I didn’t see a therapist. I found other tools that worked for me. This is my own experience. I am not suggesting that this is for everyone. Back in 1996 I was depressing and my doctor did what he was trained to do. He asked me all the appropriate questions, including if all was well with friends, work and husband. The good and the bad is that my doctor didn’t prescribe medicine lightly. Sometimes meds are not needed, sometimes it is a tool to help start the healing proc

I’m not saying that you should replace your doctor’s advice with this one simple step… I am saying that you can increase your health with one easy step: laughter. Have you ever noticed how laughter makes pain more bearable? Or how when you even fake a smile or laughter, it eventually becomes a real one? Laughter produces health benefits that are beneficial to our lives. Apparently, it event has a field of study named for it: gelotology. Gelotology: Wikipedia describes Gelot

Love and worthiness. – All humans have the same psychological and physiological needs. These basic needs are important for mental health. Think of someone who is in a nursing home suffering from dementia; the one who says she/he needs no one yet is going through panic attacks; or that human who lost a lifelong best friend and is suffering from depression. What do they have in common? Love and worthiness. 1 – Love: The need to love and be loved. From love ranging from frien