by Douglas Bloch | Apr 20, 2018 | Depression Cure, Depression Natural Healing, Depression Natural Remedies, Depression Support, Depression Treatments, Healing Depression, Major Depression, Psychiatric Medications, Suicide Prevention, Treating Depression
I recently read this to this article in The Guardian titled, “Facebook admits it poses mental health risk.” Apparently, studies have found that spending time on Facebook “passively consuming information” can leave people “feeling worse.” There are three reasons I...
by Douglas Bloch | Apr 8, 2016 | Depression Cure, Depression Recovery, Depression Treatments, Healing Depression, Major Depression, mental hospitals, Suicide Prevention, Treating Depression
The purpose of this blog is to provide an account of what it means to be hospitalized in a psychiatric ward through sharing my stay in a mental hospital. If some readers are considering hospitalization for themselves or a loved one, I hope that this report can give...
by Douglas Bloch | Apr 2, 2016 | Depression Cure, Depression Natural Healing, Depression Natural Remedies, Depression Recovery, Depression Support, Depression Treatments, Healing Depression, Major Depression, Overcoming the Stigma of Depression, Psychiatric Medications, Relapse prevention, Suicide Prevention, Treating Depression, Yogic breathing
One of the most powerful ways to impact your emotions and improve your mood is through the breath. In Sanskrit the word for breath is prana, which also means “life” or “spirit.” This is because the oxygen we inhale is necessary for the...
by Douglas Bloch | Dec 14, 2014 | Suicide Prevention
I want to share an inspirational story about a man who was saved by suicide by a stranger. Six years ago, on January 14, 2008. Neil Laybourn was walking across Waterloo Bridge on his way to work. On the way he stopped a young man named Jonny Benjamin who was about to...
by Douglas Bloch | Dec 9, 2014 | Suicide Prevention
For years I have been writing about what we can learn from the suicide survivor about the advisability of suicide. All of the my clients who survived suicide attempts have said the same thing–they are so glad that they did not succeed. Now, we have a man who...
by Douglas Bloch | Oct 18, 2014 | Suicide Prevention
This week, USA Today continued it’s remarkable series on the mental health crisis with an October 9, 2014 article, 40,000 Suicides Annually, Yet America Still Shrugs. I highly advise that you read it! The article points out that although suicide is the 10th...