chronic depression

My Mothers Narcissistic Reaction to my Book Idea

Posted: March 07, 2011 Under: Mother Daughter By Darlene Ouimet 134 Comments

Several years ago, I excitedly told my Mother over the phone that I was going to write a book about my process of recovery from chronic depression and dissociative identity disorder. She reacted with strange sort of hesitation. She didn’t ask any questions; she didn’t actually acknowledge this information at all. I was used to … Continue reading "My Mothers Narcissistic Reaction to my Book Idea"

Keys to Living in the Present (the password is “the past”)

Posted: January 13, 2011 Under: Therapy By Darlene Ouimet 68 Comments

In order to live in the present I had to be willing to actually LOOK at what I was running from. I had to ask myself ~ why did I disconnect and dissociate. Why did I use food for comfort? Why did I go to bed for days on end? I had to ask myself what I was afraid of feeling. I had to become aware of my survival methods and look at where they came from; what they developed as a result of ~ and guess what??? All those questions led me back to the past.

The Beginning of Emotional Recovery

Posted: November 03, 2010 Under: Depression By Darlene Ouimet 39 Comments

When I accomplished something I was told in so many ways that it didn’t matter, it was no big deal, or the credit was given to someone else. This was a big part of my continuing depressions; that I was just so “nothing” and that I didn’t count. I was used to it. Although in … Continue reading "The Beginning of Emotional Recovery"

Going Forward; Looking Back ~ Emotional Healing Process

Posted: October 18, 2010 Under: Freedom & Wholeness By Darlene Ouimet 17 Comments

In the recovery process of emotional healing and overcoming abuse I created a lot of images in my mind that helped me to look at things in different ways. Sometimes I dreamed of images, and sometimes they just came to me. One of the readers on the facebook page for emerging from broken wrote “and … Continue reading "Going Forward; Looking Back ~ Emotional Healing Process"

Overcoming Depression ~ Getting Past the Pain

Posted: September 12, 2010 Under: Depression By Darlene Ouimet 13 Comments

I got a comment the other day from Cassie and it has been haunting me ever since so today I am going to answer one of the questions in her comment. Cassie wrote an in depth and pain filled comment about being stuck in depression and feeling guilty about not being fulfilled as a Mom. … Continue reading "Overcoming Depression ~ Getting Past the Pain"

Depression and Identity Crisis

Posted: August 29, 2010 Under: Depression By Darlene Ouimet 24 Comments

I was stuck for so long believing that if my family could just see me for who I really am, that I could BE who I really am. This was a lie that kept me down for many years. Because “they” my family taught me who I was; because they had defined me and I … Continue reading "Depression and Identity Crisis"

Mother Daughter Relationship Lies

Posted: July 28, 2010 Under: Mother Daughter By Darlene Ouimet 25 Comments

I was SO excited to tell my Mom my big news. She wasn’t impressed at all. She wanted to know why he asked me. She wondered (out loud) if I was having an affair with him. Something snapped in me. Ever since I was 6 she had communicated to me in various ways that the only thing that I was good for was sex or something to do with sex.

Groomed to Doubt through Spiritual Abuse

Posted: June 26, 2010 Under: Depression By Carla Dippel 66 Comments

“Are you sure?…” As children we have a childlike faith. It just is. Faith that our parents are always right and acting in our best interest. Faith that we can take things at face value and learn to operate in this world based on the feedback we get from the prominent people in our lives. … Continue reading "Groomed to Doubt through Spiritual Abuse"

Cutting Ropes and Sailing Free

Posted: June 14, 2010 Under: Depression By Carla Dippel 11 Comments

I’ve been working my way through a depression over the last few weeks. Maybe “underneath” is a better word… Sometimes the journey to freedom feels easy and the truth is crystal clear. Risks don’t feel so risky. There is a strong pull forward. It somehow feels simple to make decisions based on what I know is true. … Continue reading "Cutting Ropes and Sailing Free"

Pain in the Process of Recovery

Posted: May 11, 2010 Under: Freedom & Wholeness By Carla Dippel 18 Comments

“And a woman spoke, saying, ‘Tell us of Pain.’ And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain….” ~ Kahlil Gibran We are learning to struggle well. … Continue reading "Pain in the Process of Recovery"

Emerging from Broken

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