Next week is Thanksgiving and before we know it we'll be bracing ourselves for Christmas and Saturnalia. For three years running, the holidays have represented an extreme challenge to me. Around this time in 2007, in a sharepost here, I observed:Life doesn’t come with a trouble-free warranty. A year ago exactly, I was stuffing my personal... Read more
This is the season in which we are reminded to count our blessings. But a lot of us are in no position to think that way. This can be a very painful time of the year for our population. Question:
How are you holding up?
Please feel free to fill us in on what you are doing to cope.
In my most recent Question of the Week, I asked:Andrew Solomon in his book, "The Noonday Demon," observes that depressions are like snowflakes, no two are alike. Everyone of us has a different experience of depression, a different story. Question:If you had to describe your depression in 15 seconds to the person riding the elevator with you, how... Read more
Andrew Solomon in his book, "The NoonDay Demon," observes that depressions are like snowflakes, no two are alike. Everyone of us has a different experience of depression, a different story. Question:
If you had to describe your depression in 15 seconds to the person riding the elevator with you, how would you describe it?
Please... Read more
One of the tragedies of our illness is how it rips apart our families. Check out the various posts and questions and comments from readers on this site and you will find all the proof you need. From a family member's perspective, it's as if the mother ship abducted their precious loved one and substituted him or her with an alien impostor.... Read more