Mental Health

How Bipolar Disorder and Cancer are Similar

I’m sharing an answer I wrote on Quora in response to the question, “Why is bipolar disorder considered to be incurable? Is it? If it is curable, is the diagnosis harmful?” I see bipolar disorder (and clinical depression, for that matter) as having the following similarities to a condition that is less socially stigmatizing: cancer. [...]

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Getting Over Shame by Letting Go of Resistance

Shame and humiliation are powerful weapons in emotional abuse and the control of the will of a human being. Once a person has internalized that shame and humiliation and begins to believe it, that person will then continue to perpetrate shame and humiliation unto himself and becomes his own abuser. The victim also becomes addicted [...]

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I Knew a Mental Pain Called Depression

“What’s worse: physical or mental pain?” I’d say from personal experience that mental pain (in the form of clinical depression) was worse for me. This is because for physical pain, I had the option of relatively effective treatments if I choose, in the form of analgesics, and there are plenty of painkillers to choose from, [...]

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Jane’s 12 Step Recovery Manifesto for Adult Children of Tiger Mothers

Having recently “retired” from one of my businesses, my friend Steve Woodruff said that I should look into a role as “Leader of the Tiger Mom Recovery Program”. I think he was joking. Plus, I wouldn’t know where to start. But then I thought… shouldn’t recovery programs start out with a manifesto of some kind? [...]

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Managing projects like a polypharmacy list

If you list your projects out like an Rx, will you find that you’re about to OD (overdose) on work? Well, then… Jane’s tips on safe project administration – - check to see if there are any Rx interactions (are there priorities that conflict and at odds? does one hinder the other somehow? maybe there [...]

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You’re Too Sick to Get an Education

A young woman has parents who want her to stop going to school because they claimed that school stress is making her sick; she wants to continue school and feel as if her parents have given up on her and the message she feels she is getting from them is: “Sorry sweetie you make good [...]

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NEVER LOSE HOPE IN DEALING WITH YOUR FEARS AND DEPRESSION

When your fears and depression have the best of you, it is easy to feel that things will not get any better. This is not true. There is much help available in today’s society and the best way to deal with your fears is to find effective ways to overcome them. As a result, here [...]

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WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW STRUGGLES WITH FEAR, ANXIETY AND STRESS

What do you do when someone you know has to deal with persistent fears, anxieties, or even depression? Well the first thing you need to do is to get the person to seek the services of a professional who can lead them in the right direction and give them the help they need. In addition, [...]

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