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
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…
Self Compassion
The gift I denied myself this year is Compassion. I feel plenty sorry for myself for…
Merging
Right now I am not doing well. So it is back to the basics If I think of depression as an illness, I can…
Randomness
Depression/Anxiety is a random disease. It is frightening because in reality I have done nothing…
Shame/Guilt before Trauma
I am in a traumatic situation. I have a sick newborn granddaughter who has been in the ICU…
Imagined Reality
Depression/anxiety often opens the door to an imagined reality. Externally I look and talk like…
PDSD
My granddaughter was given another operation on August 20th to connect her heart and lungs…
Death-One Year Later
A year ago, a loved one died. For the last month, my stomach has been feeling odd. Today…
Death is Confusing
I just saw someone I love take his last breath and die. I feel confused about how to feel and view…
Update on Dealing with Death
It has been a month and a half since my loved one died. In my last post, I talked about things…
St. Patrick Day – The Dark Side
Someone I love is dying. My heart is breaking. From what I hear, he is much diminished given…
Post-Traumatic Syndrome – Shock
My husband could have died, but was saved by coronary bypass surgery seven weeks ago…
Still Working on Flying Solo
It is difficult to imagine being alone and living a productive independent life. The thought…
Flying Solo
Each morning, I visualize that I am a separate person from those around me. The difficulty…
When Shit Happens and Keeps Coming
In my last post, I was lamenting that my PTSS symptoms had returned, because my grandchild…
Between Two Worlds
I am going back on my anti-depression medication after getting a perfect score on the…
Being Alone
Two weeks ago, I almost lost my husband to a heart attack. My initial plan if he had died…
