How do you express your depression? ___ Depression can look differently with different people. Each individual will express their depression based on their gender, personality, culture and individual factors. There is not a male or female form of depression, but each gender will have some unique characteristics. It is important with any list to realize that … More Seven Surprising Ways that Men Show Our Depression
My son applied for a job at McDonalds a few weeks ago. The Manager promised he would call my son back two days later. Two weeks later, no call. When all else fails, blame the person in charge? It’s easy to blame leadership for situations like this. A lot of people applied for work that day, I can only … More Depression and the Personal Politics of Blame
If you were stripped of your memory, would recovery become easier? ___ I can only imagine the pain that will confront a someone who has lost their memories. Alzheimer’s, traumatic brain injury, memory loss due to aging or other conditions is painful and a trial to endure. In recovery, memories become seared into the mind. … More Addiction: Forgetting Your Way into Recovery
Depression is a Spiny Toothed Madman ___ Sometimes my mind talks to me. Or more correctly, my depression talks to me. And sometimes it’s so much crazy-talk that I think of it as the comedy of your inside voice. When my head is right, my life is right. Journal entry April 1. No Joke. My … More Depression is a Like a Two-Year-Old in My Head
Tiny events add up: Recovery is one choice at a time ___ Tiny events. Small, minor stories. Events add up. Decisions matter. Do you want to make your days profound? I wrote about this in my journal the other day, “I try to make my day profound. I want it marked with excellence, exuberance and the … More Addiction: The Importance of Living Small
Maybe it’s time to give recovery the finger? ___ We have gotten the idea of recovery wrong. Wrong! Recovery is sometimes thought of the absence of an addiction and the replacement with something more healthy. But life is more than addition and absence, plus and minus. Your body is continually adding new cells and removing old, decaying … More Give Recovery the Finger
Depression is like living in a room that was so loud that all I could do was just deal with the loudness of the room. Then I found a door out of the room… and the loudness of the room was not oppressing me anymore. Wil Wheaton on Depression Wil Wheaton is an actor, writer and … More Depression is Like a Window With a Disappearing Crack
Dr. Gabor Mate reminds us that who you surround yourself with can change your life. ___ What is normal? It’s an interesting question. We certainly know what is weird, abnormal and even crazy. In North America, we have over 500 disorders that tell us what, and (more importantly?) who, is pathological. For many of us, … More The Myth of Normal
When a person is lost in thought, does that make them crazy or creative? ____ When a person is lost in thought, does that make them crazy or creative? Three things can happen from being lost in thought: 1.Lost in thought and unable to come back. 2.Lost in thought but you find your way back. You … More For Art to be Art, We First Need Suffering
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Proverbs Mental Health is not just for the men, women are part of the game too. We men have a hard time talking about health, and mental health can be crazy to talk about… If you need … More Mental Health Stigma is really just Undiagnosed Verbal Illness
Getting High on Recovery 