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hopeworkscommunity
hopeworkscommunity
Nov 21, 2016 · 5 min read

On the death of unhappiness

Is there a difference between unhappiness and depression? As human experience becomes increasingly medicalized is there a time when it is okay to be unhappy or must it always be the symptom of a greater malady? Has anyone ever been to a therapist and been diagnosed as simply being unhappy?

hopeworkscommunity
hopeworkscommunity
Nov 21, 2016 · 1 min read

On diagnosis:

You are not the things

You are called

No matter how frequently

you are called them,

Or who calls

Or why they call.

hopeworkscommunity
hopeworkscommunity
Dec 12, 2015 · 3 min read

From Hopeworks Community

There is a frightening cry in this country to address the crisis in gun violence in this country by protecting us from the dangers of “the seriously mentally ill” despite widespread knowledge that there is no such danger. Recent tragedies have brought that cry to a roar. The consensus is that nothing…

hopeworkscommunity
hopeworkscommunity
Dec 12, 2015 · 2 min read

Hafrada is a Hebrew word. It is a word for seperation and withdrawal. It refers to the Israeli policy of seperating the Israeli population from the Palestinian population by means of a big wall. We also have our walls. If actions speak louder than words then our actions say we believe in Hafrada. We believe in it every day.