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The bridge

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 The bridge  We all struggle with something in life. But, where do we start? The bridge of life we walk on. There are times in life when we are called to be bridges,  not a great monument spanning a distance and carrying  loads of heavy traffic, but a simple bridge to help one person  from here to there over some difficulty  such as pain, grief, loneliness, a bridge which opens the way for ongoing journey. When I become a bridge for another, I bring upon myself a blessing, for I escape from the small prison of self and exist for winder world, breaking out to be a larger being who can enter another's pain and  rejoice in another's triumph. I know of only one greater blessing in this life, and that is to allow someone else to be a bridge for me.  Which I have done for many years until I worked on myself to stand strong and face my fears in life. If you don't confront it with courage and walk on that bridge you won't grow as a person. I'm encouraging...

What are suicidal thoughts?

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  Thoughts of suicide can take many forms. No matter what you’re going through, help and support are available. Find away out of the dark hole. What are suicidal thoughts? Active thoughts of  suicide  involve clear and specific thoughts about suicide or plans to take your own life. I know from my own experience. Suicidal thoughts can also take a less-defined shape. Maybe you don’t have an actual plan to die, but you:  have frequent thoughts about death and dying have spent time thinking about ways to die believe you don’t deserve to keep living wish you could simply stop living Why seeking support can be challenging  Whether they’re passive or active, persistent thoughts about suicide and death can leave you feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, and unsure where to turn for support.  I have links for New Zealand people. Plus, talking about these thoughts can be tough. You may not know how to start sharing them with others.  But you might also worry about thei...

The bright side of life

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One very important component of being happy is to always have a positive outlook on life, no matter how hard things are. I myself went through a lot of negative experiences that could of made me take my life but I continue to live with a new perspective. Much like you can’t live a positive life with a negative mind, so you can’t be a happy person with negative thinking and a pessimistic outlook. There’s a very simple reason why. When you’re experiencing negative emotions, your creativity and thinking horizon contracts. You focus all your cognitive power on whining, bitching and feeling sorry for yourself, which a lot of people do and it not helpful. As a consequence, you become blind to opportunities and ideas that would take you a step further. You start blocking yourself and every day, you let negative thinking and emotions cloud your judgment and prevent you from seeing all the opportunities. When you have a negative outlook on life, you simply start lagging behind. There isn’t on...

My negative experience of antidepressants

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When I was 16 I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety, I also struggled with trauma after tragic loss of a sibling when I was 10 years old. I battled the life being a teenager who was bullied and didn't have a very good therapist to talk about my emotional pain I suffered from. Some how I found a way through my depression and the drugs of antidepressants did nothing just made me more suicidal than most people. So I stopped taking the drugs my mother had to fight for my rights to stop the drugs and found a way to over come my fears by learning self help tools from a book called heal your life by Louise Hay fantastic book! That's when my passion for life coaching started when I was 20 years old. I don't wish depression on anyone it is hard to get past the fears & doubts until you find support, hope is what helps you out of that negative hole. At the age of 30 I was sexually asulted by a man who I thought was my love but turned out to be a horrible nightmare. I was ...