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Facebook Exchange About Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety

Essentially, it all boils down to this: it’s destructive and debilitating A.F. And people get tired of hearing about it or being supportive, and you know what? That’s okay. That has to be okay, too....

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What Led Me to Having Thanksgiving with Tyranni-Sue at a Mental Hospital

Prologue: I was prepared to post this four days ago, until I got some truly horrible, absolutely devastating and completely unexpected news in the mail, which put me into such a cycle of hopelessness...

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Amanda Bynes, Robin Williams, and the Spectacle of Mental Illness

Corbyn Hanson Hightower:Tears of grief, fury, and recognition as I read this. And there are some who mention that Robin Williams’ particular comedy schtick may have been him in the throes of manic...

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My Gift Gets Buried. You Help Me Find It.

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Buddha’s Journey

I’ve had amazing experiences since I started writing semi-professionally. I’ve seen my byline in The New York Times. I’ve filled out my IRS tax forms with my profession listed as “writer,” and seen...

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My Summer Ghost

Everything I’m about to tell you is true, except for two things: one, it wasn’t my grandmother (although I am part Cherokee, and I have had many sage grandmothers and great grandmothers.) It was my...

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We Are Totally Not Supposed To Talk About This AT ALL

I go back to work in a few days after psychiatric disability leave. I’ve been going to the strange little Indian psychiatrist in the broken-down office with the half-star on Yelp where I sometimes wait...

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Oh, Just Damn It All, I Have Photos Now (and the hurt is less and more)

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/memories-of-a-fathers-rage/ Dedicated with gratitude and deepest affection to my mentor and friend, the redoubtable Ms. Lisa Belkin I was five, I was...

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The Worst Kind of Fool

Earlier this week I wrote a self-pitying blog post for shareable.net. I’m happy to say that it didn’t get published before I had a chance to review it and revise it. Below are excerpts, which I’m...

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Great Phosphor Clouds of Mini-Stars

A low-level funk is like a low-grade fever, in that it leaves you far more uncomfortable without the dramatic cleansing blaze of a fully feverish kiln-bake. Being semi-blue lingers. My body even feels...

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