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Fuel for depression: I get paid when bad stuff happens
It’s 6:32 am and I just had an epiphany: I spend too much time thinking about what’s wrong. I’m a journalist so it goes without saying that that’s what I get paid to do. We write about what’s wrong....
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Four reasons to exercise when you have depression
Shortly before my depression snapped me in half, I went to a spin class at the gym. Of all the exercise I have done – and I have done a lot – spin is the most intense aerobic workouts. An hour of...
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How much sleep is enough/too much when you have depression
The first thing my psych-nurse practitioner said on my first visit during my last major depression was this: “First, we need to get you some sleep.” What? I expected her to say anti-depressants – at...
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Death and depression: Two questions you must ask
I am now in the midst of watching a loved one die – slowly. This is the third time I’ve been down this road. The first two deaths were my parents. Cancer ate them little by little and they died 16...
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Six rules I follow to avoid depression during the holidays
Yesterday, as I was sitting on the front porch I was smacked upside the head by a Hallmark moment. An SUV with license plates from another state pulled in the driveway of the family across the street....
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What to buy someone with depression for the holidays? Nothing.
I did not want to answer the door during my last major depression and I did not answer the phone. So, what gift do you give someone who is in this kind of depression? Consider nothing. There is nothing...
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Why are all the great Christmas classics about depression?
Ever notice that the great holiday classic are about depression? There’s George Bailey, the financially strapped father of a posse of rowdy kids in It’s a Wonderful Life. Then there’s Scrooge and the...
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4 reasons why addicts should not trust doctors
One Last month I went to the emergency room with tightness in my chest and shortness of breath. I answered a bunch of questions about my medical history, told them about my depression and bipolar, the...
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A recovered alcoholic asks: If I take antidepressants, am I still sober?
I am a recovered alcoholic. I also have bipolar II, which can manifest in depression. I am what they call “dual-diagnosed” – or “twice blessed” as those of us in recovery often quip. I was about 7...
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Is self-sufficiency making you depressed?
Sunday marked the 13th anniversary of my mother’s death. Sixteen months before she died, my father passed. Eight months after she died, my dog died. I loved my parents – and my dog – very much. But I...
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