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Never once, during any of my bouts of depression, had I been inclined or able to pick up a telephone and ask a friend for help. It wasn’t in me. – Kay Redfield Jamison Today’s blog picks up where Blog #26, posted on 9/5/2016, left off. For the sake of continuity, I recommend referring to…
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Fear wears many disguises; fortunately, at times, they are benign and humorous. Three days ago, I had the pleasure of attending my 50th reunion from the Scranton Preparatory School, at the time, an…
Hello, My Friends…My Brothers and My Sisters It is usually my custom to begin each blog with a quote I find pertinent to an excerpt from “I’m Afraid.” This is my weekly Monday blog. I wrote it yesterday after reflecting on the tragic events of 9/11/2001. Today, I offer three relevant quotes from past blogs,…
That is the real problem of depression – a condition which will affect an estimated one in five of the population at some point in their lives. It is completely unimaginable until you have been through it. – Giles Andreae “Depression” is a word too often used casually: “I feel down”; “I have the…