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STORY OF A SURVIVOR | DEPRESSION EPISODE 2

STORY OF A SURVIVOR |DEPRESSION (John Folk-Williams) Story of a survivor | pirevolution "You look happy, but you don't feel happy. That's what depression does to you." I was amazed to learn the full scope of depression and how pervasive it could be throughout the mind and body. I finally had a coherent, comprehensive picture of what depression was.  https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression That was a big step because I could at last imagine the possibility of getting better. I could see that I wasn’t worthless by nature, that there were reasons my mind had trouble focusing and that the frequent slowdown in my speech and thinking was also rooted in this illness. Perhaps the right treatment could bring about fundamental changes after all. Depression There were still traps ahead, though. I became obsessed with the idea of depression as a brain disease. I studied all the forms of depression, the neurobiology and endless research ...

A GREAT STORY

A GREAT STORY | ONE GOOD DEED | MOTIVATION A great story  “There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place ” - J.K Rowling. Every  Saturday morning, I take a light jog around a park near my home. There's  a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see a particular  young man sitting at the water's edge with a small metal cage beside him. https://www.marcandangel.com/about/ This Saturday,  my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and walked  over to him and as I approached him I realised that the metal cage was infact a small trap. There in were four unharmed  turtles, slowly  walking  around  the base of the trap. He had a fifth turtle on his lap that he was carefully scrubbing with a spongy brush.   "Hello",  I said "I see you here every Saturday morning. If you don't  mind my nosiness , i'd love to know what you're  doing with these turt...