John Starke writes about pastoring during a season of depression. And a source of encouragement through that time. I began to notice that I wasn’t just sad or discouraged about my circumstances. Something was different. There was a darkness that had set in. My sorrow and discouragement began to wrap around me and squeeze. It …
Mike Cosper attempts to write a sensitive and nuanced reflection on depression and suicide, prompted by the death of chef and food/travel documentary make Anthony Bourdain. This is what’s monstrous about depression. It is not simply a bad day or even a bad few months. It is a haunting presence, a grayness that covers all …
It was a year ago (53 weeks, actually) that a visit to the doctor resulted in me making some lifestyle changes. Things have lasted for longer than a week, but I live with the lingering fear that relaxing will see me backslide to where I was before, which I know is not a reasonable fear, …
This report by James Gallagher, a health and science correspondent for BBC news is based on a Lancet Psychiatry study of 91,000 people “found a disrupted body clock was linked with depression, bipolar disorder and other problems.” Significantly, the report does note that “the study cannot tell if the disruption is causing the mental illness …
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