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“I Suffer From Depression.” Here’s What I Am Learning.

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Now Back at The Gym, I Used Covid Instead of Depression for Why I Left

July 11, 2022 by Depression Is Not My Boss Leave a Comment

Now back at the gym, I used covid and not depression as my reason for stopping

Depression told me it was an innocent slip, but I’m sure it was Freudian. I was sitting in the small office of my gym, re-registering. We were talking about getting back and without being asked, I volunteered that I had stopped because of Covid. This was true in a way, but it was not the real reason I stopped going. I stopped going to the gym because I had been in 5 East … [Read more...] about Now Back at The Gym, I Used Covid Instead of Depression for Why I Left

You won’t believe what it took to get back to the gym

June 19, 2019 by Depression Is Not My Boss 1 Comment

You will be as surprised as I was. After weeks of saying I was going to get back to the gym, I went today. I had thought about going every day since I got home from the hospital. In fact, I even went once during the first week I was home. And then nothing. If this was a movie, it would be a dark black background with crickets chirping. The cricket sounds would get louder and … [Read more...] about You won’t believe what it took to get back to the gym

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