Just CARRY ON through the challenges

Songwriters: RUESS, NATHANIEL JOSEPH/DOST, ANDREW/ANTONOFF, JACK MICHAEL/BHASKER, JEFFREY

Carry on 

Well I woke up to the sound of silence 

The cars were cutting like knives in a fist fight 

And I found you with a bottle of wine 

Your head in the curtains 

And heart like the fourth of July 

You swore and said 

We are not 

We are not shining stars 

This I know 

I never said we are 

Though I've never been through hell like that 

I've closed enough windows 

To know you can never look back 

If you're lost and alone 

Or you're sinking like a stone 

Carry on 

May your past be the sound 

Of your feet upon the ground 

Carry on 

Carry on, carry on 

So I met up with some friends 

At the edge of the night 

At a bar off 75 

And we talked and talked 

About how our parents will die 

All our neighbours and wives 

But I like to think 

I can cheat it all 

To make up for the times I've been cheated on 

And it's nice to know 

When I was left for dead 

I was found and now I don't roam these streets 

I am not the ghost you want of me 

If you're lost and alone 

Or you're sinking like a stone 

Carry on 

May your past be the sound 

Of your feet upon the ground 

Carry on 

Woah 

My head is on fire 

But my legs are fine 

Cause after all they are mine 

Lay your clothes down on the floor 

Close the door 

Hold the phone 

Show me how 

No one's ever gonna stop us now 

Cause we are 

We are shining stars 

We are invincible 

We are who we are 

On our darkest day 

When we're miles away 

So we'll come 

We will find our way home 

If you're lost and alone 

Or you're sinking like a stone 

Carry on 

May your past be the sound 

Of your feet upon the ground 

Carry on 

Carry on, carry on

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Happiness & Its Causes 2013

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Positive Thoughts article

  

 link to original article at ADDCA website

Positive Thoughts are a Foundation to Flourishing

February 16 2012

Research conducted by Professor Barbara Fredrickson at The Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has indicated that positive emotions hold clear benefits for supporting the creation of a more flourishing life.One of the foundational pieces for creating a flourishing life is cultivating more positive thoughts and emotions, than negative ones, on daily basis. But how much more?

Professor Frederickson has conducted research focused on ratios of positive to negative thoughts and emotions. In 2005 Fredrickson and Losada published an article in American Psychologist to suggest that positivity ratios above about 3-to-1 and below about 11-to-1 are what humans need to flourish. Basically, it takes allot more work to overcome the negative thoughts whcih create stress on the health of our bodies and brains. To learn more about the wonderful work Barbara Fredrickson is doing go to: http://www.unc.edu/peplab/home.html

ADHD and common comorbid disorders

The prevalence of comorbidity with mental disorders is high.  The presence of one disorder can exacerbate another.  Of course, various factors need to be considered when diagnosing or treating disorders including heritability (family history) and other situational factors that can encourage the 'expression' of a particular disorder.  An example would be if a woman has a family history of diabetes.  She has several family members that suffer from diabetes, including her brother and both parents.  However, despite the genetic propensity for diabetes, she is the only family member that has not developed it thus far.  She believes it's because she lives a healthy lifestyle by working out daily, eating healthy, and managing her stress effectively.  Does this mean she will never develop diabetes?  No, she could still develop diabetes despite her efforts, but she is doing all she can to prevent the onset if possible.

In other words, we may influence the onset or severity of a heritable condition like depression through specific means such as diet, exercise, and cognitive training.  Do you think the same applies to ADHD or Asperger's syndrome?   ADHD and comorbidity.