Photo by Valentino Funghi on Unsplash The truth is, I should be thankful I am still here.Celebrating Memorial Day this year marks 5 years since I spent 4 days in 5 East. From that experience, I am still finding out new things about my depression. For instance, did you know that my depression can hold its breath for 7 minutes underwater? Well, neither did I. But it wouldn’t … [Read more...] about Depression and I Are Spending Another Memorial Day Together
Archives for May 2024
My Depression Never Quits
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Even when things are going pretty well, I sense my depression hanging around.It’s not badgering me. I don’t feel my depression watching my every move. Heck, it’s not visible at all right now. But still, I know it is there, ready to jump in at a moment’s notice.I guess this is to be expected.Afterall, my depression and I go back almost 60 years. … [Read more...] about My Depression Never Quits
Why Does Everything Still Look the Same?
I was in Northern Virgina, near Sterling 5 years ago.I had gotten a contract to teach resume writing to IT students at NVCC, Northern Virginia Community College. There I held 6 – three-hour sessions over 4 days. They have many campus locations in the northern Virginia area. Some days, I was teaching one session in the morning at a campus up north, and in the afternoon, I was … [Read more...] about Why Does Everything Still Look the Same?
It’s Clear That My Depression Loves Me
IPhoto by Nick Fewings on UnsplashI was awake in the middle of the night recently, and my depression wanted to talk.It was sharing ideas with me about our future together. Depression was pleased that I was still alive. If I ended my life, depression would lose a cooperative host. And that wasn’t good for either of us. How could it keep needling at me if I wasn’t here?Yet, on … [Read more...] about It’s Clear That My Depression Loves Me
