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The Shocking Griefs and Potential Gift of Depression

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The Shocking Griefs and Potential Gift of Depression

This, I think, is the great gift of coming through a depression. Learning that life is much bigger than your perception is a gift. It can lead to being a little more humble, a little more hopeful, and little more open to learning about someone else’s perspective…it could make up for a blind spot in your own.

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A Son of Suicide

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A Son of Suicide

On a summer night in 1995, I came home to a message on my answering machine -- my father telling me my mother was threatening suicide. 

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