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href="http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd/2010/04/dr-amens-brain-scans-help-prove-adhd-is-a-real-illness/">http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd/2010/04/dr-amens-brain-scans-help-prove-adhd-is-a-real-illness/</a> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/check-out-dr-amens-comment-voice-your-own">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-5076985927828492391?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-39838270875626402852010-04-24T08:29:00.000-07:002010-04-24T09:12:45.741-07:00<div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br />I recently posted <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/15/michigan.child.torture/" style="background-color: white;">this article</a> on my<span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Face book page.&nbsp; It created quite a response, as is expected but I had a different one than most and feel the need to talk about it.&nbsp; Most people said why didn't the neighbors help?&nbsp; The mom do something?&nbsp; It is always easy to point fingers when you have not walked a mile in someone <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">else's</span> shoes. <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, it is totally understandable.&nbsp; The killing of a child, an innocent victim that can not protect themselves touches to our most painful emotions, hurt, pain, anger, hopelessness, despair, fear.&nbsp; If it were my brother or niece or nephew I can't even imagine what I would do.<br /><br />However, I am not them, have walked in a different set of shoes with a different set of experiences, so can distance myself from emotions and have a another, equally valid perspective.<br /><br />I find it not just sad for the child.&nbsp; I find it sad that nobody asks where were the neighbors, mother, and friends were when this father's father was beating<i> </i>him?<i>&nbsp;</i> <b><i>Who helped him?</i></b>&nbsp; Where was his neighbor, friend, or mother and who eased his pain when he was suffering probably that same type of abuse as a child?&nbsp; <a href="http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/police/community/abuse.html" style="color: red;">84% of prison inmates were abused as children</a><span style="color: red;">.</span><br /><br /><img _mce_src="http://posterous.com/javascripts/tiny_mce/plugins/pagebreak/img/trans.gif" class="mcePageBreak mceItemNoResize" src="http://posterous.com/javascripts/tiny_mce/plugins/pagebreak/img/trans.gif" /><br />When do we start doing something productive with our own anger and pain and spend our money preventing this from happening to future generations - and not just by taking a defensive stand, staying afraid, locking him up, defending ourselves / position and ignoring the problem.&nbsp; Did you know with the exception of homicide, <a href="http://www.yesican.org/stats.html" style="color: red;">children and youths suffer more victimization than do adults in virtually every category</a><span style="color: red;">,</span> including physical abuse, sibling assault, bullying, sexual abuse, and rape (American Psychological Association Commission on Violence and Youth, 1993)?&nbsp; <b>Between 3-4 die every single day because of abuse.&nbsp; And the ones that live, grow up.</b><br /><br />We teach math, science, art, but where in the school curriculum do we teach children to recognize, understand, and appropriately express emotions?&nbsp; <i><b>Emotions are the one distinctive factor that makes us human</b></i>, yet when a child starts throwing a crying fit, we say 'Stop crying.&nbsp; You have no reason to be sad.'&nbsp; or 'Shame on you' for thinking that.&nbsp; We invalidate children and their emotions from the very beginning, at a very young age when they are most impressionable.&nbsp; And they feel wrong, internalize feeling wrong and bad, and those feelings don't go away.&nbsp; Where do they go?&nbsp; Expressed in unhealthy ways directed at others.<br /><br />It is sad to me that this world just passed mental health parity, and that people had to waste time, money, and energy fighting long and hard just to convince others treating the brain was as important as the body.&nbsp; Most people probably don't even know about the <a href="http://www.workforce.com/section/00/article/26/97/64.php">mental health parity legislation</a>, or understand what it means.&nbsp; But it means insurance is supposed to start covering mental issues the same way they do physical issues.&nbsp; Do you really, truly understand what that says about our society?&nbsp;<i><b> <span style="color: red;">To me it shows we place more value on getting a broken toe fixed than a broken brain.</span> </b></i><br /><br />Being healthy in the head should be the FIRST thing we are concerned about, not the last.&nbsp;<b> If someone is smart enough to know something is wrong, and courageous enough to get it fixed, let them get fixed.&nbsp;</b> Our mind is our gem.&nbsp; It is what we need to take care of the most - when our mind is healthy our body follows.&nbsp; Yet we have always taught the reverse. <br /><br />Our government spends billions of dollars every single year on guns and armies to kill others (<a href="http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/#usgs302a">40% of military spending in the world is spent by the U.S. - 711 billion dollars, almost 1/4 of our federal budget</a>), yet what do we spend to make our minds healthy, increase love and support, and ensure every child in America gets a chance at a healthy mind? And are we even taught what that means?&nbsp; We are leaving every child behind if they can't effectively and appropriately express their emotions as it affects us all.<br /><br />When we see people with drug addictions, eating disorders, alcohol problems, anger management problems, where do we spend our money?&nbsp; On managing the consequences - police enforcement, treatment centers, anti-abortion rallies and lobbying, and jails.&nbsp; <i><b>Are we working to prevent the problem</b></i> in the first place or treating the disease after is has wreaked havoc on so many lives?&nbsp; What is more effective?<br /><br />We are killing ourselves 1.5x as much as killing other people - the ultimate form of anger and hatred.&nbsp; Brilliant, interesting minds and people that contribute in incredible ways to society kill themselves because they can not handle the intense pain that comes along with their gifts.&nbsp; Yet we do not have a public outcry when this happens, even though <i><b>suicide is preventable - the primary thing standing in the way is society's criticism and judgment.</b></i><br /><br />Emotions make us unique.&nbsp; They are OK to have.&nbsp; Most would be shocked if everyone was honest about how we felt all the time.&nbsp; What everyone needs to learn is how to experience those emotions, what to do with them, and how and when to get help if they start getting out of control.<br /><br />I will be <b><i>excited when the day comes that we applaud people for getting help</i></b>.&nbsp; When we provide free counseling for every single human - and look up to people that are courageous enough to deal with their inner demons instead of running in shame or acting out in despair. When we start to appreciate the differences and uniqueness of problems in the mind, and learn how to capitalize on them instead of running away in terror or hanging our head in shame.<br /><br />So not only do I apologize to the little boy that was murdered by his father for not protecting him, I also apologize to the neighbors for not giving them the skills to manage the conflict, to the mother who obviously lacked the self confidence to stay away from drugs and believe she was worthy of greatness, and yes, even to the killer, for not making it OK in society to talk about how very, very bad you are feeling, for not providing resources and tools to get you help, and for not helping you when you were a child suffering that same abuse and neglect.&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="color: red;">It will be a great day, when our leaders stop putting anger, fear, and intimidation above love, hope, and faith.</span><br /><br />When are we going to stop associating this photo with depression and mental health, depicting hopelessness, despair, shame and disgust?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/S9Lv2gdQC7I/AAAAAAAAACQ/PxNYfdzSM8Q/s1600/Photo+of+woman+in+hands.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/S9Lv2gdQC7I/AAAAAAAAACQ/PxNYfdzSM8Q/s200/Photo+of+woman+in+hands.png" width="166" /></a></div><br />And instead use photos that focus on treatment, hope, courage, and the light at the end of the tunnel:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/431" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/S9Lwhfoie8I/AAAAAAAAACg/OSuWP4_dgGI/s200/Kathryncloseupsignpetition_.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><br /><br />When will we have a public outcry of love for all of the people in Africa that are chained to trees, being starved and taunted to 'ward off the devils' when the real problem is that they are depressed and need medical treatment?&nbsp; <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/Suno3EiOU1I/AAAAAAAAABY/REuQyFJexyQ/s1600/sufferinginghana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/Suno3EiOU1I/AAAAAAAAABY/REuQyFJexyQ/s200/sufferinginghana.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />And demand&nbsp; pass legislation that demands they be treated them with dignity and respect<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fieldorhope.org/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/SunpR0bJO6I/AAAAAAAAABg/-wTEgx7y558/s320/FOHbottom.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fieldofhope.org/">Field of <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Hope</span></a> in Ghana, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Africa</span></td></tr></tbody></table>When are each and every one of us going to take responsibility for their role in the murdering of an innocent child, and do something proactive about it?&nbsp; I ask you to promise, today, to each and every person that has mental health issues - be in depression, schizophrenia, borderline, bipolar, narcissism, or even to those that have none at all, be they young or old, tall or short, thick or thin, rich or poor:<br /><ul><li>Not to judge, condemn, shame, or ridicule them for getting help when their head feels lost and they feel hopeless and confused.</li><li>To support them and comfort them to the best of your ability until they are well.</li><li>To encourage them to seek help if needed to prevent their mind from getting so agitated that they act out in any way that harms another person.</li><li>To listen to people (especially children), to treat their thoughts and feelings with respect, and to give them the help, support, and guidance they need to effectively manage them.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>To work hard each and every day to speak and create actions from love, hope and faith, instead of anger, malice and fear.</li><li>To understand and forgive yourself for not being perfect, even at the things listed above, but to continue trying to be a better human being.</li></ul>I asked in a recent post, what came first, the chicken or the egg?&nbsp; I got some interesting responses.&nbsp; But it was kind of a trick question.<br /><br />Who cares?&nbsp; Why does it matter?&nbsp; Why do we spend all of our energy proving one way or the other - all the while missing the main point?&nbsp; It is today and the future that matters.<br /><br />What can you do today?&nbsp; <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/causes/petitions/431?m=2e19953e">Sign our <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">petition</span></a> and take the first step in showing you care and proving to the world that each and every individuals mental mental health is a priority and matters.&nbsp; You never know, it could just save the life of a child.<br /><br />Bless You All.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-3983827087562640285?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-79542366226247511612010-04-24T04:01:00.003-07:002010-04-24T04:01:38.972-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/ifred/QfuLyAKIUUAUcRImyQZ1B1oZcgbNRgCZyaf5tHThgmKEcLF9uNi45au5gQzk/ifredsupportcommunityinspire.jpg" width="120" height="120"/> <p> <div><span class="922221212-21042010">It is always easier to get through something if you have someone to talk to, and if you are in a good place consider giving back to help someone else.&nbsp; Join our online community today.</span></div> <p /> <div align="left">-Kathryn</div> <p /> <p /> <div align="left">Want to get our news?&nbsp; Subscribe to our newsletter by <a href="http://www.mood-factory.com/newsletter.html">clicking here.</a></div> <p /> <div align="left">1-866-353-MOOD (6663)</div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.mood-factory.com/">www.mood-factory.com</a></div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.ifred.org/">www.ifred.org</a></div> <p /> <div align="left"> <p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.goodshop.com/">www.GoodShop.com</a> is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause (iFred!)! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes &amp; Noble so please download the search bar and shop icon and choose iFred as your charity!</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">Go to <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodsearch.com" title="blocked::http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http://www.goodsearch.com"><span title="blocked::http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http://www.goodsearch.com" style="COLOR: #9933ff;">www.goodsearch.com</span></a> and be sure to enter <strong><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; COLOR: #9900ff;">iFred</span></b></strong> as the charity you want to support. Be sure to spread the word! </span></p></div> <p /></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/join-our-online-depression-and-anxiety-suppor">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-7954236622624751161?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-19885606751198890292010-04-24T04:01:00.001-07:002010-04-24T04:01:27.542-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'> <a href="http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd/2010/04/can-we-stay-intimately-connected-with-the-invention-of-cell-phones/">http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd/2010/04/can-we-stay-intimately-connected-with-the-invention-of-cell-phones/</a> <p /> <p /> <div align="left">-Kathryn</div> <p /> <p /> <div align="left">Want to get our news?&nbsp; Subscribe to our newsletter by <a href="http://www.mood-factory.com/newsletter.html">clicking here.</a></div> <p /> <div align="left">1-866-353-MOOD (6663)</div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.mood-factory.com/">www.mood-factory.com</a></div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.ifred.org/">www.ifred.org</a></div> <p /> <div align="left"> <p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.goodshop.com/">www.GoodShop.com</a> is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause (iFred!)! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes &amp; Noble so please download the search bar and shop icon and choose iFred as your charity!</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">Go to <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodsearch.com" title="blocked::http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http://www.goodsearch.com"><span title="blocked::http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http://www.goodsearch.com" style="COLOR: #9933ff;">www.goodsearch.com</span></a> and be sure to enter <strong><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; COLOR: #9900ff;">iFred</span></b></strong> as the charity you want to support. Be sure to spread the word! </span></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/can-we-really-stay-connected-with-cell-phones">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-1988560675119889029?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-91987322037420489312010-04-19T13:59:00.001-07:002010-04-19T13:59:31.830-07:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mood-factory/4535792050/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4535792050_2e4c66a2d1_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mood-factory/4535792050/">IMG_0746</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mood-factory/">mood-factory</a></span></div>This is an example of how you can shine Happiness on Depression. Simply put a yellow light bulb on your front porch or right inside the door, and show others you care about eradicating the stigma associated with depression.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-9198732203742048931?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-48854255756439607812010-04-14T04:59:00.001-07:002010-04-14T04:59:17.549-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>People really have no idea how good animals are for our mental health.  <a href="www.delta.org" title="Delta Society" target="_blank">Delta Society</a> does fantastic work on this- and teaches how you can use animals in therapy practice to heal others.  I don't suggest replacing anti-depressants with animals, of course, but you get the message with<a href="http://community.beliefnet.com/frayedlotus/gallery/view_gallery.one?pid=104555321" title="Funny cartoon of the healing power of animals" target="_blank"> the cartoon</a>.  Bring positive things into your life to heal!</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/funny-photo-on-the-healing-power-of-animals">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-4885425575643960781?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-9397514172064692722010-04-13T07:39:00.001-07:002010-04-13T07:39:33.887-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Check out the new blog entry on <a href="http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd/" title="Psych Central ADHD Post" target="_blank">psychcentral</a> / let us know what you think!</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/text-messaging-addiction-mental-illness-or-fu">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-939751417206469272?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-24677929212230979122010-04-08T10:01:00.001-07:002010-04-08T10:01:03.990-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/check-out-a-latest-blog-post-social-networks">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-2467792921223097912?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-40113769478353985692010-04-07T15:17:00.001-07:002010-04-07T15:17:14.025-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'> <div align="left">-Kathryn</div> <p /> <p /> <div align="left">Want to get our news?&nbsp; Subscribe to our newsletter by <a href="http://www.mood-factory.com/newsletter.html">clicking here.</a></div> <p /> <div align="left">1-866-353-MOOD (6663)</div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.mood-factory.com/">www.mood-factory.com</a></div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.ifred.org/">www.ifred.org</a></div> <p /> <div align="left"> <p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.goodshop.com/">www.GoodShop.com</a> is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause (iFred!)! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes &amp; Noble so please download the search bar and shop icon and choose iFred as your charity!</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">Go to <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodsearch.com" title="blocked::http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http://www.goodsearch.com"><span title="blocked::http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http://www.goodsearch.com" style="COLOR: #9933ff;">www.goodsearch.com</span></a> and be sure to enter <strong><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; COLOR: #9900ff;">iFred</span></b></strong> as the charity you want to support. Be sure to spread the word! </span></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/new-online-community-launched-join-today-help">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-4011376947835398569?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-46859742459460306542010-04-06T10:34:00.001-07:002010-04-06T10:34:46.572-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'> <div align="left">-Kathryn</div> <p /> <p /> <div align="left">Want to get our news?&nbsp; Subscribe to our newsletter by <a href="http://www.mood-factory.com/newsletter.html">clicking here.</a></div> <p /> <div align="left">1-866-353-MOOD (6663)</div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.mood-factory.com/">www.mood-factory.com</a></div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.ifred.org/">www.ifred.org</a></div> <p /> <div align="left"> <p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.goodshop.com/">www.GoodShop.com</a> is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause (iFred!)! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes &amp; Noble so please download the search bar and shop icon and choose iFred as your charity!</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">Go to <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodsearch.com" title="blocked::http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http://www.goodsearch.com"><span title="blocked::http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8767836&amp;msgid=175155&amp;act=9HM1&amp;c=217291&amp;admin=0&amp;destination=http://www.goodsearch.com" style="COLOR: #9933ff;">www.goodsearch.com</span></a> and be sure to enter <strong><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; COLOR: #9900ff;">iFred</span></b></strong> as the charity you want to support. Be sure to spread the word! </span></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/please-sign-our-petition-to-help-change-the-f">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-4685974245946030654?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-13499174704036393332010-04-06T10:00:00.001-07:002010-04-06T10:00:24.559-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>See <a href="http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd/" title="tres Response Explained" target="_blank">stress response explained. </a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/new-blog-post-on-psychcentral-am-i-really-a-s">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-1349917470403639333?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-61332106981851699122010-04-01T13:58:00.001-07:002010-04-01T13:58:15.132-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Be sure to check out our newsletter with all of the details!</p> <p><a href="http://community.icontact.com/p/wwwmoodfactory/newsletters/ifred/posts/5455220887849992514">http://community.icontact.com/p/wwwmoodfactory/newsletters/ifred/posts/545522...</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/celebrating-the-global-month-of-hope">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-6133210698185169912?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-59484092258826601662010-04-01T13:56:00.001-07:002010-04-01T13:56:37.612-07:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Be sure to check out our newsletter with all of the details!</p> <p><a href="http://community.icontact.com/p/wwwmoodfactory/newsletters/ifred/posts/5455220887849992514">http://community.icontact.com/p/wwwmoodfactory/newsletters/ifred/posts/545522...</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://ifred.posterous.com/celebrating-the-global-month-of-hope">iFred</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-5948409225882660166?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-31566524272719446492010-03-28T07:03:00.000-07:002010-03-28T07:12:54.936-07:00People often ask me why I fight so hard for this disease.&nbsp; Why I continue to work so much, even when it appears to be draining all of my energy and resources.&nbsp; Why I am not off doing what I love - traveling, running a business, having kids, and living like a normal person.<br /><br />They are right.&nbsp; Establishing a nonprofit might have cost me my for profit, something that I cared deeply, passionately about and gave up my life savings and then some to start.&nbsp; It has taken a tremendous amount of time and energy away from people I care about, and kept in front of me some things many have long wished to have put in the past.&nbsp; It has come between many living relationships, because most people do not understand why I would want to be constantly reminded of something that has caused me so much pain - something that caused my family so much pain and everyone would long wish to forget.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>&nbsp; <br />I don't like hurting people, and I certainly don't like causing people pain, probably furthest thing from it - I hate pain and I feel the pain of others with far too much realism.&nbsp; I don't like harassing people and trying to get them to believe in something they don't and donating to a cause they think is 'all in our head'.&nbsp; I don't like being associated with something that is so fundamentally sad, and bringing up something so personal and tragic, every day.&nbsp; I certainly don't like taking away from my business, and potentially ruining the one thing that made me so very proud.<br /><br />So as I am thinking about all of this and continually questioning myself, I happen to come upon a package, an envelope of memories long put away.&nbsp; It contains letters to me from a long time ago, when I was a young 19 year old girl who had just lost her father to depression.&nbsp; It also contains a personal note to me from my father, written before he died but received shortly thereafter.<br /><br />Now, you may not know, but I was very, very close to my dad.&nbsp; He was full of energy and brilliant and energetic and funny and generous and giving and treated me like a princess.&nbsp; He supported all of my events and encouraged me to work hard and rode me on his shoulders and liked to skip with me.&nbsp; He took me camping and taught me how to drive a car and what birthday celebrations were all about and the importance of integrity.&nbsp; He had this ability to make me feel like the most important person in the world and I loved him with all of my heart and then some.&nbsp; I would have done anything for him.<br /><br />He also had another side, an equally hurtful one that never really made sense to me.&nbsp; Anger that seemed to destroy all that he loved.&nbsp; It wasn't rational anger, it was something much deeper that he could never seem to control or get a grip on.&nbsp; For men, anger is often a manifestation of depression, an outwardly expression, and had we known then what we know now maybe things would have worked out differently. Unfortunately here we sit.<br /><br />So right before he died, he was in the hospital, and he talked to me at great lengths about his deep pain at losing his own father, and how he was told 'not to cry', to 'stand up like a man and take care of the family'. And how those emotions ate away at him through his life without him even being conscious of it.&nbsp; How the buried sadness turned turned to anger as a kind of defense mechanism. That when he got hurt he instantly got frustrated or angry.&nbsp; My dad's insight at this point was incredible and I could truly feel his pain.<br /><br />Yet what was even harder for him was he had buried this pain and fought hard to create the one thing that had caused him so much pain - a family.&nbsp; And because of burying this pain he had lost it. In retrospect it should have come as no surprise when he took his own life shortly after being released from the hospital, treatment had come too many years into the disease, much too late.&nbsp; <br /><br />So I was going through my notes I looked at the one from my dad, and it pretty sums up why I would risk my company's success, why I would continue pursuing justice for a cause so few understand. Why I would want to make it 'sexy', something people talk about, something cheerful and something branded with hope and happiness so that we get people diagnosed and in treatment at a young age.&nbsp; Why we need to stop focusing time and resources primarily on the outcome of untreated depression (addictions, eating disorders, abuse, etc.) and start learning why it happens, so we can avoid the detrimental consequences down the road.<br /><br />I have been where my dad was, but through the love of my family and the willingness to be open about it found hope.&nbsp; I was able to get treatment at a young age, and continue to get treatment, because I am a white woman with resources to do so (i.e. stigma is the lowest among white women, and treatment is expensive).&nbsp; And I understanding marketing and branding we can change the perception of depression, because it is treatable in up to 80% of cases if we could just talk about it and see the hope.<br /><br />I will share with you what my dad wrote to me, but I must also express my deep and profound gratitude at the hundreds of letters I received after my father's passing.&nbsp; The people that shared their love and their grief and their lack of understanding of such a difficult loss.&nbsp; One such note came from the CFO of <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">Wal</span>-Mart, Paul Carter, sharing his appreciation for my dad, his friendship, and his brilliant business insights. One from my friend Kirsten, who not only wrote me then, but continued to write me through the years offering encouragement, support, and hope as I navigated those tough channels of life.<br /><br />And I want to apologize to those I have hurt, not only because of depression but because of my continued pursuit to share what it is / has been to me and and my family and for bringing up the past.&nbsp; I unfortunately understand too well the pain my dad felt, but hope in the end the good I do reaches far and wide and prevents others from experiencing the same, I believe it already has and believe it will continue to do so.&nbsp; So I'm sorry it has been hard, and thank you for your continued support even those it has cost you.<br /><br />Through learning from our past pain may we pave the way to others a better future.<br /><br />My dad's final words to me, written on <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">a Valentine's</span> Day Card in February of 1990:<br /><br /><div><span class="999194703-28032010"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Kathy,</span></span></div><div></div><div><br /><span class="999194703-28032010"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">There is no way I can tell you how happy you have made me, how proud I am of you or just how much you mean to me.</span></span></div><div></div><div><br /><span class="999194703-28032010"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I hope and pray you will never experience the pain and unhappiness, the deep regret that I feel all the time.&nbsp; Please forgive me for the unhappiness I caused you, the family and your mother. How I could have ruined, messed up the most important thing in my life, my precious family, I will never know.&nbsp; </span></span></div><div></div><div><br /><span class="999194703-28032010"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I will always love you with all my heart and soul.</span></span></div><div></div><div><br /><span class="999194703-28032010"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Love,</span></span><br /></div><div></div><div><span class="999194703-28032010"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Dad</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-3156652427271944649?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-83976278225534469202010-02-25T09:49:00.000-08:002010-02-25T09:59:49.012-08:00As you have seen online, there are many, many online screening tools for depression and not all are equally reliable. One was found recently on WebMd - sponsored by a pharmaceutical company - that was incredibly misleading. If you think you may have depression, feel free to test out the free screening tools but don't jump to any conclusions - talk to your doctor!<br /><br /><a href="http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006801/webmds-depression-test-has-only-one">Read more about what happened on WebMD</a>.<br /><a href="http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10006801/webmds-depression-test-has-only-one"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-8397627822553446920?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-43922945586749144112010-02-10T17:40:00.000-08:002010-02-10T17:57:27.544-08:00<a href="http://www.russellbarkley.org/adhd-facts.htm#prevalence">http://www.russellbarkley.org/adhd-facts.htm#prevalence</a><br /><br />I found this article to be quite helpful on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">ADHD</span> (also ADD) and depression. I actually was not diagnosed with ADD until I was in my late 30's- how this diagnosis was missed I do not fully understand other than we simply just don't know a lot about the brain. And quite frankly, there are debates over whether or not diagnosing / labeling the patient is important and some therapists I have seen do not agree that it is a good thing. <br /><br />I guess I both hate and love the fact that we diagnose - hate it because it 'labels' us and there is so much about the brain we don't know - how can we really correctly understand how individuals specific brains malfunction and love it because it gives us a name / a start at treatment and a focus on how to get better.<br /><br />Back to ADD / <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">ADHD</span>, it can be quite disabling if not caught early as when we can't focus it freaks us out! How can we accomplish anything? So with constant failure and inability to focus we fail / beat ourselves up more / people put us down and the cycle continues. It is easy to understand how this can lead to a cycle of depression.<br /><br />I strongly suggest if you are in your late teens / early 20's and have <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">attention</span> / <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">impulsive</span> / addiction issues that you check out <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">ADHD</span> / ADD and see if it 'fits'. Talk to your doctors. Get help and learn ways that you can help yourself cope / get help.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-4392294558674914411?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-82775420707739322372010-02-10T17:29:00.000-08:002010-02-10T17:40:51.987-08:00Hormones play a significant role in our moods, and the fluctuation of these hormones can cause remarked shifts. I did not understand how profound this was for me until I was in my late 30's, and had I known earlier I think it would have saved me a lot of grief.<br /><br />I'm not quite sure how to explain it, but about a week before my period i get agitated, restless, upset, and NOTHING anyone says to me that is super close to me is right. Nothing. It is a change in my complete perception of reality, and it amazes me every month.<br /><br />I do a number of things to help this - and you can look online and try different options / see what works best for you. They could include therapy, meditation, exercise, medications, diuretic pills, vitamins, and more. I say read about it and explore - find out what works for you.<br /><br />The BEST advice I never got but wish I did - is write down when your period is every month regardless of if you think you have PMS or not and ride the wave. Watch yourself, your brain, your thoughts. See if you notice any different during the time leading up to your <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">menstrual</span> cycle.<br /><br />I have strong feelings of suicide during this time - for whatever reason everything gets terrible terrible terrible. I am not talking about this stinks, I am talking about a feeling deep in the pit of my stomach of dread that everything is wrong. My faith and hope seem to fly right out the window.<br /><br />But now instead of reacting to those thoughts (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">ok</span>, I am certainly not perfect) I experience them. Deeply. Feel these terrible feelings and try to stay away from any addictive / destructive behaviors during this time. I focus on just getting through it and caring for myself along the way - and while I haven't really been able to get rid of the feelings I HAVE learned how to ride them out.<br /><br />I wonder what my life would be like without them - I mean, it s a week out of the month! It is disabling at times. But I stop myself from thinking this and try to do something to get that energy out (i.e. write and exercise and paint) and by the time the period starts I wonder why <em>again</em> did I put myself through that mental misery - of course the world will not end.<br /><br />There is always hope and this too, shall pass.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder">http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-8277542070773932237?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-90795270451913793992009-10-29T10:13:00.000-07:002009-10-29T12:26:51.970-07:00<div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/SunNvqcY-BI/AAAAAAAAABA/ocOjyK9Ysos/s1600-h/FieldofHopecloseup.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398071847111161874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/SunNvqcY-BI/AAAAAAAAABA/ocOjyK9Ysos/s320/FieldofHopecloseup.JPG" /></a>The Field of Hope this year has been one adventure after another. It is amazing it was brought to bloom and rather ironic as well. There were adventures along the way, challenges, obstacles, yet here we sit with the flowers in full bloom.<br /><div><div></div><div>What is most ironic to me is as the flowers are blooming, I am losing one of the most important people that have ever come into my life, Paul. Paul is on the advisory board of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">iFred</span> and is one of those people that just epitomizes a good person - and everything a person should commit to be. He doesn't drink, smoke, has solid faith, exercises, is genuinely kind, does not judge and loves with all his heart. He is the kind of person I think everyone should aspire to be. So to me in many ways this blooming is bittersweet as he was a big reason the field was able to happen.<br /></div><div>I've been writing a poem about who he and what he meant to me and everyone else to help express my love for this great man and ease my pain. But the reality is nothing hurts more than the loss of a dear friend, a major life event and one that is known to trigger depressive episodes. There are three things that make you <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">susceptible</span> to depression / trigger an episode; abuse in childhood, genetics, and traumatic life events (death of a loved one being on top). </div><br /><div>So with my history of depression, while I am happy of the blooming I must think of how I will cope. So I am working to feel and experience the pain and loss, as opposed to escaping, as while escaping might be nice in the short term I know through in the long term it will only hurt me. And I will use my creativity to bring forth beautiful things to express my feelings - art, poetry, music, song, and love. I am recognizing my vulnerability and making sure to eat well, sleep, exercise, pray, surround myself with those I love and be good to myself. And I will keep Paul and his family close to my heart and rejoice in what the field is bringing to others.<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/SunoRKHJk7I/AAAAAAAAABQ/zCn3lW5181U/s1600-h/dantaylor.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 122px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398101009850012594" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/SunoRKHJk7I/AAAAAAAAABQ/zCn3lW5181U/s320/dantaylor.jpg" /></a>Dan Taylor managed the field, and we couldn't have been luckier, as he is the one that made sure it came to fruition as there were many times along the way it was questionable. We had major issues first with flood, which pretty much never happens in Accra (figures!). Dan was there through the night when the flood came and helped drain the field after and salvaged the flowers he could. He managed to get additional flowers donated to cover the ones we lost, and got donations of fertilizer to make sure the ones that made it actually survived.</div><br /><div>When we ran out of money for the project he continued to support it and see it through to the end. He did not give up. He gave his own time and money as he believed it was a field and project much greater than him, symbolic that we should not give up in times of despair no matter what road blocks may lie ahead. Something that anyone experiencing depression always needs to remember. </div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/SunpR0bJO6I/AAAAAAAAABg/-wTEgx7y558/s1600-h/FOHbottom.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 326px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 132px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398102120719793058" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/SunpR0bJO6I/AAAAAAAAABg/-wTEgx7y558/s320/FOHbottom.jpg" /></a>The field brought together so many in Accra, so many that would not have otherwise spoken of depression or mental illness. The Field of Hope was non controversial - a beautiful project and intrigued people enough to discuss it. And once they found out what it was for, it seemed many had stories to tell. They slipped in the night to help how they could, donating items - a miracle in and of itself.</div><br /><br /><div>In Accra, Ghana and throughout Africa I learned that people with any type of me<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/Suno3EiOU1I/AAAAAAAAABY/REuQyFJexyQ/s1600-h/sufferinginghana.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 241px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398101661187986258" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/Suno3EiOU1I/AAAAAAAAABY/REuQyFJexyQ/s320/sufferinginghana.jpg" /></a>ntal issue - they are treated as if they have 'demonic spirits' in them. That is what most believe there. The individuals are chained to trees and made to fast in the hot sun - so as to rid them of these so called 'spirits' - stripped of rights and subjected to mental, physical and sexual abuse.</div><br /><div>Why everyone can not accept that problems with the brain are no different than problems with the heart, lung, or kidney is completely baffling. Depression is a treatable disease, yet people are needlessly suffering and dying because it is feared. Even in the U.S. - we just recently established Mental Health Parity laws - laws that basically say that people with mental issues should be given the same treatment as those with physical issues (while of course we have to start somewhere, is it really true progress?).</div><br /><div>People in the mental health field are very excited about that, and while it is a good thing I wonder how it is possible that so much money, time and effort was spent making this happen when we could have used it treating those effected. The brain is not a 'special organ' detached from the rest of our body, in fact it is the most complex organ in the human body and it connects and influences everything we do - it would seem a no-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">brainer</span> that we treat it as the gem that it is and do all we can to keep it healthy. Just getting the brain now included in our insurance plans seems archaic to me, again I am glad it happened just wish we were further along.</div><br /><div>As I look back at the first photo of the field, I reflect on how much it looks and feels like depression in many ways. Muddy, dirty, blah, unattractive, stagnant, colorless (well, brown), sick, unworthy.... those are some things that come to mind. And then I think about all of the issues with the field but saw how people continued watering it, allowing sunlight, and providing nutrients, nurture, faith, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">commitment</span>.</div><br /><div>And I look at where we ended - a beautiful, proud, yellow, joyful upright sunflower facing the sun. They even look proud to me. Just as someone might look if they had managed their depression successfully after a hard stretch. For those who don't know - it is such an amazing sight to see.</div><br /><div>The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030 depression is going to be the #1 cause of death and disability worldwide - and do you know why? Because people are afraid of acknowledging it. It amazes me each and every day that depression is up to 80% treatable, yet less than 25% are getting treatment in the U.S. alone (2% in Ghana) due to stigma and lack of funding (most <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">likely</span> due to stigma).</div><br /><div>We could prevent so many problems if we paid attention and showed acceptance. Why we don't, in the 21st century, I just can not understand. But maybe, just maybe, by reading this you will see someone with depression differently in the future - you will understand they may be dark and murky, but with love, nurturing, nutrients, sunshine and care they will come out of it brighter than ever. You will give them love and hope and support and encouragement through their dark times. </div><br /><div>To all of those that worked tirelessly on the Field this year thank you. We are planting a seed towards acceptance and while it may not be understood now I have faith it will in the years to come. And I want to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">especially</span> thank Paul and his family for their constant support for something that they may not fully understand or personally experience, but continue to encourage with an open heart and mind.</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-9079527045191379399?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-49535953929632335262009-10-28T09:03:00.000-07:002009-10-28T09:05:45.682-07:00For those of you that don't know what we are trying to do - watch this video as it will help. We may change the month to April - if you have thoughts let us know!<br />Also please be sure to join our cause on facebook - and tell your family and friends!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LirTh9CMA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LirTh9CMA</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-4953595392963233526?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-89926353415981222412009-10-28T08:40:00.000-07:002009-10-28T08:58:55.935-07:00What a fantastic article about how laughter helps our minds. Be sure to share with friends! Also please give us YOUR ideas on how to incorporate laughter into our lives!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm">http://www.helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-8992635341598122241?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-50774877435253883452009-10-28T07:40:00.000-07:002009-10-28T07:46:51.485-07:00David sent me his book, and I just loved it. I really resonated with one particular poem, and wanted to share. You can learn more of his extraordinary story and work at <a href="http://www.achildunheard.com/">www.achildunheard.com</a>.<br /><br />The Adventurer<br /><br />Shining a light<br />Down within<br />Understanding the<br />Depths of emotion<br />Never understood<br />Or explained<br /><br />Allowing someone close<br />To help heal these pains<br />A mind can't<br />Think its way through<br />A darkness<br />Hiding a great sadness<br /><br />Detached from<br />This pain<br />An inner world<br />Without love and<br />Compassion<br />Makes reality<br />So painful<br /><br />The adventurer<br />Within<br />With courage and<br />Strength<br />Fights for our life<br />So the esteem<br />Of one's self can grow<br /><br />Only by sharing<br />This pain<br />Can understanding<br />Be understood<br />When one has<br />Lived in flight<br />All of one's life<br /><br />-D.J. Russell<br /><a href="http://www.achildunheard.com/">www.achildunheard.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-5077487743525388345?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-6712419585716887392009-10-14T10:29:00.000-07:002009-10-14T10:31:04.673-07:00Why aren't we requiring that children have exercise FIRST THING every morning? It should be the first event of the day - and maybe 15 minutes after lunch.<br /><br />Fit children may have less stress, longer attention spans, better memories and be more prepared to learn, according to recent research. Struggling students who took a physical-education class prior to an algebra class improved their test scores by 20.4%, compared with 3.9% for other students, according to data from an Illinois high school. <a href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/qbvksOpOhXgsoFCibSzxCicNVZny?format=standard">Edutopia </a>magazine (6/2009)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-671241958571688739?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-59205344506029628542009-10-08T06:18:00.001-07:002009-10-08T06:18:59.404-07:00Today is FREE depression screening day! Check out www.depression.org / the calendar to find out where you can get screened. Tell your loved ones and share the word. Depression is up to 80% treatable, yet less than 25% in the U.S. are getting treat...ment. Let's change this!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-5920534450602962854?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-62164539967198909372009-08-20T14:55:00.000-07:002009-08-20T15:01:23.105-07:00I am thrilled to be speaking this year at the Global Mental Health Summit in Athens, Greece on September 2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span>. It is being put on by the Global Mental Health Movement - anyone can join so please sign on to <a href="http://www.globalmentalhealth.org/">www.globalmentalhealth.org</a> and join the movement to fight for Mental Health worldwide.<br /><br />Our field in Ghana, Africa has woken me up to the troubling situation worldwide. People with mental health disabilities are getting mistreated globally, yet little is being done about it. Many countries think that people are possessed by spirits and demons if they have a mental health affliction - so they are tied to trees and made to fast and their human rights are taken away.<br /><br />The U.S. was there not too long ago. We can not let these people suffer in silence. We must join together and fight for all those who can not fight for themselves.<br /><br />Please join the movement at <a href="http://www.globalmentalhealth.org/">www.globalmentalhealth.org</a>. I will be speaking at the summit about <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">rebranding</span> depression and some initiatives <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">iFred</span> is taking to do just that - <a href="http://www.brightenourworld.com/">www.brightenourworld.com</a> and <a href="http://www.thefieldofhope.org/">www.thefieldofhope.org</a> and <a href="http://www.ifred.org/rebrandingdepression">www.ifred.org/rebrandingdepression</a>. We hope to get more organizations, government and media focusing on the positive effects of treatment (and that yes, it is a medical disease not something 'in the head') as opposed to the symptoms and despair of depression.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-6216453996719890937?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-5543405015285526082009-07-15T11:22:00.000-07:002009-07-15T11:25:40.978-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/Sl4eprzu0tI/AAAAAAAAAAw/09qWfXUaN1Y/s1600-h/SignandDan7_14.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358754308100641490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VceZYLMzHYI/Sl4eprzu0tI/AAAAAAAAAAw/09qWfXUaN1Y/s320/SignandDan7_14.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Dan saved our Field of Hope! </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Please plant a seed in honor of someone you love today, and watch it as we see the flowers grow through October. Help us bring hope to depression.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>To get the full story, become a fan on facebook:</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/causes/101854/16660838?m=46f73889">http://apps.facebook.com/causes/101854/16660838?m=46f73889</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-554340501528552608?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-72758404949629509092009-06-22T09:11:00.000-07:002009-06-22T09:14:49.070-07:00We are planting our Field of Hope in Accra, Ghana this year. You can visit it at <a href="http://www.thefieldofhope.org/">www.thefieldofhope.org</a>. We are bringing awareness worldwide awareness to depression, and working to raise money for the disease. Plant a seed in honor of someone you love or have lost to depression.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-7275840494962950909?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-69493893913609916842009-06-03T12:31:00.000-07:002009-06-03T12:35:27.524-07:00I think it is fabulous when men come out and talk about depression, and how getting treatment has helped them. I met Terry Bradshaw not too long ago, he was fantastic and it was amazing to hear how much he struggled even during the football seasons. He perservered and is now working hard to help other men deal.<br /><br />CNN today featured Zack Greinke's about his depression and anxiety disorder - and opennness that has helped other ballplayers work through similar issues in a positive way (as opposed to turning to drugs, alcohol, women as forms of escape).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-6949389391360991684?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-27818526613768330792009-05-20T08:33:00.000-07:002009-05-20T09:13:16.381-07:00AP just put this report out, and they had all kinds of reasons why we are lagging behind in the sciences.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iPYxOht7gGvisvgOhza5kVBJTzYgD988T7282">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iPYxOht7gGvisvgOhza5kVBJTzYgD988T7282</a><br /><br />It is interesting, because I just attended a conference about the arts and music / brain development, and there has been some evidence that if we immerse children in music and the arts they do better on tests.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dana.org/news/publications/detail.aspx?id=10752">http://www.dana.org/news/publications/detail.aspx?id=10752</a><br /><br />Is it just a coincidence that with the last eight years of budget cuts of the arts we are now doing worse in the sciences? Forget all the various tightly controlled studies, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">le'ts</span> take a macro perspective and look at the trends.<br /><br />One thing we fail to study or look at in terms of correlation, is the effect the arts have on our children's self-esteem. Are we increasing the likelihood of depression as we take out these art classes from schools? We know that arts and music are a fabulous form of creative express, and when done properly can have a great <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">therapuetic</span> benefit and build confidence.<br /><br />I wonder why people making decisions on curriculum / where to cut budgets don't see this research and consider the overall affect and training creative arts (music, drawing, etc.) has on the brain, not just from an educational sense but from an emotional too.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-2781852661376833079?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632787309277753269.post-34854631849713427462009-05-08T04:31:00.000-07:002009-05-20T09:20:07.353-07:00I woke up today really extraordinarily sad, and I could find no reason. A few <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">days</span> ago I was fine. But today I have this gnawing, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">unrelenting</span> despair that makes me wonder if there is such as a thing as depression and hope.<br /><br />I then read the article on Ex-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nascar</span></span> driver Kevin <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Grubb</span></span>, found dead today of an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">apparent</span> self-inflicted gun wound. Maybe that is where my pain is from, I don't know. A sense of foreboding, forewarning. Every day in the news I read about it and it reminds me of my own struggles and family losses, the pain that so many around the world feel on a daily basis that can find no relief from, do not get treatment for, and see no way out of...<br /><br />Somehow, though, the pain inspires me and lifts me. I know the reason so many are in pain is that we do not understand the brain - how it works, what feeds it, what makes it function correctly, and how it gets 'out of whack', for a lack of a better choice of words. And once out of whack, the spiralling can take place unless something is done to stop it.<br /><br />And what we do not understand, we often fear, which only makes the suffering worse.<br /><br />I believe my calling is to take depression away from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">loneliness</span>, despair and sorrow - to a place where we use our pain towards something productive. In my worst of days I can write in bed, I can use my brain to bring something creative and wonderful from my angst. It is from some of my most worst and trying times that I come up with my most creative thoughts and solutions.<br /><br />So I celebrate this Month - Mental Health <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Awareness</span> Month - what I call, and encourage many to start doing, the Global Month of Hope. We are planting a field of sunflowers in Ghana, Africa to raise money and awareness for depression around the world. We don't understand what causes depression and how to cure it, but that does not mean we can't.<br /><br />The sunflower was chosen as a special symbol for many reasons. You can read more on <a href="http://www.depression.org/">http://www.depression.org/</a> or <a href="http://www.thefieldofhope.org/">http://www.thefieldofhope.org/</a>.<br /><br />My heart goes out to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Grubb</span></span> family. To the family of David <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kellermann</span></span>, who was acting CFO of Freddie Mac when he saw no way out. And my heart mourns all of the work lost by these fantastic people, folks who never saw their true potential and whose families lost out on a life filled with their angelic presence because of their own personal struggle with unbearable pain.<br /><br />I believe a day will come when there are no suicides. We will understand the brain wiring better and will come up with treatments that are effective, just as we are doing for heart disease, cancer, and other serious diseases. The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, yet we have done so very little to understand how to treat brain imbalances, merely touching the tip of the iceberg.<br /><br />What I know is every day that I feel like this I give thanks and try to do something that I know will make a difference in the lives of others, and that is what I will do today. Not perfectly, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">unfortunately</span> some people will not be happy with the way I do it, but I will do the best I can and the best I know how and have peace with that.<br /><br />All of my love goes out to those struggling with this disease, or who are helping family members cope, and my prayers to all for brighter days. On days you all feel like this, I suggest planting a seed, simply caring for yourself, or doing something for someone else. Better days will always come.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4632787309277753269-3485463184971342746?l=ifredorg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>iFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11627579862272126560noreply@blogger.com1