Depression, Prizes & Buy Nothing!

-- Quote of the Day --

“…It (Chronic Depression) can be very difficult to recognize if you don’t know what to look for. Depression is basically a long period of feeling hopeless with extreme sadness and despair. Chronic Depression also comes in many forms - as insomnia; people with chronic depression are preoccupied with thoughts or feelings of guilt or regret and many times self-hatred. In my case I had very poor self-confidence and poor concentration and memory as well as the anxiety that started out in me grew into a depressed state. …As far as children, I find it interesting that… depressed children often display an irritable rather than a depressed mood. And this is often not noticed until many years later. …For me my anxiety level rose so high it inhibited my ability to concentrate and this was what then sent me into clinical depression.”
~ Tom Riddell Oct 20, 2009

Today's quote of the day originates from a Conscious Discussions Talk Radio interview that aired on Oct 20, 2009 with Tom Riddell titled: Overcoming Chronic Depression. To access the full interview simply click on the hyper-link here or look to the right side of this site to find links to recently aired Conscious Discussions Talk Radio episodes.

-- Prize Draw Reminder --

Just a quick reminder everyone - our contest for this last week ends at 6 PM this evening, Sunday November 22nd - and the winners will be announced tomorrow morning on this blog. Enter now, or before 6 PM today, for a chance to win prizes including: e-book - Towards Understanding (www.brummet.ca/towards.html) & ...Tom Riddell's nonfiction book: Pieces of My Path (www.tomriddell.com)

To enter the draw all you need to do is:

Email me at: ldbrummet @ yahoo . com (remove spaces before sending) with the word "prize" in the subject line.

-- Conscious Celebrations --

On November 23rd, this upcoming Monday, we celebrate Buy Nothing Day (North America) and on the 24th we also celebrate International Buy Nothing Day - both of these holidays were set aside to help people become more conscious of their consumerism & taking another look at their spending habits. *Some areas may combine these two holidays into one day, the 25th of November.

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