Aging is for heroes and heroines, as I am learning. There used to be a psychiatric diagnosis called “Reactive Depression.” It meant something bad had happened that pulled you down. Aging can do that at least when loneliness, loss, or pain erode your well-being. But life throws stones at everyone, so when you are down, …
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Robin William’s suicide changed the post I planned, but the topic is the same. Tired of living? I often am, but I don’t know for sure what comes next. For some, and I am guessing Robin was one, it doesn’t matter what comes next; life and pain has worn them out. Suicide seems the only …
Daily Prompt: Singing the Blues We all feel down from time to time. How do you combat the blues? I follow my own Emotional Fitness Program. Getting down is not the same as being clinically depressed. Many clinically depressed people don’t understand the difference. One young woman once said to me, “You mean it isn’t normal …
An Emotional Fitness Training Name to Tame Exercise to strengthen your Emotional Intelligence so you will better control when bad, mad, or sad feelings. The wrong name increases the hurt of such feelings. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but re-naming some feelings takes away their thorns. The mental health professionals …
