My apologies to our members for neglecting to post last month's meeting! Thank you to all who made it. As always, it has been a great grace and blessing to get to know you.
Our next meeting will be held on August 27 at 6:30pm in the Fireplace Room of the St. Agnes Parish Center. We look forward to seeing you there!
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Article: "What No One Tells You About Depression"
Ronald Barba, "What No One Tells You About Depression," Greatist (August 4, 2015).
In this piece, Mr. Barba recounts his own experience with depression and suicidality and traces it to a culture that valorizes superficial appearance and achievement at all costs. He encourages sufferers to break free of the inward self-collapse that depression tries to force upon us and to seek out help and support from others.
In this piece, Mr. Barba recounts his own experience with depression and suicidality and traces it to a culture that valorizes superficial appearance and achievement at all costs. He encourages sufferers to break free of the inward self-collapse that depression tries to force upon us and to seek out help and support from others.
Article: "How I Learned to Stop Hiding from My Anxiety Disorder"
Ashley Zlatapolsky, "How I learned to stop hiding from my anxiety disorder," Washington Post (July 15, 2015).
Ms. Zlatapolsky's account of her struggle with her anxiety disorder - and her eventual acceptance of it - provides a valuable lesson in learning how to learn from our experiences with mental illness. Quite poignant is her last line: "I know my anxiety will never go away completely, so there’s nothing left to do except to make the best of it and use it to better understand the world around me because I’m stronger than my thoughts, and I always will be."
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