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Calling All Mental Health Warriors!

19 Apr 202119 Apr 2021
Have you ever wanted to talk about your depression--but didn't know how? Would you be interested in having your story published in a resource that would encourage people just like…
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Descriptions of Prescriptions

19 Apr 202119 Apr 2021
The first antidepressant I was prescribed had no physical side effects. I took it every morning and went on my merry, bleary way. I'm now four weeks into a new…
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Popping Pills and Getting Unstuck

29 Mar 202129 Mar 2021
One of the weird assumptions about depression is that it makes you feel sad. Like you just sit in a silent puddle of tears all day long. "Oh, it's just…
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Coming Soon: A Book That Listens

22 Mar 2021
Exciting news! Some of you may know that I began writing a book about depression, roughly 7-8 years ago. Then I had kids, dot dot dot. I still have kids,…
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Momentum

20 Mar 202120 Mar 2021
I promise this blog won't be entirely devoted to my musings about depression, but for right now let's keep this momentum going. I have been inspired and encouraged these past…
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Chutes and Ladders, Anyone?

19 Mar 202120 Mar 2021
When I was very little, my mom fished out a game I came to know as "Shoots and Ladders." I didn't understand the "shoots" part for awhile, until I learned…
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How Do I Tell You I’m Drowning

18 Mar 202120 Mar 2021
I'm able to write this because, at the present moment, I am not drowning. But last month I was. And I couldn't say anything because I didn't know how. I…
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Depression Isn’t Sexy

11 Mar 202120 Mar 2021
I didn't realize it was a thing. Romanticizing the darkness, like it's a melancholy melody of minor chords swirling like black glitter around you in some fantasy dream. Being seduced…
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A Diagram of Depression

1 Dec 20201 Dec 2020
The paralysis of paranoia Knowing what you should be doing Is what you’re not doing And you’re not actually doing much of anything How do you put into words all…
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Of Sundays and Scribbles

23 Nov 202023 Nov 2020
Sundays are becoming my favorite. I've started a new tradition on Sundays where I take a nap after lunch and take a Facebook fast for the day. It is ah-mazing.…

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