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• October 06 2011

  Depression: Shedding Light On The Darkness

  Category:  Health

  It’s not news that depression has become a kind of invisible epidemic, afflicting millions of people. We live at a time when depression is approached as a disease. That has a good side. Depressed people are not judged against as weak or self-indulgent, as if they only need to try harder to lift themselves out of their sadness. Yet depression, for all the publicity surrounding it, remains mysterious, and those who suffer from it tend to hide their condition – the medical model hasn’t removed a sense of shame. When you’re in the throes of depression, it’s hard to escape the feeling that you are a failure and that the future is hopeless.
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  • Realizing that i am depressed doesn’t help, I think I have always been well on and off from 1990, attempted suicide in 2007, saved, I thought maybe I drunk too much and now I am on my 3rd year of sobriety with the help of AA and but why i do need this sobriety or this Life if I cant enjoy it at all. I know I have two kids and I am a single mum, that keeps me going, but in truth they are better off without me, I cannot kills myself for their sake, I wished it was an accident and I did have one in August, pretty severe one, where the photo of the state of my car was in local paper and I am still alive, is God or Shaitan playing joke with me – I wish I was losing weight, no I am getting fatter and fatter, I am naturally ugly anyway, I cant taste the food, I am not happy or never get excited about good news, but worse of all I dont get angry or upset either, I am a BIG ZERO. I dont even know why am I writing this, I suppose there were moments of hope when I listened Deepak, whre it is now? blah blah blah fucking blah Mariam again wallowing in misery, go to sleep it is 1:18 am. I wish I could ;-(

    Mariam // 2011-10-12 07:03:50 // 20 Like(s) // Like

  • I was so deeply lost in depression for my entire life until I was able to stabilize on medical cannabis. The depression still "visits", like with the lingering darkness of Portland, from recurring abuse, or unresolved issues you can`t resolve on your own. It`s hard for anyone to hold onto hope when they keep seeing destruction and getting hit. The cannabis is what allows me to see things as half full rather than half empty for the most part on most days. It literally addresses every single symptom of depression. In 2000 my son`s dad left me for a stripper and we were alone in this state with what I think of as negative support. Less than no support. My mother has some transference syndrome issue with me and/or simply never liked me so she`s never spoken to my 15 year old son. He was diagnosed with PTSD at age 6 and has been caught up in the "special needs" category for his entire duration in public school which has been less than fun. I weighed barely under lbs in 2000. In 2008 I was 5ft tall weighing 172 lbs (clinically obese.) I`d been on and off pharmaceuticas for years--never having comfortable results. It always seemed like a ball in left field. I always knew the cannabis helped me tremendously but it conflicted with reality. I was a single mother of a young child and it wasn`t just illegal-I couldn`t afford it anyway which the same reason my son`s dad was willing to risk being a dealer. When I DIDd get my hands on it there was guilt and inconsistency. There should not have been. So I continued to beat the crap out of myself for years and years and often turned to alcohol for anxiety when there was no way to realistically function on any of the SSRI`s, anti-psychotics or anti-anxiety meds. I`ve only had my card for 18 months and it has been no less than miraculous and life-changing. My brain has been reprogramming and I have literally felt it happening. I just finished the associates program I started years ago and recall as it`s reflected on my trascripts how I withdrew and failed during other terms when I just couldn`t fight everything. I know the article isn`t about using any kind of drug to rise out of depression but I carried it for over 25 years and it is DEATH--pure DEATH and I had the same Total Yoga VHS tape in a stack untouched for TEN YEARS and FINALLY after having had nearly a year stable using the cannabis I became ABLE to do ALL of those things stated above--yoga, aerobic excercise, meditation... when before I knew they existed as a solution but absolutely keep getting pulled down. I know this isn`t the intended direction but the suffering is like a lifetime of your nose and mouth being just above the surface of the water and the waves keep coming back. I GET the arguments this leads to but this is about SURVIVAL. I`m not sure how many more decades a person should be expected to suffer through when they can barely hold on before it`s clear that the chemicals in cannabis can literally save lives. All we need to do is work on safer administration such as vaporizing. The argument of addiction doesn`t seem applicable if the medicine is safe and effective. Some people have suffered too dramatically to erase feelings and images with a lifetime of therapy. Acceptance of some of those painful issues can`t always take away all of the pain. There is a teeter-totter effect there. If we only had nine lives. Miriam sounds like who I have been for the last 25 years--I identify with all of it--especially the part when you know you CAN`T kill your children`s parent and leave them alone to feel the anguish--so instead you continue to suffer RIGHT in front of them. Even though the cannabis doesn`t take the issues away, the pain and darkness is so deeply scary that I simply KNOW I need it for survival. I saw myself dying. I`m a kid again with a future. I`m not on a soapbox--it visits, depression visits now that I got my body and my mind back in shape all the skin is hanging off and I only feel like a kid on the inside. I agree with everything the Chupacabra said I`m just saying that often times for people like me, and it sounds like Miriam also---we just CAN`T get far enough through it to help ourselves on a deep enough level. It goes in circles and when we seem to make excuses they are real for us. I`ve attended therapy in 6 states for 20 years but the anguish is a relentless thing I call "The Nothing", like from The Neverending Story. I don`t speak for everyone but this awakening has made me fall in love with myself and who I was supposed to be all those years. I replaced my dying Total Yoga tape with a DVD. I walk fast to get places and use small weights at home--I don`t recommend a regimen at all. I say pick up small weights for small sets throughout the day and you`re not set up to fail. Use TV or radio time for super small goals. The exercise trampolines aren`t too expensive and they can bring out the kid in you. A hula-hoop is another one that can seem more like fun and games than excercise. Find a dresser or sofa to put your feet under for sit-ups but don`t ever worry about increasing your goal. Let yourself lose count and praise yourself for doing any at all. These are at-home suggestions for people who barely feel like they can do anything or face anyone. I literally have small weights by the couch and my bed for when I`m watching tv in the evening. Remembering to turn on some music can be the first step to inspiring you to pick up the weights but make sure to find music you actually like. I`ve been fighting through "injury" to come back. I`ve traded pains, to a degree. Depression is somewhat like an injury itself. It is a mental, emotional, and physical illness. It leaves no room for enrichment. Our children NEED us alive! They deserve to see us happy. I worry that someone in AA will refer to Miriam as a "dry drunk." This is a typical mistake.

    BeanFry // 2011-11-10 01:27:37 // 12 Like(s) // Like

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• December 23 2011

  Hypertension: A Lifestyle Disorder Needs a Lifetime of Attention

  Category:  Health

  The term “lifestyle disorder” had to be invented to describe hypertension.  Almost no aspect of daily life – diet, sleep, exercise, work, and stress – can be implicated.  Your blood pressure responds to these things quite sensitively. This implies an optimistic attitude, because for many sufferers, a change in lifestyle serves as good prevention. But optimism is lost if lifestyle changes are not kept up for a lifetime.  For millions of patients, the arrival of high blood pressure as they get older comes at a stage when prevention may be too little, too late.

  
  
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  • Thank you Deepak for a useful artical. My father have the hypertantion, so I can incarege him to reduce salt and suggar.

    Nina Phillimore // 2011-12-06 12:57:41 // 9 Like(s) // Like

  • Thank you Sir... I am taking medicine for hypertension for the past 20 years. I am 61 years now. Have started with Tenormin 50 mg. and now the doctor asked me to change to Diovan 80 mg. Hypertension is almost under control all these years. However, your article is very useful. Thank you sir..

    Mallery P.M. // 2011-12-07 03:14:03 // 6 Like(s) // Like

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• February 28 2012

  A Personal Mission: Define Your Wellness

  Category:  Health

  By Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP
  
  A basic outline for prevention has existed for more than thirty years, but wellness has had a hard time making real headway. Old habits are hard to break. Our society has a magic bullet fixation, waiting for the next miracle drug to cure us of every ill. Doctors receive no economic benefit from pushing prevention over drugs and surgery. For all these reasons, compliance with prevention falls far below what is needed for maximum wellness.
  
  
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  • I love this. Recently I lost close to 70 lbs from taking on `small bites" in life. I was super stressed from the financial disaster of 2007-2008. After seeing several small businesses I owned collapse and my certain future become uncertain I became depressed and overwhelmed like I have never experience before. Drinking, over eating, and other symptoms of the mess my life seemed to be turned me upside down and inside out. 1 day after knowing I couldn`t remain on this path any longer, I found a track and began walking...walking was good but not enough...I am raised catholic but never bought into the "religion" thing so I went back through my past and found the best part of my life when I played baseball as a kid/hs/college...I walked, worked out "as if" I was in spring training again...at 34(then, now 36) I have incorporated this new path and my spiritual guide in my life. I walk every day, sometimes twice...1 stretch sorta like pilates, yoga, and a baseball/football/basketball player needs to before a game...I think out my problem, pay attention to my thoughts, breathe deeeeeeply, I act deliberately in my approach and I have clensed my mind of the NEEDs I once had...fatty food, sugary crap, over eating on the American diet, and more. My simple appraoch to it all was to do things my body can already do...simple movements and build from there. I wasn`t micro-managing myself meaing "gotta have results or else"...I did these things thinking of the long term, didn`t worry about the results because I knew they would be there 6, 8, 10 months down the road...2 years later I went from size 40 pants, to 33`s, my neck was a 20 inch fatty to 17 normal....most of all and best of all I found myself inside all my doubts, fears, anxieties, and limitations.... I am so so sooooooo grateful for so many things again, the sun in my face every day, the night time sky and stars, and the little things that make my little life enjoyable again. Deepak I love your words and wisdom...Thank you!

    Brendan // 2012-02-27 00:08:25 // 9 Like(s) // Like

  • this week it was raspberry ketones, a new supplement for weight loss as mentioned on the dr. oz show

    Alma Hermosa Villacorta // 2012-02-21 20:20:05 // 6 Like(s) // Like

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• September 16 2011

  Ending diets that don’t work: how people actually lose weight

  Category:  Health

  Our bodies are designed to remain in balance, and when they go out of balance, a natural mechanism has been interfered with. Usually this occurs through decisions that we make that turn into habits. Decisions are conscious and can be reversed. Habits are unconscious and are considerably harder to reverse. Even so, the more awareness you can bring to any health issue, the better your chances of reaching a solution.
   

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  • https://www.mygreatshapetoday.com/mjm Weight loss-safely! Cellular Nutrition.

    ManningMike // 2011-11-07 22:15:05 // 15 Like(s) // Like

  • I think the failure of most diets is the one-dimensional approach. Restrict your food intake. If people think of weight-loss, really as part of a whole-body health goal - to be strong, have energy, and healthier (reducing risk of chronic disease), then it would make sense to have a multi-dimensional approach. Eat healthier foods (lots of veggies and fruits) - replacing energy you`ve lost with vital living energy from the plants - a better guide than just denying yourself when you`re hungry. Get up and move, even if it`s just walking, move more - a body in motion is burning calories. Stop thinking about dieting, and focus on building energy back into your body.

    Kate // 2011-11-20 22:45:18 // 8 Like(s) // Like

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• February 20 2012

  A Four Step Plan to Stress Less

  Category:  Health

  Published by the Dr. Oz show.
  
  Don’t let stress make a mess of your balanced life. The greatest mind and body expert of our time, Deepak Chopra, shares his four simple secrets to stress less.
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  • The best stress reliever is joy. You will never see a smiling person depressed.

    Rachel Johnson // 2012-02-24 15:38:27 // 6 Like(s) // Like

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    Dardiel Junior // 2012-02-20 11:34:54 // 2 Like(s) // Like

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