Depression Archives | Damon Silas

The Psychology of a Protest

June 1, 2020 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

Let me paint you a little picture… Imagine you have a child. Actually 4. For some, that may not be hard to do. For the rest of you, bear with me. And then your oldest child was murdered by a complete stranger. Then imagine that, just by chance, another complete stranger murdered your second child, […]

Filed Under: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, General, Justice, Legal System, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, blm, Depression, justice, legal, Mental Health, protest, PTSD, trauma

What’s your New Year’s ACTION Plan?

December 29, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

I have a question to ask you if you don’t mind. I’m just curious what your New Year’s Resolution…ahem…ACTION Plan is? You see, we all have resolutions at this time of year. I get it. This is the time when we start thinking about what we want to accomplish in the New Year. It’s […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Natural Healing, New Year's Resolution Tagged With: Action plan, anxiety, clarity, Depression, growth, meditation, Mental Health, Mental wellness, mindfulness, Motivation, natural healing, New Year, nowness, Psychology, Self-Help, spirituality, Unstuck

Happy Independence Day! Here’s Your Chance to Win Personal Freedom!

July 4, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

In honor of Independence Day (and the 2-year anniversary of the release of my first book, From Mourning To Knight: Overcoming Loss), I’m doing a book giveaway! Enter now for your chance to win a FREE signed copy of my book. And the more you like and share, the more chances you have […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Mental Health, Natural Healing, PTSD, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Mental wellness, Motivation, Psychology, Self-Help, Stuck, trauma, Unstuck

The psychology of separating children from their parents

June 30, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

We as mental health clinicians are mandated reporters. That means we must report when someone or something is unsafe for a client, and most importantly, a child. So I have a duty to warn. My duty in this case is to warn against the atrocities that are occurring in this country right now. There […]

Filed Under: Abuse/Neglect, Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, immigration, Mental Health, Parenting, PTSD, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, children, Depression, immigrants, immigration, Psychology, PTSD, resilience, system, trauma

Reflections on the Justice System Through the Eyes of a Client

June 28, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

I’m speechless. I feel helpless. What do I do? I’ve been working with this client for the better half of a year, and never did I think it would come to this. Never did he think it would come to this. But he was always cautiously optimistic. Perhaps I should’ve been too. Despite all of […]

Filed Under: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Justice, Legal System, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma Tagged With: Depression, justice, legal, Mental Health, PTSD, system, trauma