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Apr.15.2011
Whether or not one believes the choices this family made in Zoe Carter’s memoir, Imperfect Endings, are right or wrong, Carter is an undeniably powerful writer, who has an easy way with words on a complex, but timely issue. She has taken the difficult, to say the least, subject of life and death...
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Apr.06.2011
New blog entry about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how to prevent it. PTSD is plaguing more and more veterans, as well as other people. And this new entry delves into some things that people can to do prevent themselves or friends/family members from getting PTSD.
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Apr.05.2011
For years, in the middle of the night, I have heard the shrill groan of train whistles and caught my breath.
I don’t believe in ghosts. Yet, I am haunted.
When I was no more than ten-years-old, my brother told me a chilling tale about train whistles that I have not forgotten.
It was probably a...
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Apr.04.2011
Today in the paper there was an article about teen suicide on America's Indian reservations. Suicide happens 3-8 times the national norm on the reservations. One of the boys we worked with in a youth radio project had a girlfriend kill herself just two weeks before the camp.
I've spent a great...
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Mar.28.2011
She died today 70 years ago. The suicide note to her husband shows how much Virginia Woolf valued life; the breakdowns were punctuation marks: - - - Dearest,
I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another one of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this...
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Mar.15.2011
After a whirlwind 24-hours in New York City to promote my book and attend an award ceremony, I arrived at my sister Sarah’s farmhouse in Northern Vermont ready to relax and enjoy the deep piles of New England snow.
Straight out of a Vermont Life calendar, Sarah’s house is a gorgeous...
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Mar.10.2011
Woke up to green tea. And green grass. On which three bodies had fallen. The newspaper’s image was without them. Bodiless grass. Malad, Mumbai. A 31-year-old threw her son down from the 19th floor. Then her daughter. They were seven and nine years old. She flung herself after that. Dead on...
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Mar.08.2011
New blog entry up about how Yoga can help veterans with PTSD:
http://masscasualties.com/2011/03/how-yoga-can-help-soldiers-with-ptsd-part-33/
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Mar.06.2011
Part two of my three part series on Yoga. Learn how to Use Yoga in Your Every Day Life.
http://masscasualties.com/2011/03/how-to-incorporate-yoga-into-your-daily-life-part-23/
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Mar.04.2011
This is the second half of a two-part blog on surviving severe depression.Previous highlights were: get rid of all weapons, get a crisis number and use it, and find some passive occupation that can take up hours of your time; something you can do instead of brooding. The previous installment ended...
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