How can I tell if I am depressed? A Major Depressive Episode is identified by 5 or more of these symptoms: Depressed mood or irritable most of the day, nearly every day, as indicated by either subjective report (e.g., feels sad or empty) or observation made by others (e.g., appears tearful). Decreased interest or pleasure …
What is depression? Depression occurs when a person encounters something in life that is larger than his/her ability to cope. This can be a single event or a series of events over time. The overall effect is so large that the body begins to shut down one system at a time. A Major Depressive Episode …
Grief is the process of your brain trying to adapt to the loss of a resource that is missing. Sometimes we think of grief as the loss of something or someone from the past. But grief can also go into the future. We can grieve what could have been. As the way we do life …
It doesn’t mean you don’t love your family if you want time alone. The way we structure our time is a foundation of our existence that keeps us steady. Grace and peace to you. In this time of social distancing as many of us are working from home, I am aware that at the same …
John Gottman was a long term member of the faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle. Now retired from university teaching, he is head of the Gottman Institute, along with his wife Julie Gottman, Ph.D. He has spent his entire career studying and researching what the attributes are of healthy and successful couples. He …
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Dear Lord, you give us such a gift when marriage goes according to your plan. Each person blesses the other. But when this relationship is not full of pain and hurt, it touches everything. Lord I pray for the couple where both are in agony because the hurts are deep and have become patterned. I …
Lord, you are most holy and wonderful! You desire for us to live in wholeness and health. You establish families and bless us with love. I lift this precious couple into the warmth and light of your love. Bless them LORD, God. Bless them. In the places where they have hurt each other, give them …
Gracious Lord, It is difficult to have a heart of gratitude when things hurt, yet you would have us trust in you no matter the circumstance. I pray for couples who are in great hurt and pain today because of hurt and pain that happened year, decades ago. Lord, help them to sort the old …
Scriptures about Fear: Psalm 23, Psalm 27:1, Psalm 34:4, Psalm 46:2, Psalm 91:1-5, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:13, Isaiah 43:1 John 14:26 (NIV) “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be …
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