The Face of Depression, Long Version

The Face of Depression, Long Version

The test worked. Peter Gabriel allows his songs to be used on YouTube, so I went ahead and made the long version of the video.A doctor wrote during Suicide Awareness Month to reach out to people, that it will be hard for them to hide it on the phone and even harder...
What is Depression?

What is Depression?

What is clinical depression like? As humans, we try to understand somebody based upon our own experiences. We can try to emphasize with someone struggling with the illness that is depression by basing it upon own experiences with depression, like the death of a loved...
Let Them Eat Cake?

Let Them Eat Cake?

Special introduction: I couldn’t sleep tonight but know exactly why. What’s the saying? “Things happen for a reason. Sometimes, the reason is because you are stupid.” I knew I shouldn’t have had that late night cup of coffee! But I did, can’t sleep, so finished up the...

The Mental Health Triangle

I explore an idea I had based upon the production triangle and applied to mental health. It offers insights into my personal journey, and where I screwed up. The three sides of the triangle are psychiatry (meds), psychology (therapy) and self-help. TMI? Yeah, but...
Podcast!

Podcast!

Now had did this happen? Instead of a normal blog post, I’m seeing a podcast post thingie. Me vs my website: still a work in progress. I’m STILL searching for a title for the podcast. “Let’s Get Named About Mental Health!” ???? But this...

Into the Darkness

Yes, I have been procrastinating. You would too. A couple years ago, a friend, a psychiatrist, told me to step away from this project. But it is time. I had a funny conversation with another friend a few years back. For some reason, she always imagined me as the...
Into the Deep End

Into the Deep End

Special intro that I will be taking out once I post this. If you are on my email list, you get this automatically. I think. I am wrestling with the email thingie so really have no idea. I am writing again, redoing my website, refocusing it and I’ll be adding...

Breaking the Yellow Tape

This is my final battle ground. I know the names of my demons. I know their features, their smell, their habits and hiding places. I know their attack patterns. This one, though, I do not know. And it has stalked me all of my life. Recent events had me move my office...