taking some stress leave from my job. I was terribly nervous about doing this, and most of that stress has little to do with the fact that I'd never seen this doctor...
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