Category: DEPRESSION
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Suicide in Primary school children
In a previous blog, I wrote that I could do a whole blog on suicide. Little did I know that I would write a follow-up. In the past two weeks, two grade 7 boys have committed suicide in my region: Both boys attended caring schools, with committed headmasters and teachers, good governance, and proper anti-bullying…
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On Depression and Anxiety
Part two: Loss of Power and Depression A woman comes to see me. She comes because of high anxiety that is threatening her daily existence. No longer able to make even the simplest choice, e.g. what to make for supper, her anxiety about her own anxiety is now putting a stop to any attempts to…
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Loss of Power & Depression
By definition, depression is about the loss of power. Somehow power has seeped out of your veins. Which is why you just want to lie down. Go to sleep. Give up. Die. It is all too much. You no longer have the energy or the will to take it on. It is psychological defeat. You…
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Depression I. Uncomfortable facts:
A. Medication & Genetics I have procrastinated writing about depression. It is such a monumental field: How do I cover this vast field in a few short essays? Here is a short piece about the most often heard untruth as well as the most honest route to ‘cure’. The most frequently overheard misunderstanding: 1. It…
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