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Oscars Incident Prompts #90SecondChallenge for #Hope #StressSkills

March 29, 2022 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Our First Key to Hope is identifying and managing the stress response. When we don’t proactively manage our stress response, triggers can cause us to react with violence, addiction, self-harm,Continue Reading

Filed Under: Addiction, Education, iFred, Mental Health, Youth Tagged With: #90SecondChallenge, fight, Five Keys to SHINE for Hope, flight, freeze, happiness habits, hope, Hope is teachable. hopelessness, manage stress response, or fawn, Oscars, Stress Skills, suicide prevention, teach hope

Texting and Addictions

August 29, 2010 By ifredorg 1 Comment

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd/2010/08/texting-and-adhd-a-major-problem-facing-youth-and-adults/ Posted via email from iFred

Filed Under: Addiction, iFred, Mental Health Tagged With: hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, suicide prevention, teach hope

How Our Brain is Wired for Addiction and Abuse, and Strategies for Defeating

August 19, 2010 By ifredorg 1 Comment

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd/2010/08/our-brain-is-hardwired-for-abuse-extra-challenging-for-those-with-adhd/ Posted via email from iFred

Filed Under: Addiction, Education, iFred, Mental Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: AND STRATEGIES FOR DEFEATING, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, HOW OUR BRAIN IS WIRED FOR ADDICTION AND ABUSE, suicide prevention, teach hope

Text messaging, addiction, mental illness, or fun? You tell me!

April 13, 2010 By ifredorg Leave a Comment

Check out the new blog entry on psychcentral / let us know what you think! Posted via web from iFred

Filed Under: Addiction, Depression, Education, Families, Health, Hope, Hopelessness, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Teens, Youth Tagged With: addiction, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, mental illness, suicide prevention, teach hope, Text messaging

ADHD and Depression

February 11, 2010 By ifredorg Leave a Comment

http://www.russellbarkley.org/adhd-facts.htm#prevalence I found this article to be quite helpful on ADHD (also ADD) and depression. I actually was not diagnosed with ADD until I was in my late 30’s- howContinue Reading

Filed Under: ADD, Addiction, ADHD, Depression, Health, Hopelessness, iFred, Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Tips and Tools Tagged With: hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, suicide prevention, teach hope

Matt

April 8, 2005 By Erin Leave a Comment

Hi i just heard you talk on WGN and decided to check out your site. I applaud you for putting drug related depression in your depression types! I started usingContinue Reading

Filed Under: Addiction, Children, Depression, Families, Gratitude, Grief, Health, Hope, Hope Stories, Hopelessness, iFred, Inspiration, Laughter, Mental Health, Suicide and Grief, Suicide Prevention, Teens, Wall For Hope, Youth Tagged With: drug related depression, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, suicide prevention, teach hope