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Education, meditation, mindfulness and CBT – How Martin Beat Depression

November 27, 2012 by Justin Bennett

Education, meditation, mindfulness and CBT – How Martin Beat Depression

Today we interview Martin from Australia. Martin has beat depression and runs an excellent website called Too Depressed, devoted to helping people with depression by giving strategies and tips for effective coping and growth. Martin please tell us a little bit about yourself. I grew up in the suburbs south of London, in the UK. I had a pretty good academic education at … [Read more...]

The Absent Father and Depression

September 10, 2012 by Justin Bennett

The Absent Father and Depression

The painful and lasting effects of the absent father on mental health and addiction Often people who struggle with depression have an absent father in their lives.  The absent father figure comes up frequently when we document recovery stories, some examples are: Carrie Fisher and Jason Robinson. When the father is absent the likelihood of substance use and depression is … [Read more...]

Stress and Depression: Interview with the Stress Therapist

September 7, 2012 by Justin Bennett

Stress and Depression: Interview with the Stress Therapist

Stress and depression always go together because going through depression is stressful. Often a stress overload is a precipitation cause in depression's development. Today we interview Adewale who runs a fantastic website called Stress Therapist which focuses on the treatment of stress and mental health issues, specifically depression and anxiety. He has a wealth of insight and … [Read more...]

Seasonal Affective Disorder

March 8, 2012 by Justin Bennett

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is an episode of depression that occurs and tends to reoccur during a certain time of year, usually in winter. SAD entails serious mood changes and possible heightened anxiety. It is not a separate disorder to depression and is added as a description to the pattern of major depression or bipolar, otherwise known as a subtype. Dr Norman E. … [Read more...]

Tiredness

February 29, 2012 by Justin Bennett

Tiredness

There are many reasons for the perpetual tiredness people with depression suffer.  One major factor is that people who suffer depression usually have an overactive mind in an under-active body. Depression is quite rightly described as a deadly cocktail of hopelessness and helplessness. Though my own reading and my own recovery story I learnt I wasn’t as helpless as I … [Read more...]

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Justin Bennett is the senior writer across the How I Beat sites. With six years experience in mental health encompassing work in homeless shelters, psychiatric hospitals and disability employment services and graduate diplomas in counselling and journalism he is passionate about helping others overcome and beat their conditions.

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