Fri.Jul 26, 2024

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Training Days: Surthriving an Execution, Antidepressants, then Myself — A Cop’s Tale

Mad in America

O verwhelmed by despair and feeling like a shell of myself, I made a decision in August of 2021 that still haunts me. I swallowed a handful of pills, hoping to escape the pain and confusion. I grabbed my handgun from my safe and planned to take my own life. I was tired of fighting. This was the only way out. Two years earlier, I’d been prescribed a litany of psychiatric drugs as treatment for a life-threatening event I experienced as a San Bernardino Deputy Sheriff.

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How To Heal Health Anxiety Naturally (With Video)

The Anxiety Guy

Recently I made an important video on this crucial topic of How To Heal Health Anxiety Naturally. I wanted to addd a few elements in the form of a blog post to that video so that it would clear up any confusion you may have on your path towards true health anxiety recovery. First off, what is Health Anxiety? Health anxiety, often termed hypochondria, can be an overwhelming condition that causes individuals to constantly worry about their health.

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Harnessing the power of AI at Potomac Psychiatry: transforming holistic patient care with advanced diagnostic insights

Potomac Psychiatry

Discover how Potomac Psychiatry's AI Agent transforms holistic patient care with advanced diagnostic insights, enhancing treatment for complex mental health issues.

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How to have courage

Dr. Christianheim Preventative Mental Health

Its time to apply courage to your life. Know what courage is, and know how it works in your brain. Learning and practicing courage is a truckload of work and there is no quick fix. It will take effort; but this effort will be worthwhile and it will get easier. Courage is the new Resilience Recently, we gave some workshops on resilience and courage. Im here to tell you that courage is where its at.

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The Journey (a Poem) by Richard Plowden

Mad in America

That I might sooner get to love forever, Yes, love and love forever and forever, Jesus, help me to conquer this disease, This curse of schizophrenia, wretched thing, (Yes, wretched, horrid, unremitting thing, Safely to weather every storm and stress, That come to one who dares the dismal sea, Buoyed up by God with all His mighty power, (Most mighty when it is within a flower,) And make it through to all those golden meadows!

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Courage is the new resilience

Dr. Christianheim Preventative Mental Health

In this additional post on courage, I want to explore the difference between courage and resilience. By the end of the post, Ill suggest you focus on courage to build the resilience needed for positive change in your life. IN 2023 and 2024, Caroline and I have been given the honour of presenting workshops on both courage and resilience. Much of our past research focussed on the theory of resilience.

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