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    Is Taking Antidepressants Equivalent To Taking Illicit Drugs?

    Hi Jass.T, I will try to answer your questions because I know psychotropic drugs quite well. Maybe it will help you. 1.You are not addicted to those pills, you are just afraid to live without them. It is good that your are finally in psychotherapy, hopefully with someone who is an expert and...
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    News The Pope Said Something Very Powerful About The Sexual Abuse Of Children

    Pope Francis has said publicly a few times I think, "Pray for me because I most likely do not have long to live". He may know that he is threading on risky waters.
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    News The Pope Said Something Very Powerful About The Sexual Abuse Of Children

    Thanks for posting this! Pope Francis appears to be different from the others. His words carry compassion rather than just elegance. His encyclical about the Earth is simply amazing, full with love. However, as too many say the right things but do nothing, I understand one's anger at an...
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    Advice Please!!!

    Any change may trigger anxiety and thus active a protective mechanism against anxiety, such as derealization. Even a change in medication is a change; actually, a major one as it has the potential of creating a major upset. You may be concerned that your anxiety may come back in full force...
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    Compassion For Self And Vulnerability

    What a beautiful unfolding! I am happy for you. In my experience, self-blame/guilt is at times a necessary game we play to protect ourselves so we do not freak out at realizing how much we are in the mercy of fools, violent fools. Thus, we pretend that we are in control by imagining that the...
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