Peter McWilliams
Peter McWilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams was an American self-help author who advocated for the legalization of marijuana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 August 1949
CountryUnited States of America
depression garden rocks
That's what depression had wrought inside me: one, vast, barren rock garden-without the garden
depression thinking people
There are many misconceptions about depression-mostly negative. Unfortunately, because depressed people think negatively about depression and its treatment, they don't get help, which allows the depression to worsen, which leads to more negative thinking, which produces a vicious cycle of suffering.
depression purpose enthusiasm
Depression is an illness that robs one of the meaning of life. Heal the illness. As the depression heals, enthusiasm, well-being, and a sense of life's purpose will return.
depression character trying
..Since depression is a genetic biological illness, like diabetes, or low thyroid, it wasn't lack of character, laziness, or something I could "snap out of"-it would be like trying to snap out of a toothache.
depression taken successful
The ongoing successful treatment of my depression is the single most important positive step I have taken in my life, hence my enthusiasm for the subject.
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..we are trained as children to get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, get children, get ahead. In all this getting we get something else: anxiety and depression.
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Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real writers persevere. The ones that don't either don't have enough fortitude and they probably wouldn't succeed anyway, or they fall in love with the glamour of writing as opposed to the writing of writing.
coming dream lies visualize
To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real -- a dream . To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies . Visual lies, however, have a way of coming true.
far powerful
You are far more powerful than you ever dreamed.
negative positive produce thoughts
Positive thoughts have positive results. Negative thoughts produce negative results.
ask learn people precisely worst
Learn to ask for what you want... The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for-which is precisely where you were before you asked.
motivation mistake may
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
clever memories people
People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.
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Negative thinking is always expensive -- dragging us down mentally, emotionally, and physically -- hence I refer to any indulgence in it as a luxury.