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The Dark Fugue

Grandad — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:59:07 +0000

Hidden from the world we vent our rage and hurt, Staying in our home and even in our beds for days at a time we realize that nothing is worth it and could linger in this state until someone drags us off. It is relentless, not even minimized by long sleep and each morning makes us feel worse.

Depression can come on suddenly even for people who believe they are bright and cheerful all the time. Every few years, for a few days to several weeks, we sink into a deep dark place. All our domains, love, family, work and school exhaust us and we see no success in any of them. Our energy plummets without the backing of something good, something fun or new to bring us up and out. After several weeks, we start to feel less dried out. We pick up after ourselves, read a book and even think about making some future plans. Looking back we wonder what made us so dismal and unhappy….until the next time.

Shawn Nichols

Mama Mia – The Feel Good Movie for Our Times

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:21:56 +0000

During the Great Depression Hollywood turned out a lot of fluffy, feel good, happy ending movies with champagne for everyone. Mama Mia is that movie for out tough times. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuB8xWeA59I[/youtube]Feel better now????

If they’re hitting you on the head – it must be the drugs!

admin — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:10:47 +0000

So you think taking drugs is only hurting you!! What do you know!!

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=d_0y4liAZFA[/youtube]

Violence towards friends and partners is rising – and most of it has to do with drug use and abuse. The bad effects can be as simple as physical injuries but includes fear, post-traumatic stress and depression which for a victim can lead to homicide, suicide or a continuation of the violence (Archer, 2000, Hines, Malley-Morrison, 2001).

How do we find comfort when the world is a cold place?

Mother — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:34:24 +0000

You feel ALONE. Many people feel alone. Can this a sign of the times? People may reach out in inappropriate ways or allow themselves to be USED by others who exploit this loneliness. How do we keep ourselves safe?Because each individual is unique, we all tend to feel lonely under different conditions. For example, some of us will feel lonely when we are excluded from group activities, others, when we are deprived of building close one-to-one relationships.

Loneliness means to feel:

Excluded from a group.
Unloved by those around you.
Alienated from your surroundings.
There is no one with whom to share your personal concerns and experiences.
That you are alone and have no other choice. You find it difficult to make friends and go beyond mere acquaintance.

Courtesy of Student Affairs-University of Buffalo. FEAR OF BEING ALONE AS FEAR OF NOT BEING ABLE TO CREATE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS ALONE The thought of being all alone in the world is not in itself something to panic about. While some people panic at the thought–others delight at the thought. If you believe that you can take care of your own needs well and be happy even if you are alone, then being alone is nothing to fear. If you believe that you need others to take care of you and “make” you happy, then you are too dependent on others and their absence is something to “panic” about.Courtesy of csulb.edu/~tstevens. [youtube]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/k3tkVoRBSms/default.jpg[/youtube] [youtube]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bL1EiAyYRVw/default.jpg[/youtube]