September 29, 2021

CWD Daily

Tips for Coping with Depression

If you are in a suicide crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
1-800-273-8255.

Tip of the Day

“Let me tell you what I wish I'd known
When I was young and dreamed of glory:
You have no control
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”

Hamilton

The past is nothing more than a story we repeat to ourselves – and understanding this is an incredibly liberating notion.

Visit a narrative therapist who can help you re-frame your experiences. Or journal them out until you’re able to come to a new understanding of why things happened the way they did. You can tell your own story.

“The narrative therapist focuses upon assisting people to create stories about themselves, about their identities, that are helpful to them. This work of ‘re-authoring identity’ claims to help people identify their own values and identify the skills and knowledge they have to live these values. Through the process of identifying the history of values in people's lives, the therapist is able to co-author a new story about the person.” – wikipedia.org





CWD Daily is written by Julie Aiken, a layperson whose only authority lies in 40 years of coping with depression. Nothing in the newsletter should be taken as medical advice. Please do no self-diagnose or self-prescribe. Above all, please get help if you need it. 

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