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Ten supportive things I’m glad somebody said to me | purplepersuasion
depression  psychology 
7 weeks ago by epersonae
Ten things not to say to a depressed person | purplepersuasion
depression  psychology 
7 weeks ago by epersonae
Yale Alumni Magazine: To an Aesthete Dying Young
"It is heartbreaking to give words to your pain only to find that pain unaffected by articulation."
psychology  depression 
september 2010 by epersonae
An idle brain may be the self's workshop - latimes.com
and from the related story mentioned near the end: "But in those with depression, he adds, the network is not so easily suppressed. There is no escape from the self." indeed. I wonder & worry about ongoing feedback mechanisms.
psychology  depression  science 
september 2010 by epersonae
Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment - New York Times
"He hoped to prove that Western concepts of mental illness did not apply in the developing world. Instead, he came to the opposite conclusion, that the ailments were in fact just as common and just as treatable as in the West."
depression  science  society  health 
june 2010 by epersonae
The Happiness Project: Happiness Myth No. 3 -- Venting Anger Relieves It.
"Studies show that blowing up, punching a pillow, yelling, or slamming doors makes you feel worse, not better." so I guess the glass-throwing wall at the hell house was a bad idea?
psychology  depression 
may 2010 by epersonae
Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again - NYTimes.com
"Dr. Martin credits that six-hour experience with helping him overcome his depression and profoundly transforming his relationships with his daughter and friends"
psychology  depression  science 
april 2010 by epersonae
Depression’s Upside - NYTimes.com
"There is nothing profound about depressive rumination. There is just a recursive loop of woe."
science  depression  psychology 
march 2010 by epersonae
Drugs World | Information Is Beautiful
good to know, I guess.
health  science  psychology  depression 
february 2010 by epersonae
Stay - The Boston Globe
"So I want to say this, and forgive me the strangeness of it."
psychology  depression  writing 
february 2010 by epersonae
The Science of Success - The Atlantic (December 2009)
something about this makes me feel even more hopeful about my delightful niece.
depression  psychology  science  personal 
november 2009 by epersonae
Since You Asked - Salon.com
"It seems every time we open our wallets or sign a paper, we are walking a tightrope, and waiting underneath are the sharp teeth of another manipulative, greedy, scheming, powerful company." oof. and no, he doesn't have an answer: who would, exactly?
society  depression 
november 2009 by epersonae
What Gives? » box of chocolates
on burnout in web dev.
psychology  depression  webdev 
october 2009 by epersonae
Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.
"By casting placebo as the villain in RCTs, he ended up stigmatizing one of his most important discoveries. The fact that even dummy capsules can kick-start the body's recovery engine became a problem for drug developers to overcome, rather than a phenomenon that could guide doctors toward a better understanding of the healing process and how to drive it most effectively." I've been fascinated by placebo (and its evil twin, nocebo) for quite a while now.
science  health  depression  medicine 
september 2009 by epersonae
Basics - Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop - NYTimes.com
“Behaviors become habitual faster in stressed animals than in the controls, and worse, the stressed animals can’t shift back to goal-directed behaviors when that would be the better approach” yipes.
psychology  science  depression 
august 2009 by epersonae
A List Apart: Articles: Burnout
all my web peeps should be reading this NOW.
psychology  depression  productivity  health  society  webdev 
may 2009 by epersonae
What Makes Us Happy? - The Atlantic (June 2009)
this leaped out at me: "the Glueck study data suggested that industriousness in childhood—as indicated by such things as whether the boys had part-time jobs, took on chores, or joined school clubs or sports teams—predicted adult mental health better than any other factor" a fascinating study/set of studies.
science  psychology  history  health  depression 
may 2009 by epersonae
Confessions of a Community College Dean: Error and Failure
"At some level, though, failure avoidance is a horrible way to learn (not to mention a horrible way to live). It rewards the wrong traits, and inhibits some pretty important ones." this is my basic psychological issue. also: "It took a couple of years to get past both the thrill of unaccustomed respect and the nagging sense of being an impostor." I'm still working on this. :\
academia  psychology  depression  society 
february 2009 by epersonae
Grad-School Blues - ChronicleReview.com
Good grief. The whole process seems fundamentally broken to me. (9th year grad student? If I'd gone directly from UPS to that, I'd've been finishing up in 2005. In 2005, I was starting my 5th year as web manager at Pierce, and we'd owned our house for 3 years.)
academia  psychology  depression 
february 2009 by epersonae
apophenia: reflections on Lori Drew, bullying, and solutions to helping kids
"for the most part, parents only learned of bullying once it had escalated to unbearable levels" I started writing a note, and then it turned into a blog entry. yipes.
society  psychology  depression  personal 
december 2008 by epersonae
Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying suburbs. A catastrophic economic downturn would feel nothing like the last one. - The Boston Globe
"And above all, a depression circa 2009 might be a less visible and more isolating experience. With the diminishing price of televisions and the proliferation of channels, it's getting easier and easier to kill time alone, and free time is one thing a 21st-century depression would create in abundance." it reads like an actual psychological depression: hiding out, hunkering down. ::sigh::
politics  history  depression  finance  society  psychology 
november 2008 by epersonae
ramblings » Blog Archive » The Psych Ward, Ten Years Out
"So I suppose you could say that it was, in the end, my belief in democracy that saved me from depression." whew. so go vote already.
politics  depression 
october 2008 by epersonae
Main Street's body count rises: the violent fallout from our economic crisis | Salon News
"Since the beginning of the year, stories of resistance to eviction, armed self-defense, canicide, arson, self-inflicted injury, murder, as well as suicide, especially in response to the foreclosure crisis, have bubbled up into the local news, although most reports have gone unnoticed nationally -- as has any pattern to these events." ::sigh::
society  psychology  depression  finance 
october 2008 by epersonae
Furious Seasons: That Tricky Time Of Year, Or Depression Hacks
things to remember as the light fades down here in the north. (also, I think it's time to go for a walk.)
depression  psychology  reference 
september 2008 by epersonae
globeandmail.com: Lucy Maud suffered 'unbearable psychological pain'
"Dr. Rubio does not entirely dismiss the suicide theory, but yesterday she declined to say whether she believes it rests more solidly on other evidence besides the note." so maybe not so deliberate of a suicide, but definitely death by her own hand nonetheless.
psychology  depression  history  writing  personal 
september 2008 by epersonae
globeandmail.com: The heartbreaking truth about Anne's creator
"What has never been revealed is that L.M. Montgomery took her own life at the age of 67 through a drug overdose." apparently after decades of severe depression. oddly enough, the Anne books were one of the things that got me thru the dark times after dad died, up into junior high. (I should send this to Thao.) via alykat.
writing  history  depression  psychology  personal 
september 2008 by epersonae
ramblings » Blog Archive » Bangs and Whimpers
"I was reminded of how cripplingly, dully, horrible depression is, how unromantic, how difficult" indeed. sometimes a bit like having yr worst enemy whispering in yr ear all the time.
depression  psychology  writing 
september 2008 by epersonae
Mind - Redefining Depression as Mere Sadness - NYTimes.com
"Third, and perhaps most troubling, is the implication that a recent major loss makes it more likely that the person’s depressive symptoms will follow a benign and limited course, and therefore do not need medical treatment. This has never been demonstrated, to my knowledge, in any well-designed studies." -- this bit was in fact new to me, and somewhat fascinating.
psychology  depression  history  science 
september 2008 by epersonae
David Foster Wallace - Commencement Speech at Kenyon University
"It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out." which apparently he was finally not able to do. (have not read any DFW, but found this uncomfortable and moving.)
writing  society  depression 
september 2008 by epersonae
The Bipolar Puzzle - What Does it Mean to be a Manic-Depressive Child? - NYTimes.com
brings up intense childhood memories.
psychology  depression  personal 
september 2008 by epersonae
The Urge to End It - Understanding Suicide - NYTimes.com
barriers on bridges and reduced gun ownership are effective methods for reducing suicides: less frequently used, more impulsive, but also much more "successful" when attempted. (I had an entirely other note originally, but, yeah.)
depression  psychology  politics  personal  urbanstudies 
august 2008 by epersonae
matthewbaldwin.muxtape.com - Happy People Like You
give yourself a smile. (Sesame Street/Muppets songs, just a few)
personal  arts  reference  depression 
may 2008 by epersonae
You Name It, and Exercise Helps It
“The single thing that comes close to a magic bullet, in terms of its strong and universal benefits, is exercise.”
exercise  health  psychology  depression  science 
may 2008 by epersonae
Coming of Age on Antidepressants
a very thoughtful addressing of the question of *long-term* antidepressant use.
psychology  science  society  depression 
april 2008 by epersonae
"Worst. President. Ever." by Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)
"the paranoia of Nixon, the ethics of Harding and the good sense of Herbert Hoover" (click thru to the HNN article for that line) sigh. sigh. sh!t.
history  politics  depression 
april 2008 by epersonae
TED | Talks | Christopher deCharms: Looking inside the brain in real time (video)
whoa. very cool, I think.
depression  psychology  science 
march 2008 by epersonae
The Smart Set: The Depression Book Blues - March 5, 2008
"After reading Against Depression and Against Happiness back to back, it’s difficult not to use Kramer’s book to diagnose Wilson’s book." Against Depression is one of the most important books in my life. Ever.
depression  writing 
march 2008 by epersonae
The Simple Dollar » Investing in Yourself: Feeling Good
too tired right now for any extra commentary.
depression  reference  to-read  health  inspiration  productivity 
february 2008 by epersonae
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe
::sigh::
depression 
february 2008 by epersonae
DBT Self Help
I think some of the techniques here are things I've worked on with my therapist.
depression  reference 
january 2008 by epersonae
Workahellerism ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto
"My personal work envelope is so tiny and fragile it can be erased completely by a cloudy day." one hesitates to suggest it, but perhaps Joe might consider investing in a light box. (anecdotal: setting up a light on a timer 10 mins ahead of my alarm chang
blogosphere  psychology  depression 
january 2008 by epersonae
blurbomat.com » How I Do
"I believe that every single person on the planet would benefit from talk therapy" -- also, the last paragraph rawks.
psychology  depression  blogosphere 
december 2007 by epersonae
Because I couldn't say it on the phone | dooce ®
"being a failure is a hell of a lot more enjoyable than the constant misery of suffering alone" -- what she said. plus, 300+ comments from others with similar experiences.
depression 
december 2007 by epersonae
Top 4 Ways to Overcome Depression
the tone is rather anti-medication, IMHO, but great tips. (me, I'm in severe need of sleep.)
depression 
december 2007 by epersonae
Burningbird » If the Lynching Crowd…
some interesting stuff in the comments. I find myself a little bit too emotional about the whole thing. It's possible that I've not entirely gotten over BEING 13 and woefully unhappy.
blogosphere  society  personal  depression 
december 2007 by epersonae
keep your cool and your cash for christmas
September to January is just one blur of birthdays & holidays. It's damn hard work, actually, keeping my cool. (This morning I just realized that I'd forgotten my niece's 10th birthday. I really didn't want to do that. OTOH, I'm not sure what to get her.)
personal  depression  money  creditunion 
november 2007 by epersonae
A Dumbbell In A Home Gym: Brick By Brick.
just something to keep in mind as I sit at this plateau. (also, it's very similar to falling back into depression.)
health  psychology  depression 
november 2007 by epersonae
Seeing the Light of Day - washingtonpost.com
"seasonal depression and mood disorders become more prevalent [...] also toward the western edges of time zones" Hmm. Puget Sound is northerly, cloudy & at the W edge of PST. Also, I'd go nuts w/out my light on the timer, goes off 15 mins before alarm.
health  depression  science  local 
november 2007 by epersonae
Lack of sleep is a lot like mental illness
no kidding. which would explain why I was in such an overwhelmingly bad mood yesterday. (today has been somewhat better.)
depression  science 
october 2007 by epersonae
What am I getting myself into? | Ask MetaFilter
"For an introvert, it's a feature, not a bug." heh. kindall cracks me up. it's definitely a regional thing. (read the linked article at the top, btw.) it's been insanely difficult to make friends in Oly, most of the people I know are C's childhood buddies
local  seattle  olympia  psychology  depression  society  personal 
october 2007 by epersonae
What to do when depression enters a relationship
reasonably decent basic advice
depression 
october 2007 by epersonae
Rolling with Your Cycles
I should probably print this out & post it somewhere I can see it. Nothing unusual or surprising here, just a good compilation.
depression 
october 2007 by epersonae
Through a Lens, Darkly: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
"Elizabeth changed medications for her depression, and her life began to brighten" -- a fascinating story on many levels.
photography  history  depression 
october 2007 by epersonae
Quote Details: Benjamin Disraeli
"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth." via Molly H. worth remembering.
depression  history  society  gender 
september 2007 by epersonae
Money: Stop Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck - Lifehacker
to-read  money  personal  depression 
september 2007 by epersonae
Fingering the Neural Perp in Parkinson's: Scientific American
my grandmother had quite serious Parkinson's...interesting point to note, that they suggest adding a tricyclic antidepressant to the treatment regime. (also...poor mice!)
personal  science  depression 
august 2007 by epersonae
The Limits of Efficiency
I ran into this problem when I tried to GTD at home. Beautiful lists, nice files, full of stuff I'd never have time for.
productivity  personal  depression 
august 2007 by epersonae
How antidepressant drugs work as roadblocks for brain chemicals
altho how doesn't necessarily help make the drugs any better, or diagnosis any easier.
depression  science 
august 2007 by epersonae
Top 10 reasons why constant complaining is so toxic in the workplace
"Any attempt to be positive or cheerful will be shot down and optimists will be accused of being Pollyanna, naive and unrealistic." no comment.
society  work  psychology  depression 
august 2007 by epersonae
Caveat Lector » On not being the best: A counterpoint
I am attempting -- painfully -- to learn this lesson myself. not just to do it, but to actually believe it.
personal  psychology  depression 
august 2007 by epersonae
How to Win at Office Politics on BNET
'“I’m on medication for depression” is risky.' -- hrm. not that I've said anything, and only 3 people at Pierce knew, and 2 of them aren't there anymore, but still: surgery is okay, depression is not. ::sigh::
depression  society 
july 2007 by epersonae
Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk
For suicide prevention. Today at the medical center I saw a big poster from someone going to NY to walk, asking people to put down names in memory of. I wrote some family people, but also someone at Pierce who committed suicide several years ago.
depression 
may 2007 by epersonae
Seven tips for making yourself happier IN THE NEXT HOUR.
despite the all-caps, useful.
depression  psychology  reference  productivity 
april 2007 by epersonae
The Science of Lasting Happiness: Scientific American
Half of happiness is genetic (set point); 10% circumstance. "So what is the remaining 40 percent?" Researcher is trying to figure it out. Might be worth keeping an eye out for results.
psychology  science  depression  checkback 
march 2007 by epersonae
Starting vs. Finishing | Blue Flavor
I'm having problems with both (in my life outside of work), which is part of why I find myself in my current funk.
productivity  psychology  depression 
march 2007 by epersonae
The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids -- New York Magazine
"Emphasizing natural intelligence takes it out of the child’s control, and it provides no good recipe for responding to a failure." -- this has been an issue for me throughout my adult life.
psychology  society  science  depression 
march 2007 by epersonae
Caveat Lector » Infinite success
"living as though success were infinite, behaving with generosity and consideration, leads to more security and long-term prominence than the reverse" -- wonderful!
society  work  personal  depression  psychology  blogosphere  academia 
january 2007 by epersonae
Psychology Today: The Call of Solitude
I could stand some alonetime myself.....
psychology  personal  depression  society  science  to-read 
january 2007 by epersonae
Carsonified! » Blog Archive » Goals and why they’re vital to success
a new year + a new job makes this a good time for me to do this. plus I'm going all GTD this year.
personal  exercise  depression  productivity  work 
january 2007 by epersonae
Happy Hour is 9 to 5
I read some of a draft version. Some is corny, some is obvious, but worth reading anyway
business  productivity  psychology  depression  to-read 
december 2006 by epersonae
Starling Fitness » New Year’s Resolutions
shhhh, don't tell anybody. ;)
personal  food  exercise  depression  work 
december 2006 by epersonae
The Dilbert Blog: My Middle-Sized Problems
this is my life.
personal  depression  productivity  funny 
december 2006 by epersonae
Mood makes food taste different - Taste test could be used to pinpoint chemical causes of depression.
this could be really, really good news.
depression  food  psychology  weird 
december 2006 by epersonae
The Happy At Work Manifesto DRAFT VERSION - What do you think?
Yes!
productivity  depression  work  philosophizing 
december 2006 by epersonae
dooce: Can balance large objects on head if offered a piece of cheese
"by the time I have finished analyzing it in my head it has turned into the Worst Case Scenario" -- this I can identify with. also, I am still missing Maddy. :(
personal  depression  cats 
november 2006 by epersonae
Hell And Back
"a buzzing fluorescent light that you can't turn off" -- New Orleans journalist's story of depression. via the inimitable dooce.
depression  katrina-rita 
november 2006 by epersonae
tinywords: haiku for 23 October 2006 by Aurora Antonovic
precisely.
writing  depression 
october 2006 by epersonae
Depression and Bipolar Disorder Information Australia - Black Dog Institute
what an absolutely perfect logo.
depression  design 
october 2006 by epersonae
Practice your personal Kaizen - Lifehacker
gradual improvement. strong correlation to CBT, as far as I can tell.
personal  productivity  depression  science 
october 2006 by epersonae
APS Observer - The Myth of Prodigy and Why it Matters
"Early acquisition of skills — which is often what we mean by precocity — may thus be a misleading indicator of later success" in some ways, the angst of expectations contributed to many of my bouts of depression, particularly earlier in my life.
science  academia  personal  depression 
october 2006 by epersonae
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