Storied Mind

5 min read 2021-12-20 21:00:26

Why Writing Can Help Heal Depression – 1

Why Writing Can Help Heal Depression – 1 The subtitle of Storied Mind used to be Writing to Recover Life from Depression, and I’ve often

5 min read 2021-12-06 21:00:30

Re-Reading the Story of Depression’s Meaning There are no more beautiful and moving stories of healing than those told by Rachel Naomi Remen.

1 min read 2021-10-25 20:00:06

Depersonalized, Derealized, Dissociative and Disappearing I had a comment on a post at Health Central that described an experience the writer called

1 min read 2021-10-11 20:00:05

A New Model of Mental Health Recovery My understanding of mental health recovery came from experience with the standard treatments: psychotherapy

1 min read 2021-09-27 20:00:17

Stories to Explain My Life with Depression Stories can be an immediate and moving way to learn about someone because they evoke the feelings and

1 min read 2021-09-13 20:00:03

Forgiveness and Escape from Depression As many know it, forgiveness is a feeling that can’t be forced, one that often comes after a long inner

1 min read 2021-07-26 20:00:00

Do You Have to Lower Your Expectations of Life to Recover? I’ve often mentioned how crucial it has been to my recovery that I made basic changes

1 min read 2021-07-12 20:00:33

Depression Diagnosis – 2: What Does It Mean to You? Salvation Once you have a depression diagnosis, what does it mean to you? I’ve heard a lot of

1 min read 2021-06-28 20:00:52

Depression Diagnosis – 1: The Person or the Disorder? A depression diagnosis usually marks a turning point in your experience of the illness. Up

1 min read 2021-05-31 20:00:46

Mindfulness as Self-Help for Anxiety There’s nothing like extreme anxiety to make you feel like you’re falling apart. Using a few basics of

1 min read 2021-05-17 20:00:57

Can Depression Make Us Better People? Depression can collapse your life the way an earthquake can take down a city. So how could this same

5 min read 2021-05-03 20:00:06

6 Dimensions of Psychological Well-Being Recovery should aim at restoring psychological well-being as well as ending the symptoms of depression.

3 min read 2021-04-19 20:00:22

The Powerful Noise of Panic Some of the most frightening moments I’ve had during long years of depression were not those of despairing mood or

5 min read 2021-04-05 20:00:03

Patterns of Recovery from Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder I started learning about patterns of recovery when my mother survived two

4 min read 2021-03-22 20:00:21

Depression Is a Free Fall in Slow Motion Once my kids pulled me with them up to a water slide. I don’t like sliding through winding tubes and