Hi Rosemary... true, however we live in th emedical model society
yet, and as such, i adhere to its precepts more so than to th emodel
of wellness, however, i know what you are hinting at....
peace and love

ed


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DoubleWinnersAndMore@yahoogroups.com, "rosemaryatbalancewanganui"
<rosemary@...> wrote:
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> hi all , we have to remember that bipolar disorder, along with
> depression and all related disorders don't have to be debilitating
> illnesses. with proper knowledge and information about our illness,
> our daily wellness plan, our triggers, and how we start to maintain
> control over our moods when we're reaching a crisis point, we can
> look forward to freedom in our daily living. we cannot let
ourselves
> cling to the medical model, and see ourselves not in the clinical
> sense, but for who we are. love, hell0kitty (rosemary)
>
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> --- In DoubleWinnersAndMore@yahoogroups.com, "Ed" <pocholo00@>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey...Glad to see you posting; unfortunatelly I dont have any
> figures
> > on this loss of productivity. It sure would be interesting to
know
> how
> > many dollars a year are lost in terms of productivity time as a
> result
> > of this illness, and then steer the healing practicians to aim
> > at "curing" the aliments into a productive set of workers that
> > contribute to the economic make up of our society, unfortunatelly
> the
> > model is still one of sickness and illness rather than a
> rehabilitative
> > one... What do you think?
> >
> >
> > --- In DoubleWinnersAndMore@yahoogroups.com, "Bear" <gentlebear@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > My understanding is that depressive illnesses take a HUGE toll
on
> > worker lost productivity and even impact the economy.
> > > Does anyone have any up-to-date numbers on this? How many
> billions
> > of dollars per year in lost productivity?
> > > Steve
> > >
> >
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