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Stress Awareness
Since 1992, April has been Stress Awareness Month. Who knew? Not me! It’s mind-numbing to think that as someone who lives with high levels of stress and its ugly symptoms, that I was unaware an...
View ArticleCancer, Depression and Suicide
In the past week, a friend's mother had her cancer come back, stage 4. My friend became depressed, and had brief thoughts of ending her own life. Another friend became very depressed and thought about...
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When Times Get Rough
Every so often, life gets to be too much. Over the past ten days, I felt like I was the protagonist in a horror movie on the run from a serial killer. There’s always the last ten minutes of the film...
View ArticleYou're Okay, I'm Okay. Okay?
TV, Twitter, Facebook, Email, Radio, News Magazines, Newspapers. No matter how hard you try, you can’t escape news in today’s society.Surrounded with sensational, alarming world events, it’s easy to...
View ArticleA Fruitful Day
It’s no secret that when we’re going through a depressive episode, every little task seems monstrous. The glass that needs to be put in the dishwasher looks like it weighs 1,000 pounds and the walk to...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to Dread
It’s Monday, the day after Mother’s Day, and I’m looking at photos from yesterday’s meal with my family. In the past, usually a day or two prior to a planned gathering, I’d start to feel anxious. The...
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Here Comes the Rain Again
It’s Memorial Day weekend – already! How can that be? This year is going by at a rapid pace. They say that the older you get, the faster time goes by, and while that seems to be the case, when I’m not...
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In Reality...
"I just want to fit in." Living with depression can create an invisible barrier that makes us feel we can't connect with others. It then becomes too easy and tempting to isolate ourselves, thinking we...
View ArticleWhat a Difference a Talk Makes
I had an incredible phone-chat with one of my favorite people yesterday. He and I became fast friends a few years ago, and since then he’s come to know and understand me better than most. We don’t live...
View ArticleHow Does Your Garden Grow?
My plants are not well. The beautiful color of the flowers, the smell of the herbs, the green of the leaves and young tomatoes look wilted, possibly dying. I know why: there has been too much rain,...
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Yoga: A Cure for Depression?
I have been deveoping a yoga practice for almost one month. I have to say, that I can't get enough of it. The physical benefits are tremendous, but the mental benefits are even better.After a long...
View ArticleAc-cept-ance: noun
1. The act of taking or receiving something offered. Depression was not offered to me as an option. It will be there whether I choose/want to receive it or not....
View ArticleTake Charge of Your Thoughts
“Nothing in life is to be feared.It is only to be understood.” --Marie CurieThis past week I had an opportunity to reinforce one of life’s greatest lessons. You see, I was...
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This is the Moment - Right Now
One of the common facets of depression is feeling overwhelmed. Each person, with or without a mental illness, has their own threshold for how much they can deal with on any given day. So much depends...
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Anger Management 101
“I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have. I grow a tumor instead.” Woody AllenOver the long July 4th weekend, while staying indoors and retreating from the oppressive heat, I...
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Missing You
I’d been dreading last Wednesday for several months. It marked what would have been the 14th birthday of my dog Maya. Last year, on her 13th birthday, it was a bittersweet day – I made a little party...
View ArticleShould I Stay or Should I Go?
It’s been one hectic summer. The stress from my high-pressure work-life combined with navigating an exceptionally treacherous road of acute depression has left me with little time to relax. I make...
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Does Exercise Help Your Brain? You Bet
As little as a 20 minute walk everyday, will do the trick!
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