About this Blog
The purpose of this blog and the accompanying art pieces is to help myself and others find a productive path forward through the haze and maze of the dual illness, Depression/Anxiety. My qualifications to be sharing my ever-evolving management plan for coping with this disease with others rest on the fact that I have been lucky enough to have excellent medical insurance. My insurance has given me unfettered access to top-notch mental health professionals and the latest techniques being used to help people with our disease. Because I have been so fortunate in this regard, I feel a strong desire — and need — to share what I have learned. In sharing, I help to reinforce my own understanding, as well as providing insights that will hopefully help others as much as they have has helped me.
The Blog in Book Form
In order to make the contents of this blog more easily available, both to my fellow sufferers as well as to those professionals and lay people, including family members, who are concerned about how people can deal with chronic Depression/Anxiety, I have made it available in book form, both as an e-book, as well as in a printed version. You can order either or both versions by using the links below.
Recent Posts
Each blog post has an accompanying piece of original art. These pieces of my art are meant to be a my visual interpretation of the emotions I am expressing in the blog post.
Blog Post Categories
12 Steps | Addictions | Anti-Depressives & Effects | Anxiety | Depression
Electro Shock Treatment | Holidays | Medical Care | Phobias | Suicide
Traveling with Anxiety
I just went on a three week trip to Japan and South Korea. For six weeks before I left I was…
Expecting A Miracle…
I have recently heard a “miracle” described as a “change in perception”. My daily job as…
Anxiety Driven by a Phobia is Dangerous
Recently I contracted a bladder infection that can be easily taken care by antibiotics. However…
It’s the Holidays Again!
It’s the Monday before Thanksgiving and I feel really, really anxious. My family is coming and…
Suicide – There are Alternatives
Suicide is in the air…celebrities and people closer to home are going down that road. But there…
Self Compassion
One of the best ways to counter feelings of shame, guilt and inadequatcy stemming from…
Anxiety Run Amok
My long term (32 years) Dr retired last month and while I expected some reaction I have been…
A Dialogue
Recently my dr of 32 years retired and I have had a strong reaction to his departure. For the last…
A 12 Step Practice To Counter “Stinking Thinking” of Anxiety/Depression (Mental Illness)
Perhaps the most devastating results of suffering from anxiety/depression is the false…
An Anxiety Version of Groundhog Day
Every morning I wake up and feel seriously anxious. I take my anti-anxiety drug to calm…
Death’s Aftermath
Recently two people close to me died suddenly. Given my depression/anxiety mental…
Today is an anxietying day…
There are always things to point to in a given day or days that worsen anxiety. I tend to…
Monsters Traveling on the Anxiety Bus
Clinical Anxiety is a wide ranging disease. In dealing with it on a daily basis I tell myself each…
Weakening an Anxiety Attack
I recently experiencing an anxiety trigging event, a hospital visit. From prior experience…
Expecting a Different Result
Beyond the the illness Depression/Anxiety I also suffer from post traumatic syndrome…
Anxiety Hurts
Anxiety hunts me down like a dog wherever I am in my life. Today, it feels like it is in full…
Self Compassion
The gift I denied myself this year is Compassion. I feel plenty sorry for myself for…
Alien for a Day
Between the holidays, my worry about my own family’s health and the fact that a person who…
