If Drugs Don't Help Depressed People, What Does? Read On!

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The hero in my first novel teaches his colleagues that a person is "a work in progress." I use that phrase often in my coaching work. That helps my clients to put their stresses into some perspective.

"It's all good, and it's all a test," is nice phrase for someone not involved in wrestling with complicated issues. But it's no comfort to someone deep into despair.

Exercise and pets are proven methods for effectively improving low moods. Rewarding hobbies ease anxiety, too. Psychotropic drugs, however, do not seem to help people to leave depression behind them.

Newsweek magazine in the USA just put out an article entitled, "The Depressing News About Antidepressants: Studies suggest that the popular drugs are no more effective than a placebo. In fact, they may be worse."


US president Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression. He coped by honing his sense of humor. Once a lawyer, he'd managed his anger with clients and opponents by writing scathing letters that he never mailed. He expressed his anger on paper and kept the hot words to himself in a special drawer, never embittering anyone and never burning bridges. He was beloved by many people. He was a jokester and a compassionate man, despite his dour appearance (his features had been affected by a disease).

IMPORTANT UPDATE: See another point of view from psychiatrist Dr. A. Twerski. I deeply respect him and hope that his take on this issue can bring you more relief.

I pray that you'll find a solution to your depression. Make small, gradual steps to participating in life more and more. Do productive things that interest, amuse and please you. Music, writing, sculpture, painting, volunteer work, crafts, gardening, exercize, nature walks and other soothing activites are yours to indulge in. Look for outlets that will benefit you.

lists several "Suggested Reading" titles in the GLOBAL RESOURCES section. Many of them address depression and how to attain happiness with realistic methods.

Cry if you need to. And learn to dry your tears. THAT can help you to EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.
Yocheved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

9 Rewarding Ways Very Sick People Avoid Despair and How You Can, Too

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Readers, I invite you to study the comment left on my blog yesterday, and my response to it.

Similar comments appear throughout this blog.

Why?

Because readers benefited from the 9 chapters about how to cope with medical crises in "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To: A Life Book that Helps You to Dry Your Tears and to Cope with a Medical Challenge."

"It's MY Crisis!" is a workbook designed to be used by you alone, or with your loved ones, even with your medical team or mental health therapist. YOU decide. The book shows you how to make patient-empowering choices all along the medical journey you're facing. It even gives you information about how to find the medical professional and medical care you need - including funding for some medical problems.

Click on the title name above and buy someone a copy today. You just might end their despair and empower them to heal emotionally, spiritually, even physically. Susan from Pennsylvania did. So have other readers. And many of them buy more copies after realizing how much better they feel after reading the book!

Gosh, Methodist lay minister in Texas, Carl Phillips, even endorsed it on the back cover! He and other readers know: "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To" is for all kinds of people suffering from one illness or another.

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To your good health,

Yojeved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life

Mental Health Therapists Agree: I Know How to Help You to Cope

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Just in case you're wondering how well I can comprehend the grief you're going through and how realistic I am at dealing with that challenge, I'm going to let you in on some behind-the-scenes reality in my life. I edit other people's books from time to time (I provide professional writing services in my diverse career efforts). Several of those books are by mental health experts. They trust my insights as well as my editing skills.

Here's a glimpse of how one mental health professional thanked me for capably editing an early version of his book (published by Targum Press) that helps teens to cope with death, particularly the deaths of loved ones:

Saying Goodbye by Neal Goldberg and Miriam Liebermann (Hardcover - 2004)
Excerpt - page 19: "... Additionally, many thanks to Yocheved Golani who was most helpful in editing an early manuscript. We ..."

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To your good health,

Yojeved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life.