Today, Andrew and I to visited @karenmorris (from Inscriptions Media), who works with Paul Boxall from The Printing Company. They are based in Sydney’s first ‘eco-friendly’ building at 23 Narabang Way, Belrose NSW. Support Karen and Paul had a conversation last week about one of the boys from Paul’s sons’ school, who recently committed suicide. [...]
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raz
who has written 8 posts for Riding4aCause.org.
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2010
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2010
Jun
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2010
Sponsors, planning, timing. It’s coming together!
One more milestone reached! Yesterday I rode to meet Peter Lucas from Kenma. What a pleasant experience! I merely popped in to say G’day, and meet our new sponsor… I left there with a BIG smile on my face, as well as a Ventura rack and bag; a tank bag, & 3 puncture repair kits. [...]
Apr
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2010
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Common Misdiagnosis – Alcohol or substance abuse
What You May Really Have: Depression Like many men, you may think it is not “manly” to express feeling and emotions, and instead you try to suppress them. In order to deny or ignore your feelings (especially ones associated with depression), you may turn to abusing alcohol or other substances to cope. Male depression is [...]
Mar
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2010
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Symptoms of Male Depression
Male Depression, as the name suggests relates to men only. However this type of depression is not something different from the normal depression term we are acquainted with. However, negligence on the part of men has made it a very grievous problem. Men tend to have the attitude that nothing can deter them and they [...]
Nov
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2009
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2009
The price of exposure…
I’ve been searching the web and the twitterverse for the phrase “Male Depression”. In my recent search I found a blogs www.depressionInMen.net – a new blog which started after the sudden suicide of the German Goalkeeper, on the 10/11/09 – Robert Enke. A couple of days ago I contacted the blogger – Carl Golin, and [...]
Nov
9
2009
9
2009
Getting through the red tape – or just understanding the rules of the game?
Image by Angus柒 via Flickr Things happen. We can’t change what has happened. The only thing we can do is to choose how to react to what has happened. So what happened? Nothing major, it just seems as if someone is there trying to block my light. My vision. Put spanners in my works. It [...]
Oct
29
2009
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2009
Male Depression: A Quiet Epidemic
It has been widely documented that there is a clear gender difference when it comes to being diagnosed with depression. Six million men and 12 million women in the U.S. each year meet the criteria for clinical depression. Various explanations for the 1:2 ratio of depressed men vs. women have been suggested. One possibility is [...]
Oct
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2009
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2009
Real Men Real Depression
An estimated six million men in the United States have a depressive disorder-major depression, dysthymia (chronic, less severe depression), or bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness) every year. (2004). The facts about men and depression. An estimated six million men in the United States have a depressive disorder-major depression, dysthymia (chronic, less severe depression), or bipolar disorder [...]
