Hyperbole and a Half: Adventures in Depression
Hyperbole and a Half: Adventures in Depression.
I had a black dog, his name was depression
A Christmas Carol – Chapter 1
Chapter 1 – Marley’s Ghost Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he…
What to Do During the Last Two Weeks You’re Waiting for Your Antidepressant to Kick In or Self-Care for Mild Depression
If it can be said that there is anything good about depression, this is when you’ll see it. Assuming that you are feeling much better than you did a month ago (and if you’re not, please read ), you may feel almost as if you’ve been reborn. After having…
What to Do During the First Two Weeks You’re Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In or How to do self-care with major depression
The key words here are indulge yourself. Listen, you’re having enough trouble getting out of bed every day and going to work or school. You don’t need to push yourself. Think of yourself as an invalid recuperating from a very debilitating illness. You have to pamper yourself, body and…
Never, Ever Make a Major Life Change if You are Depressed
So let’s say that you’re dissatisfied with something about your life, and you’re thinking of making a big change. Your job isn’t satisfying, your marriage or relationship isn’t working out or maybe you don’t like where you live. You’re pretty sure there’s something better waiting for you if you…
10 Tips For Overturning Denied Health Insurance Claims
Knowing how to handle your healthcare insurer is one way to be a smart patient. Knowing how to handle denials is obviously a big part of that, since it’s the one time most of us have a problem with our health insurance. You probably will see denials more often…
What’s wrong with calling depression “madness”?
“Our perhaps understandable modern need to dull the sawtooth edges of so many of the afflictions we are heir to has led us to banish the harsh old-fashioned words: madhouse, asylum, insanity, melancholia, lunatic, madness. But never let it be doubted that depression in its extreme form is madness.” –…
How Lincoln Survived His Depression
“No element of Lincoln’s character,” declared his colleague Henry Whitney, “was so marked, obvious and ingrained as his mysterious and profound melancholy.” I’m not sure how many people know that Lincoln suffered from lifelong depression (it was essentially dismissed by an influential biographer in the 1940s), but those of…
Doing Cocooning Right
We depressives are frequently drawn towards cocooning, the practice of hanging out in our homes for most of our free time. I think that usually that’s due to a lack of energy, but also a need to be “safe” in our own little nest. Given that it’s winter and…