Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Category: Living Room (page 37 of 42)

Do coping strategies help?

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  52  (March 11, 2007) Thank God, I did pull out of that two-week down time! I was so worried it was the beginning of something big, but it was just another little blip. At times like this, I wonder though: how much of my surfacing back to the stable old me was […]

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Waiting patiently

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  51  (March 6, 2007) First of all, I want to tell you I’m not doing badly. Not good, but not badly either. In my last post I raised the topic of waiting – waiting for depression to lift. Although I love the Bible and try to live by it, it does in […]

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Depression yet again…really?

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  50  (March 3, 2007) When everything is going well, as it usually does for me nowadays, it’s hard to believe that I could ever become depressed again. Yet, it can happen, and does happen. And here I am, depressed again. Signs began appearing a couple weeks ago. I was easily moved to […]

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Getting too busy?

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  49  (February 27, 2007) Although I’m not hypomanic, I have gotten myself into an awful lot of projects and work lately. I wonder why I always do that? Even when my mood is normal I like to take on a lot of stuff. Last week I suggested a fundraiser cookbook for my […]

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I hit the front page!

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  48  (February 23, 2007) This morning I couldn’t believe it when I opened the paper I saw that my photo ended up on the front page – big! Inside are two full pages with information about depression…and another photo of me – rather unflattering, but I guess a good description of what […]

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Gotta talk to someone

 LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  47  (February 22, 2007) I’ll be glad when today is over and I can sleep and wake to a new day. Tomorrow will be a busy one: a Living Room day. I’m looking forward to it. Our discussion will be about the value of suffering. My pastor calls pain the gift no […]

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Roller coaster excitement

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  46   (February 21, 2007) Yesterday was another great day. The Vancouver Sun photographer came to take my picture. To my surprise, he wanted more than a head and shoulder shot. He decided to take me to the roller coaster nearby and photographed me at the base of it. For a while I […]

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An interview

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  45  (February 16, 2007) Yesterday I got a call from the Mood Disorder Association asking if I would do an interview with a columnist from the Vancouver Sun. Would I ever! Of course I agreed. An author will accept any opportunity to have her name made public and I love every opportunity […]

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Feeding and being fed

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  44  (February 14, 2007) My last post and the discussion that followed has led me to this one: If we are to give, if we are to feed others, we ourselves need to be fed. If we are to listen to others, we also need to have someone listen to us. If […]

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Battle against self-centeredness

LIVING ROOM MEMORIES  43  (February 9, 2007) At Living Room today we had some interesting discussion. One thing that had the most impact on me was when someone said how she feels best during depression when she can get away from thinking about herself. When she tries to reach out and show an interest in […]

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