A quote by Gabrielle Roth

When we lose a relational home it’s not pathological to slide into melancholia. It’s normal. Neuropsychologist Mark Solms interprets Dr. Panksepp’s findings by suggesting that the lifeless, lethargic apathy of depression is nature’s way of slowing us down so we can’t move away too quickly from the source of our sustenance. You might think of your f

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Have you actually had the courage to slow down and bravely look at the foundations of your life?

And have you assessed what is rotten there, what may be causing the depression and listlessness and chasing?

And have you gone deeper to see that underneath THAT foundation, there is a further, vastly larger rotting foundation that is our culture?

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The circumstances of the world shift without explanation or warning. Why do some of us meet difficulty with despair and others do so with fortitude? Who can comfort us when we are scared? Whom do we gather around us when darkness descends and the trees fall? What if a tragedy in a person’s life cannot be so plainly seen by others? What if it cannot

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“All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.”

At the time Switters had disputed her assertion. Even at seventeen, he was aware that depression could have chemical causes.

“The key word here is roots,” Maestra had countered. “The roots of depression. For most people, self-awareness ... See more