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Why I Meditate (And You Should Too)

Stop Abuse Campaign

Those suffering from mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and others, often resulting from ACEs , can benefit greatly from incorporating a frequent meditation routine. Anxiety, which can be the foundation of other mental illnesses such as depression, in particular, can be effectively combated with meditation.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Yes, one for depression and one for anxiety. One sibling with bipolar disorder and a parent with psychotic depression, neither one chronic. I didn't want to attract attention to myself and assumed that a hospital emergency room had bigger problems than a depressed but cooperative patient. Was I taking any medications?

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psychosis, violence, and the fear of madness

Clinical Philosophy

After all it could be that people who, say, suffer from depression are too apathetic to be violent, and so bring the total violence of the mentally ill down to the population average. It's worth noting, too, that only 15 of these 81 individuals suffered schizophrenia ; 40 suffered depression, 8 PTSD, 10 personality disorder, etc.