Category: Depression
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Riding the Rollercoaster, Again
The chronic illness roller coaster continues its never-ending ride. This time I will talk a bit about the highs and the lows as they pertain to parenting children in an age of abundant technology. I am a full believer that allowing a child the opportunity of boredom is an excellent thing. That is unless I…
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Pollyanna
This is going to be the first of a series of posts Amelia writes over the next couple of weeks. Pollyanna, written by Eleanor H. Porter, was first published in 1913. For those unfamiliar with the story, it is about a girl named Pollyanna (shocking, I know) who is orphaned and sent to live with…
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Depression is Like Diarrhea
Analogies can be helpful for understanding difficult topics. Here’s Amelia’s analogy for how depression is like diarrhea.
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What Chronic Illness Steals
*I was planning on posting a follow-up to Rae’s post on intrusive thoughts this week. Then I read Missy’s most recent post. I started writing this blog post before I read Missy’s post. I was surprised to find she mentioned this very subject. If I ever wonder if this blog is a good idea, I…
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Prozac Poop-Out
Prozac poop-out. If you know, you know. You know? The general population doesn’t understand how antidepressants work. I don’t mean in the nitty-gritty scientific details kind of way, with pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, metabolites, autoreceptors, etc.1 I mean that most people don’t have a clue about the actual experience of taking antidepressants. The general (mis)understanding is that…
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“Is It Depression Or…”
Here’s a fun game. It’s called, “Is It Depression Or…” and this is how you play it: Experience vague symptoms like fatigue, low mood, feeling overwhelmed, and/or general malaise then ask yourself, “Is it depression, or am I feeling this way because ________”. You can fill in the blank with all sorts of options. Here…
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Depression and Me
If Disney made an Inside-Out style movie about me, one of my islands could very well be titled “Depression”. While I have other diagnoses and, of course, other salient aspects of my identity, depression is part of how I became the person I am today. Depressing, isn’t it? I was diagnosed with “clinical depression” when…
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