2009 April | Depression On My Mind

I am worried about worrying about my depression

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

My mother - God love her - was a professional worrier. Brought up in an Irish-Catholic home in a small Wisconsin farm community, it was her way of showing that she loved us. The more you ...

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Remembering my depression

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Yesterday was my anniversary. I am not married and I was not celebrating another year of sobriety. April 27 is the anniversary of my last clinical depression. It was one of the worst days of my ...

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What time is it? NOW

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

There could not be a more beautiful morning. The sun is just barely up - no clouds in the sky. The temperature is perfect - you can sit quietly on a bench without feeling a chill ...

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The antidepressant that lives and loves

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Twenty-one polo ponies died here last Sunday. I do not know much about polo. But I do understand this: "These horses give you their all," said one of the world's top polo player. "They are like ...

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When you spend a lifetime trying to make other people happy, you forget what makes you happy. You convince yourself that making other people happy makes you happy. You become so consumed in making others ...

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Codependency: I am She as You are He as You are Me and We are All Together

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Where do I end and you begin? You could be a stranger and I would not know. Your problems are mine. Your consequences are my challenges. "I will take care of that." "You don't have to ...

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Rosalynn Carter: “Mental Illness: Myths and Realities,” Tonight LIVE

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter - also the first lady of mental health advocacy - will give the opening remarks tonight during a live ...

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Monday, Monotony and Depression

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Monday. 7 am. Time to jump back into the gerbil wheel. Sometimes it is the eternal monotony of doing the next right thing, putting one foot in front of the other that kills me. I am ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Psycho Donuts

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Did you hear about the new donut shop called Lou Gehrig Donuts? Come in early and two lovely nurses will feed you donuts while you sit helpless in a wheelchair. Offensive, right? Of ...

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Depression in a bottle

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Alcohol is a depressant. I wished someone had told me this when I was 14, when my drinking career began. Although at that age it wouldn't have meant anything to me. I was going to ...

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