This blog is about another proactive coping skill. It has a well known, but opposing truism in team sports that all serious fans have heard: "sometimes the best defense is an even better offense." This coping skill embodies the flip side of that concept, i.e., that "sometimes the best offense is an even better... Read more
This blog is about a very basic coping mechanism that is easy to carry out and can make an enormous difference in terms of how long it takes you to get into recovery, as well as your prospects for staying there. Unfortunately, most people don't even think about it until it is too late to capture the required information. In my... Read more
This is a blog about another proactive coping skill that has helped me immeasurably over the years. It deals with refusing to let yourself become self-stigmatized.
How many people with schizophrenia have heard their psychiatrist, therapist or personal advocate [whether a family member or a treatment professional] say "You've... Read more
This is a blog about another proactive coping skill that has helped me immeasurably over the years.
I attended a class many years ago on how to improve my relationships with others. This is a story about what happened to one of my fellow students. I'll call her "Marg."
Marg was single, young (in her late... Read more
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