The recent news has been filled with the images of grieving parents who now are living with one of the most horrific events that can occur in a family.  Last week I read that actor Andrew Koenig, the 41-year-old son of actor Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekhov on Start Trek,  committed suicide in Vancouver, BC.  The former child actor, who starred on the show Growing Pains long suffered from depression.  Earlier this week it was reported that Michael Blosil, the son of Marie Osmond, committed suicide‎ by leaping to his death.  The news has been tragic.

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Recently a young 22 year old woman came into the office for a free consultation for depression.  She sat down in the office with the therapist and began to cry, those tears became sobs of pain.  She said, “I don’t want to hate myself anymore!”  She then began to relate her many disappointments and hurts.

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Many communities around the holidays have crisis people available throughout the holidays. People that find themselves in a severe depression over the holiday season can always call a crisis line. You can call one of the phone services, be it the cable company or Quest and an operator can hook you right up to those crisis lines.

Note: I’m not talking about just suicidal. Crisis lines handle a lot more than just suicidal calls during the holidays. Read the rest of this entry »