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Link – Dealing With Depression: What You Need to Know
This is the most important thing – If you are dealing with depression, remember that you are not alone. More than 300 million people around the world live with depression. It is the leading cause of disability. I’m glad they started the article with that, because it is vital to understand that everything that follows…

Link – 5 Ways You May Be Perpetuating Mental Health Stigma Without Knowing It
Some of these things are so common that I think many of us probably say and hear them without even thinking about how they would sound to someone who is struggling with a mental health issue, going to therapy, or taking medication. We should think about that more often, because remember, statistically speaking, there are…

Link – Depression Sucks, You Don’t
Love the headline. Pithy as it is, it holds a very large truth about depression, and how it lies to us. “So what can you, the individual with depression, do? You need to ask for help. Waiting around for your depression to lift is miserable, and is a symptom of faulty thinking that you need…
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Note: This episode is from the current season ending Spring 2012 and the full plot is discussed below. CSI has had some excellent abuse related episodes in the past, even when “Blood Drops” from the very first season employed cheap shock twists. Sadly after many excellent episodes, with this episode from the latest season just ending for the…

Link – Stop Dehumanizing People with Addiction
The reality is people with addiction are still people. As are child abuse survivors, those dealing with mental health issues, people in prison, and on and on. Unfortunately, in our rush to convince ourselves that these “bad” things would never happen to us, or our family, we dehumanize the people who do have these “bad”…