INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 6, 1990

 

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College workshop provides reasons to live

Are you fed up with your life?
Is getting out of bed in the morning
an almost impossible task? Are you
lost in a fog of depression?

If the answer is yes, you are not
alone.

We all feel like we are in a rut
once in a while, says psychologist

 

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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
ORIENTATION FOR STAFF

If you are a support staff employee and you are interested in learning
more about Performance Evaluation for Support Staff at Douglas College,
plan to attend one of the following information sessions:

Tuesday, March 13 — 0900 to 1200
Boardroom (Royal Avenue), or
Thursday, March 15 — 0900 to 1200
Boardroom (Royal Avenue)
No pre-registration is required for the above sessions; however, if you

require further information, contact Marian Exmann in Personnel and
Labour Relations (local 5338).

CHALLENGE ‘90

Interested in hiring a student for the summer?

Challenge ‘90 applications are now available in the Student Placement
Office. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 9, 1990.

Contact Patty Lewis (5105) or Connie Hamre (5101) for additional in-
formation.

LAST CHANCE FOR ARPILLERAS

This is your last chance to see the Arpilleras: Tapestris from Chile exhibit
in the Theatre Foyer and Library Foyer Gallery. The exhibit is open Mon-
day - Thursday 9-9 and Friday and Saturday 9-5 until March 9.

BOOKSTORE SALE COMING
Starts March 12!

BOOKSTORE CLOSURE

Please be advised that the bookstore will be closed for inventory on
March 29 and 30.

THANKS TO FACULTY/STAFF

The Bookstore staff would like to thank the faculty and staff for not
signing out merchandise during the fall rush. Your help was appreciated. @

Gwen Gilliland. For some people, a
feeling of hopelessness dominates
their lives, and they begin to think
their lives are worthless. "They are
at the end of their rope, and may
want to end it all."

But there is a way out. In a one-
day workshop called Feeling Fed Up
on March 31st, Gilliland explores
what causes feelings of hopeless-
ness and despair. Participants are
shown the path back toward feel-
ing that life is worth living. The
workshop explores available op-
tions and looks at specific life pat-
terns people might want to change.

The course defines the illness
and its symptoms, then looks at
methods of eliminating our self-
defeating "blues."

‘Women with pre-schoolers
quite often feel fed up, says Gil-
liland. "They are just getting worn
out, and don’t see any way out of
their dilemma."

Gilliland says many people be-
come depressed for reasons beyond
their control, such as bio-chemical
makeup, or heredity. For the
severely depressed, drug therapy
may be effective in reducing or
eliminating a feeling of hopeless-
ness initially, so the victim can bet-
ter cope with the outside causes of
depression.

The goal of the workshop is to
give people hope, and convince
them that there are ways to
diminish depression or feelings of
worthlessness, says Gilliland.

The workshop, Feeling Fed Up,
runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Satur-
day, March 31st at the College. Call
527-5472 to register. @

 

Correction

In the February 27, 1990
issue of Inside Douglas College,
p-2, Joan Wenman was identified
as Chief Librarian. She is Collec-

tions Librarian.