Category: depression

PLACEBOS AND NOCEBOS

Deepak re placebos and nocebos In one of his talks last century he equated nocebos with pointing the bone A pharmacist friend told me last century that twenty percent is allowed for placebo effect when testing drugs and a doctor friend confirmed this Sorry… Continue Reading “PLACEBOS AND NOCEBOS”

LOVE SELF

I am sharing this to help others so please don’t feel sorry for me  — I can do that all by myself I had 63 years and 8 months of physical and mental abuse from the person who gave birth to me I loved… Continue Reading “LOVE SELF”

DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY 2

I re blogged Magic post yesterday partly as a self-reminder not to give power to resentments –as our thoughts  create reality A lady moved into this village toward the end of last year who is clinically depressed And I have noticed that she has… Continue Reading “DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY 2”

NAMASTE MUM

My reason for writing this is twofold: To heal the resentments I have toward my Mother And to highlight the fact that it is not that long ago that women and children had no rights I always loved my Mother but it seemed that… Continue Reading “NAMASTE MUM”

PTSD

THIS IS A REBLOG BUT MY MOTIVATION THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT I am having trouble leaving the house and am trying to psychoanalyse why: (Any one whose fight and flight response is dysfunctional knows that it is difficult to know if there is a… Continue Reading “PTSD”

WHERE AM I? =HERE: WHAT TIME IS IT? =NOW

You may have already noticed that  I like Russel Brand  😛 I was in “poor me” mode this morning having been in pain and sleep deprived for 13 years (allergic to pain relief) –  the main cause is surgical mistakes – “I go into… Continue Reading “WHERE AM I? =HERE: WHAT TIME IS IT? =NOW”

PTSD

I was motivated to blog this because an acquaintance complained about her husband’s depression and anxiety: Claimed she just couldn’t understand why people were like this. PTSD and PND were not acknowledged in my day I had 63 years of abuse starting when I… Continue Reading “PTSD”

ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

I have had an anxiety disorder for as long as I can remember but  was almost fifty when PTSD was diagnosed: despite spending a fortune on psychiatrists and psychologists from the early 1980’s onward. PTSD and PND were not acknowledged in my day. I… Continue Reading “ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION”