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....
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleAmanda 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...
View ArticleBuddha’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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleWe 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...
View ArticleOh, 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleGreat 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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