Mental Health
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Ignite 12/4/2020
I always thought I would have the opportunity to announce my retirement. Instead I had to face the reality of no longer being relevant. Continue reading
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Going to Pieces
I was addicted, but how I became addicted wasn’t all that puzzling. Continue reading
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COVID Thanksgiving
You know Thanksgiving will be different this year when you can’t find a fresh turkey that weighs less than 15 pounds, and you’re only cooking for two. Continue reading
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Our Gray World
“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end.” — Elizabeth Wurtzel,… Continue reading
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My Ancient Virus
“My memory has something to say about the way trauma has altered my body’s DNA, like an ancient virus,” writes Carmen Maria Machado in her recently published memoir, In the Dream House, an account of a lover’s psychological abuse. “Dream… Continue reading
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My Absent Father
I wish I could wake up on Monday mornings — the first day of the work week — without my first thought being, “Fuck you, Jim Seneff.” Seneff is the CEO of the company that employed me as an independent… Continue reading
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The Livin’ Ain’t Easy
Ogden Nash wrote, “Nothing is glummer than a cold in the summer.” Well, I can think of one thing glummer: depression. I haven’t posted for over a month because I’ve been battling another cycle of depression, and writing about it… Continue reading
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The Knee Also Rises
“The sunrise view” — that’s the formal name of the featured image in this post which is an x-ray of my right knee flexed. It’s called the sunrise view because the patella (the kneecap) appears to be rising over the… Continue reading
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Ignite 4/5/19
THERAPIST: What’s upsetting you? WIFE: He’s always using common phrases incorrectly. HUSBAND: Cry me a table, honey. Continue reading
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You Should Be Worried, Paul
I had forgotten all the details of the seven-plus times I had been physically and verbally assaulted by men during my 30+ year professional career until the President of the United States claimed how his star power permitted him to… Continue reading
