Giving Voice to Depression

The military veteran world is a culture to itself. While that provides connection on one level, it can cause feelings of disconnect on others. Dr. Michael McBride, a veteran and Veteran's Administration psychiatrist who treats and supports vets with some level of mental-health distress including PTSD and depression. In the first of a 2-part interview, we ask Dr. McBride if the pandemic has impacted his clients' mental health, and what veterans can do to protect themselves and manage their challenges.Next week we'll look at ways civilians, including family and friends can help the veterans in their lives.Thank you for your service and the sacrifices it required.Resource links: https://www.veteranscrisisline.nedt/https://www.military.com/benefits/veteran-benefits/be-there-for-veterans.htmlhttps://servingtogetherproject.org/https://www.facebook.com/RRHouseMHA/https://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

Living with a mental illness can be quite challenging. Living with and caring for someone with a condition like depression or bipolar disorder, especially a parent, can be "punishing."That's the word this week's guest, Michelle Dickinson, uses to describe being the child (and sometimes caretaker) of a mother with bipolar disorder. It's a candid conversation between two women who understand and experience the impact of growing up with unpredictability, confusion and fear.https://www.michelleedickinson.com/https://www.michelleedickinson.com/protecting-our-happy/https://breakingintomylife.com/https://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

We need all the help we can get to deal with the unrelenting blows of 2020. And Mindful Self Compassion offers tools that can help us. This bonus track is a 9-minute guided MSC practice, with Dr. Barbara Moser, a Mindful Self Compassion teacher, mental health and suicide-prevention advocate and retired physician. Feel free to download this so it's handy if/when you need it.https://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

2020 is testing us. Even the most resilient among us are feeling the strain. Our reserves are depleted. Mindful Self Compassion offers tools that can help us help ourselves; taking short, needed breaks to re-ground and re-frame, speaking to ourselves as we would a dear friend, and deep-breathing. Our guest, Dr. Barbara Moser, is a MSC teacher, a fierce mental health and suicide-prevention advocate, and a retired medical doctor. She talks about the times, how MSC can help, and then leads us through two practices, teaching us the simple, proven-effective techniques. It's 24 minutes that could make a lifetime of difference if the tools appeal to you.https://self-compassion.org/link to BONUS MSC Practice: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/bonus-track-a-brief-mindful-self-compassion-practiceLink to Barbara's first episode: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/mindfulness-and-self-compassion-for-these-stressful-timesLink to Barbara's MSC site: CompassionMKE.comhttps://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

In these upside-down and unpredictable times, it can feel like everything is out of our control. That makes tools like mindfulness and self compassion even more important since they are readily-accessible tools that can help us regulate and cope with difficult emotions. And when life finally settles (which it will!) these valuable tools will still be available in our self-care and depression-management toolboxes.Link to more information, exercises and research: self-compassion.org/Link to research on mindfulnessAmerican Mindfulness Research Association:goamra.org/resources/reviewsmeta-analysis/https://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

"How Are You?" It used to be almost a throw-away question, with the expected answer "fine." Not anymore.Between a deadly and lingering global pandemic, contentious and divided election season, civil unrest over systemic racism, job losses and the countless changes to our everyday routines, these are trying times. To put it mildly. Our guest this week, podcast listener Hobbs, says his emotions have never been more mercurial or closer to the surface. Can you relate?https://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

In just 21 minutes, you can sample more than a dozen recent episodes of the Giving Voice to Depression podcast. Interviews in this episode focus on mental health during the pandemic and others produced specifically for Suicide Prevention Month. If you're curious about a podcast on depression, whether it would "be depressing," etc. this is an easy way to sample. Thank you for listening. You are not alone. You DO matter. Depression lies.Links to full episodes: 146: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/could-covid-19-finally-destigmatize-mental-illnenss147: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/147-returning-to-work-saaire-salton148: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/148-mental-health-on-the-covid-frontline149: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/149-stigma-v-recovery-bipolar-disorder-pt1150: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/150-stigma-vs-recovery-bipolar-disorder-part2151: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/151-putting-the-breaks-on-a-racing-mind152: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/152-children-and-depression-susan-ringle153: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/153-how-the-lies-i-believed-lead-me-to-attempt-suicide-1154: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/suicide-prevention-month-compilation1155: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/suicide-prevention-month-compilation1156: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/156-a-plan-to-keep-you-well-and-safe157: https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/157-planning-for-a-possible-mental-health-crisishttps://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

We buy all kinds of insurance to protect ourselves. A Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is "emotional insurance." It can help us recognize when/why we are in A Good Place, warn us if/when we (or our minds) start to wander into Less-Good Places, and can protect us and give us some control in a mental-health crisisi. In this episode, Katrina Copple, an advanced-level WRAP facilitator, continues walking us through the process of making a personalized WRAP plan-- something we create when we're well, to speak to and for us when we are not.links: https://copelandcenter.com/https://mentalhealthrecovery.com/info-center/www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/WRAP.pdfhttps://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

Let's face it: Self-care is not always a priority. But for those of us living with mental-health challenges, NOT caring for ourselves can put us on a path toward possible crisis. There are daily actions we can take to nourish and center ourselves. And there are triggers we need to recognize and manage. We all have early warning signs that our "wellness" is being threatened. But do we know and heed them? Today's podcast is the first of a 2-part look at how to make a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) to guide you along the continuum of wellness to possible crisis. By making choices and spelling out a personalized plan when we are well, we can better manage and survive any times when we are not. WRAP Facilitator and CPS Katrina Copple is our guest. Program links: https://mentalhealthrecovery.com/https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/WRAP.pdfhttps://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/

If you are thinking that you don't matter, that you're a failure and a burden and that things will never get better- STOP. Take 21 minutes to listen to a group of people who have had those same thoughts. Some acted on them and lived to regret their attempts. Others came close. ALL are talking to you, offering the powerful message that things can and do get better. TRUST THEM, not depression.Links mentioned in podcast: Columbia Protocol Questionnaire: https://cssrs.columbia.edu/the-columbia-scale-c-ssrs/cssrs-for-families-friends-and-neighbors/Full episodes with the people featured:https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/113-things-can-and-do-get-betterhttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/114-im-glad-i-survived-jeannine-part-2https://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/a-suicide-attempt-survivors-story-of-hope-mark-henickhttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/if-you-see-something-say-somethinghttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/120-instant-regrethttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/123-i-didnt-know-what-to-dohttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/act-before-a-crisis-maintaining-mental-healthhttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/crisis-lines-save-lives-corinne-purtillhttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/black-mental-health-mattershttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/survivor-stevehttps://soundcloud.com/givingvoicetodepression/this-is-her-bravehttps://recovery.com/https://givingvoicetodepression.com/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/GivingVoiceToDepression/X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/VoiceDepressionTerry's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/givingvoicetodepression/