by Monty Self | May 21, 2021 | Opinion
Cases of anxiety and depression increased dramatically during the pandemic. Researchers with the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on April 30 that confirmed what previous studies had revealed: Cases of, and emergency department visits for,...
by Keith Herron | Nov 23, 2020 | Opinion
Prayer is an antidote to despair. Notice I didn’t suggest a promise about depression I can’t guarantee? Truthfully, prayer is not much of an antidote to depression because mostly it’s just not. Working with depression is a reminder of how chronic it can be and how...
by James Gordon | Oct 27, 2020 | Opinion
We’ve all had to find our own ways of coping with a restricted way of life while we co-exist with COVID-19. Apparently, lots of folk have been tuning in to Bob Ross, the American painter, instructor and television host on his own program, The Joy of Painting. It helps...
by Marion Aldridge | Oct 22, 2020 | Opinion
A recent anxiety attack caused me to reexamine my activities, as well as my in-activities, during the pandemic. Disaster response experts tell us the six-month mark after any natural catastrophe is called the “disillusionment phase.” That’s where we are currently,...
by Elizabeth Denham Thompson | Aug 31, 2020 | Opinion
“I have anxiety fatigue,” a clergy colleague commented with exhaustion in her voice. Everyone else in the Zoom meeting immediately identified, and stories of what was happening personally and professionally came spilling out. Threaded through it all was a despair over...
