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These are understood best when read in order as
they build on each other: |
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Part 1: When a
Handshake Isn't Enough: How to Help the Grieving, Depressed, or Traumatized Man
... how to help that man |
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Part 2:
One Man's Journey through Grief, Depression, and
Trauma
... how that man can help himself; based on my own journey |
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Part 3:
Music to Calm the Beasts of Grief, Depression, and Trauma |
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Part 4:
Life
After the Storms of Grief, Depression, and Trauma |
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Part 5:
To the Wives of the Grieving, Depressed, and Traumatized Men ...
written in a spirit of love and gentleness; it needs to be read in
that same spirit! It is so taboo in our culture to tell a woman
she can improve, and an even bigger taboo to tell her how. I
risked serious social censure and wrote this article on how a
women can help make or break their man and his depression, and I applaud
Meridian Magazine for the courage to print it.
Men en masse have
written to say: "I wish my wife had read this before we were
divorced..."
One woman wrote:
"I showed this article to a friend of mine who has
lots of hard experiences being dominated by all the men in her
life, and she said that any woman who read this and thought it
was wrong needs to spend more time in the temple! She liked how
kind your writing was." This, dear Sisters, was my goal. |
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Many readers caught on very quickly that the principles
being discussed applied to women as well, but I wrote about Men and for
Men as they are such a forgotten crowd when speaking on this subject.
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See
Also: 2001 Boy's Ranch Address: "Remission from Depression" |
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Poetry and Lyrics on
Depression |
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"DO NOT DESPAIR" ... an
ENSIGN editorial by President Ezra Taft Benson (takes you to
LDS.org) |
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"Armed with Light
to Fight Despair"... Church News article worth reading |
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Related Social Issues: |
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-- Charity Verses Self-Reliance: And the Winner Is...?
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Bless You, Mister
Fearing, for Your Faith, Courage, and Strength |
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