If It’s Okay to Cry About Physical Pain, It’s Okay to Cry about Depression Too
My holidays were great. I think I had one of my favorite Christmases ever with my family. I was happy.
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Resilience: My Family’s Autoimmune/Cancer/Bipolar Journey as Remembered Through Four Pacquiao Fights (from The Huffington Post)
Over the weekend, I had my second Huffington Post article published. You can read it here. I’m very excited about this
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6 Ideas: How To Get Stuff Done When You’re Depressed
I’ve been depressed the past few days. There are many difficult aspects to depression and one of them is
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5 Ways Illness Has Positively Changed My Holidays
Originally published last year. Merry Christmas. Happy Hannukah. I’ve written about the difficulty of being sick during the holidays like
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The Holidays, Stress, & 5 Ways To Free Yourself From The Illusion of “Perfection”
The holidays are supposed to be a special time of the year (Andy Williams famously sings “It’s the most wonderful
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Victim Blaming Happens to Sick People Too
I recently saw an article about the twenty dumbest things said on a popular sports show. I was discussing this with
Read MoreThe Truth: Why Don’t Chronically Ill People Speak Up More Often?
When people ask me how I’m feeling and I say “I’m tired,” they assume I’m talking about the chronic fatigue
Read More5 People Who Can Benefit From Web Therapy; Must-Watch HuffPost Live Video
I’ll make this post brief because my eyes and ears are still on the mend from my allergic conjunctivitis. Yesterday,
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Who Am I? The Chronically Ill Person’s Identity Crisis
Three years ago, I became a contributor to a mental health website. They asked me to submit a brief bio,
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Military & Mental Health: One Veteran’s Battle with Schizophrenia
With Veterans Day upon us, I’ve decided to interview my friend, Jonathan Looper. Jonathan wrote and is co-starring in the
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