If depressed thoughts (symptoms of depression and anxiety) spoke to you online, how would you cope? Your answer could be the key to real-life recovery.
(The purpose of this video is to externalize & normalize depressed, anxious, or even suicidal thoughts, with the aim of giving a new — and hopeful — perspective on how we experience and deal with mental illness.)
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COUNSELING AND MEDICATION RESOURCES:
THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE —
1-800-273-8255 (U.S.)
For information on international hotlines, please see http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
Depression Support Groups:
http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home
http://www.supportgroupscentral.com/depression/
Depression Test:
http://psychologytoday.tests.psychtests.com/take_test.php?idRegTest=1308
GoodRx (a site that gives you free discounts on many medications): http://www.goodrx.com/
The lightbox I use:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009MFUWC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0009MFUWC&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=WLDD3DAO3WFTFPI5
Psychology Today’s therapist search engine: http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/
For additional searches (including free therapy), see http://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help/
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BOOKS ON DEPRESSION AND/OR ANXIETY…
BEFORE HAPPINESS (a great primer on Positive Psychology): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BVJG2P6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BVJG2P6&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=NILJ4D3K7IOCNJR3
THE DEPRESSION CURE:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738213888/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0738213888&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=N3SIJRVRPMTCXJG2
THE FEELING GOOD HANDBOOK: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452281326/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0452281326&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=APGAABL6ZM7W3OFC
FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING: http://www.amazon.com/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Revised-Edition/dp/0345536932/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1409318752&sr=8-1
THE MINDFUL WAY THROUGH DEPRESSION:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593851286/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1593851286&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=RSJ25LUDVWCWH4PW
THE NOONDAY DEMON: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684854678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0684854678&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=FBFNGEMBEHH36RFR
SAY GOODNIGHT TO INSOMNIA:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/yourstore/home/?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=YC32SEDJVLQTSPKK
UNDOING DEPRESSION:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316043419/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0316043419&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=G32TSEBFETOARBFH
AN UNQUIET MIND: A MEMOIR OF MOODS AND MADNESS: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679763309/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0679763309&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=RXKTJ5L3XTQGMFG3
WHEN PANIC ATTACKS:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076792083X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=076792083X&linkCode=as2&tag=tmicmar-20&linkId=5OSUDYLUPJD5XZDM
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EXERCISE:
Mayo Clinic’s Guide to Exercise and Depression: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/depression-and-exercise/art-20046495
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OTHER VIDEOS:
Andrew Solomon’s TED Talk, “Depression, the Secret We All Share”: http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share?language=en
ASAP Science’s “The Science of Depression”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOK1tKFFIQI
“I Had a Black Dog, His Name Was Depression”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc
National Institute of Mental Health, “Signs, Symptoms, and Treatments of Depression”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlNCavst2EU
“The Power of Vulnerability”: http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
“This Emotional Life” (3-part PBS special): http://video.pbs.org/program/this-emotional-life/
“Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGDl6-lyfMY
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