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Alternative and complementary medicine does not work from the disease model. Instead, you can view depression as being out of balance, separated from your life force. This alternative view (which is thought to be rooted in Eastern philosophy, particularly Buddhism) holds that the overreaction of your mind to stresses, both real and imagined, drains your energy and causes the separation. The unremitting stress of parenting a special child, even after you recover from the shock, can leave even the strongest of parents emotionally wiped out, with their last watt of energy focused on their child. ...more
Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children
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