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Hang in There (A Poem for the Distressed)
Hang in There Like a boxer staggering on the ropes, don’t condemn yourself for being hit praise yourself for fighting, maintain your hope. You are a champion but sometimes you must get out of the...
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Depression: Whose Fault Is It?
I was recently involved in a discussion about someone who had committed suicide. I don’t know the details but evidently the victim was a successful, mid-career man, suffering from depression. A major...
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Depression & Anxiety: Freedom Without Responsibility
(This article was reprinted in the online magazine of the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, March 1, 2014) Consider these two questions: 1) Are you responsible for being depressed or...
View ArticleAlan Watts: Anxiety and the Self
A few days ago I wrote a post about the thought of Alan Watts, and yesterday I wrote about depression and anxiety. These posts reminded me that Watts wrote about anxiety too. Watts believed that...
View ArticleCritique of Epictetus and Stockdale
I recently wrote about the story of James B. Stockdale, who survived as a prisoner of war with the help of the philosophy of Epictetus. Since writing that piece I came across a more negative view of...
View ArticleMarijuana for Anxiety
(This article was reprinted in the online magazine of Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, March 13, 2015. ) A few days ago there was an interesting article in the New York Times, “The...
View ArticleStar Trek: “The Inner Light”
Yesterday’s post referenced the “The Inner Light” the title of an episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode was written by freelance writer...
View ArticleNicotine Gum for Depression and Anxiety
(This article was reprinted in the online magazine of the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, May 5, 2016.) (Disclaimer – I’m not a medical doctor. For more info on these topics consult...
View ArticleA Poem for the Depressed
“Hang in There” (An Original Poem) Like a boxer staggering on the ropes don’t condemn yourself for being hit, praise yourself for fighting, maintain your hopes. You’re a champion but sometimes you must...
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Depression: Whose Fault Is It?
I was recently involved in a discussion about someone who had committed suicide. I don’t know the details but evidently the victim was a successful, mid-career man, suffering from depression. A major...
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Depression & Anxiety: Freedom Without Responsibility
(This article was reprinted in the online magazine of the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, March 1, 2014) Consider these two questions: 1) Are you responsible for being depressed or...
View ArticleAlan Watts: Anxiety and the Self
A few days ago I wrote a post about the thought of Alan Watts, and yesterday I wrote about depression and anxiety. These posts reminded me that Watts wrote about anxiety too. Watts believed that...
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Marijuana for Anxiety
(This article was reprinted in the online magazine of Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, March 13, 2015. ) A few days ago there was an interesting article in the New York Times, “The...
View ArticleNicotine Gum for Depression and Anxiety
(This article was reprinted in the online magazine of the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, May 5, 2016.) (Disclaimer – I’m not a medical doctor. For more info on these topics consult...
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Depression and Truth
My last post elicited a comment from a reader apparently worried that, based on the contents of the post, I might be clinically depressed. Anyone who knows me personally would find this laughable,...
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Sleep and Depression in Older Persons
Vincent van Gogh’s 1890 painting Sorrowing old man (‘At Eternity’s Gate’) Depression is a serious problem. While its causes are complicated and variable, sleep deprivation is commonly connected with...
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Arthur C. Brooks: “Three Equations for a Happy Life”
Arthur C. Brooks recently published “The Three Equations for a Happy Life, Even During a Pandemic” in “The Atlantic.” I generally don’t like his work as he is a religious and political ideologue. He...
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Mild Autism
A mother asked me about her child who has been professionally diagnosed with mild autism.1 She was particularly upset about the little boy’s fear of strangers at the playground. While I know almost...
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