Hope isn’t something depression allows much. Even if we’re told there’s hope, it’s painfully hard to hope. Hope means we can be disappointed and hurt. So hope is hard. We want to hope but we don’t dare to hope.
The paradox of self circles around the one person we don’t think is worth any effort or time, and yet is the center of our recovery. It’s simultaneously a scream to help us figure out what is wrong, then as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is my first crossover between my comic and my blog about depression. I don’t know if it’s effective or not, but it’s my comic! Actually I don’t know whether this comic is at all effective. But I’ll just post[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last in this long series of infomercials! I don’t know if these will help anyone but the research I had to do was interesting and illuminating. For one thing, now I really want to read the book One Flew over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
rTMS is relatively new as a treatment option. I only heard of it because a fellow patient had to go for it. So I’m presenting what I could find out about it. It’s actually pretty interesting as a concept. Worth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The last of three. The thing is, i can’t stick to a release schedule because sometimes depression wins. That’s where I end up struggling to just breathe and struggle with tears that refuse to come. Much as I love Depressed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ECT has gone through many changes due to technological progress. I was quite surprised by the facts I found during my research phase. Though admittedly I’m no doctor. Still it’s another means to reach full remission. If you’re still recovering,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ECT has always been a shadowy and scary thing that I’ve always instinctively wanted to avoid looking at. But looking at the literature behind it, (pun, for those who get it) it’s not as scary as it sounds. I’d still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last of 5. Phew! These weren’t easy to draw! Medicine isn’t miraculous, and also isn’t as bad as we think it is. Don’t fear medicine! Tomorrow we start looking at ECT.
There’s a lot of mistrust of doctors nowadays. But why? Talk to them, and if they don’t work with you for your health, move on. They’re still specialists in an area we know nuts about – our bodies. And that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…