What's So Funny About Mental Illness

Published on Oct 10, 2012
Diseases of the body garner sympathy, says comedian Ruby Wax -- except those of the brain. Why is that? With dazzling energy and humor, Wax, diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us to put an end to the stigma of
mental illness.

The Voices in My Head ~ Eleanor Longden ~ TED Talks

Published on Aug 8, 2013
1:40 PM 12/19/15


To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking. Initially innocuous, these internal narrators
became increasingly antagonistic and dictatorial, turning her life into a living nightmare. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, hospitalized, drugged, Longden was discarded by a system that didn't know how to help her.



A Tale of Mental Illness ~ schizophrenia

TED  Published on Jul 2, 2012
Is it okay if I totally trash your office?" It's a question Elyn Saks once asked her
doctor, and it wasn't a joke.

A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her
own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present. In
this powerful talk, she asks us to see people with mental illness clearly, honestly
and compassionately.

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If God Exists

DjW



Wesley - Saull - Kerr - The unresolved question.

Wesley - Saull - Kerr ...   The unresolved question.

January 1, 2014  -   12:42AM

Some insight of his life [Wesley] is found here.
(Don Wesley 1933)

Why do I wear his name, is still a mystery to me.
My Mother was a "Kerr" and my Dad was a
"Saull". ?!

Don and my Father - One year old -1934.

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My search for answers is more vigorous now.
If you find anything please contact me  -  donwesley1933@live.com

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John Wesley (17 June 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an Anglican cleric and Christian theologian.

Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley,
as founding the Methodist movement which began
when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield.

 



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THE LORD'S PRAYER as a beautiful song - by NORA AUNOR

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