Difficulty sleeping. Inability to concentrate and a sense of powerlessness. Irritability and conflicts with family and friends. Increased alcohol or drug use. While everyone responds differently to stress and loss, health providers say these feelings have been widespread among Methow Valley residents as they grapple with the loss of three firefighters and two summers of destructive wildfires. These are …
mental health
Blue Christmas offers solace
Merriest season may also invoke grief, sadness, depression By Laurelle Walsh In the past year, you or someone you know has experienced separation and loss: children have left home; parents have passed away; marriages have dissolved and houses have burned down. Many carry around the weight of sorrow and pain every day. And while society […]
Community briefs: Aug. 13, 2014
This week: Info for landowners, Helping kids with stress, Firewise workshop on Saturday, Pancakes at the Grange, Benefit buffet at Twisp River Suites next Tuesday, Summer Festival in Tonasket and Check those gauges
High anxiety
By Ann McCreary
Are you feeling irritable, anxious, impatient, unfocused, distracted? Do you jump when you hear a helicopter? Does a gust of wind make you uneasy? If so, consider yourself perfectly normal. After …
