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  1. Harre

    British Sikh Report On Mental Health 2018: Thoughts And Critique

    Please read the latest report on British Sikhs and Mental Health: http://www.britishsikhreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/British-Sikh-Report-2018.pdf It would be great to discuss this report, how it represents sikhi and spiritual perspectives on mental health and depression. What does...
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    Walking To The Edge - An Essay On Suicide, Depression, Disappoinments

    Walking To The Edge Of The Precipice … And Back: An Essay On Suicide EK ONG KAAR KAUR For months, I have been meditating on how to write this essay. The matters I want to address require tremendous sensitivity when putting thoughts and feelings into words. The topic challenges our emotional...
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    Does Guru Granth Sahib Describe Depression?

    Does Guru Granth Sahib describe depression?
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    Depressed And Lonely

    Hi, I'm 25 from UK and live with family. I don't have a close relationship with my dad, brother or dads wife. I only talk to my grandma but she only speaks Punjabi. After university I lost contact with friends and family wasn't the best either. After my mom died 10 years ago my dad didn't make...
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    Fighting With The Demons Inside Me

    "We stopped checking for monsters under our beds when we realized they were inside us" -Charles Darwin I used to think it was just one of those non-sense quotes but then I realized its actually true. My parents say I don't care any for myself. I am starting to have an aged look on my face even...
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    Since When Did We Sikhs Start Getting Depressed, Anxious , OCD And A Host Of Other Mental Illnesses

    I thought we were a kaum that believed and practised the spirit of 'chardi kala' (rising energy, perhaps mystically referring to the rise of coiled kundalini energy along the spine as it usually happens with advanced spiritual stages) We saw the worst of days under the mughals and the british...
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    Death Is A Sorrow But So Is Birth Isn't It ? Jamman-maran Is A Dukh!

    I don't know how many 25 yr olds feel in a situation like mine : broke, hurt, wounded, suffering from self-pity , depression, low self-esteem , unemployment , .... It seems like many of them are enjoying their life to the fullest. But now that I feel I am seeing what seems like ' life for...
  8. S

    How To Keep Myself Calm And Not Restless Till I Get My First Job ?

    can you please help me feel positive ? I would be grateful to you. I am 25 yr old male. I don't have any job. I am a fresher in my field - IT. I did my graduation in 2010. I enrolled for masters in 2011 . But I could never complete it as by then I had realized I was gay but couldn't tell my...
  9. Gyani Jarnail Singh

    Malaysia Cops Say Pengerang Family Deaths Due To Depression, Not RAPID

    Cops say Pengerang family deaths due to depression, not RAPID By Mohd Farhan Darwis January 03, 2013 http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/cops-say-pengerang-family-deaths-due-to-depression-not-rapid/ KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 – Depression and not the pressures of losing their...
  10. Archived_Member16

    SciTech Girls Who Are Bullied Are At Risk For Substance Use Through Depression

      Girls Who Are Bullied Are at Risk for Substance Use Through Depression ScienceDaily (Jan. 19, 2011) — Both boys and girls who are victims of bullying, including bullying through e-mail and the internet, are at elevated risk for depression. However, according to a new study, adolescent girls...
  11. spnadmin

    Life In Illegality - When Depression, Anxiety And Alcoholism Become Norms (Part 1)

    by Rajiv Kunwar (The following write-up is based on my original Master’s thesis titled “Undocumented migrants’ access to health care in Germany: Limitations and strategies”. This article is the first in a series. The rest will be in the Immigration section.) Ninety percent of...
  12. Tejwant Singh

    Why Anti-Depressants Don't Work For Treating Depression

    Why Anti-Depressants Don't Work for Treating Depression Mark Hyman, MD: Why Antidepressants Don't Work for Treating Depression Here's some depressing recent medical news: Antidepressants don't work. What's even more depressing is that the pharmaceutical industry and...
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    Lord Why This Depression Anxiety Etc?

    Let Me answer your question straight with a simple example You have caught a hot iron rod with your hand and you are weeping You are asking Me to remove the heat from the rod and give you happiness For this you are constantly praying the Lord to use His special power. I have to laugh at this...
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    What Is The Reason For All This Misery, Depression And Tensions? How To Remove Them

    Let Me answer your question straight with a simple example You have caught a hot iron rod with your hand and you are weeping You are asking Me to remove the heat from the rod and give you happiness For this you are constantly praying the Lord to use His special power. I have to laugh at this...
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