You are not going to find any formal DSM diagnosis of Covid Confinement Blues and Anxiety, at least not yet. But the symptoms are as rampant as the virus! I haven’t been spared from these sinking blue feelings either. Sometimes I feel like a bobbling cork adrift in unknown waters. Perhaps you too. What we …
Maybe you have been pumped up to rush out into the New Year like a snorting bull roaring and bucking to break out of the rodeo gate of the New Year, hell-bent on shoving yourself into your New Year Resolutions. Some of you already know that I am not a big fan of New Year …
Tweaking Your Life, Instead Of New Year Resolutions Read More »
I struggle with the word “merry” as applied to Christmas celebrations coming up perhaps as some of you do also. Without wanting to sound emotionally austere, merriness departed from my holiday celebrations after the death of my son 2 years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I continue to strive to find moments of joy and …
Replacing The Merry In Christmas With Meaningful Read More »
Life is never a long tranquil river as the French say but instead runs you through rapids, over rocks and even slams you on the banks, like a beached whale. Grieving losses is inevitable in our lives despite our best efforts. Some losses leave deep scars that can cripple you. Most of us work very …
In Grieving, Limping Along May Be The Best You Can Do Read More »
It’s that time a year again for high school reunions. This every so often social event may be a banal ritual for some but terrifying for others. High school reunions are often avoided by those who have experienced and retained painful memories of humiliation during their adolescent years. Let’s get real here; there are …
High School Reunions; A Survival Guide for High School PTSD Read More »
Major Depression Disorder is extremely debilitating and can even be deadly. For most the onset is insidious and then grows into full bloom symptoms that plunge you into the deepest of valleys with no way out. You can literally start to feel like the walking dead, where you lose interest in living. This …
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My title sounds really very non-productive, doesn’t! But it isn’t my friends for several reasons. Hear me out on this if you can. All you have to do is just read! Doing nothing might be the best thing you can do for yourself in a long time. Actually doing nothing allows for a pathway to …
I had to hang on in trying to stand in the neck-deep hot bubbles fiercely surging and erupting around my head. The strong force of the thermal waters pummeled my torso rocking me to one side to the other, making it difficult to keep my face above water. Overhead loomed a creamy white full moon …
Reflections On Life And Death Submerged In Bubbles In The Swiss Alps Read More »
For all of my beautiful single readers, especially if you believe in angels, this post is for you! You already know that dreaded Saint Valentine’s day is approaching, which can be quite vexing, even painful, for those without love companions. Instead of telling you to be your own valentine and buy yourself some flowers or …
This is a Christmas message to those of us in pain this holiday season. It is often the most painful time of the year for us who are already depressed, in grief, in a painful circumstances of loss or rejection, and feeling alone. I do not have to know your name to want to comfort …
As a neophyte therapist, I was really surprised to find that well more than half of my patients, majority female, had suffered from some sort of sexual abuse. Due to hand surgery last Thursday, I am republishing this updated article, as I can not type much with any ease. Sexual assault is the unwanted and …
I don’t think anybody sets out to be an expert in grief, not even therapists unless they have suffered a personal loss and find themselves in the upheavals of grieving. Last week, I found myself thrown out of my usual coping wagon, which is never a guarantee to stay on the rails in the first …