Try Not to Poison Your Brain. You’ll Need It Someday.
(Standard disclaimer: I’m not a doctor, so nothing here is genuine medical advice. See your doctor for that. I’m just a person with a brain who’s learned just how fragile… Read more »
Tag: depression
What’s Really Worth Worrying About?
*Spoiler Alert: Very, very little.* I am a worrier. Even if you discount the anxiety that I struggle with, I still spend far, far too much of my life worrying…. Read more »
Writing and Depression and the Wrong Line of Work
(Note: I actually wrote this piece a while ago, but didn’t have the guts to post it until now. The book in question is The Library of Absolution and it’s… Read more »
Cooking for Creativity and Mental Health
In the past year and a half, I’ve discovered a new passion: Cooking. (And baking.) Believe me, I’m more surprised by this development than anyone else. Growing up, my mother… Read more »
Kick the Negative People to the Curb
I recently ended a long-term friendship. Perhaps friendship isn’t the right word, at least not for what the relationship became in the past few years. What began as an even… Read more »
The High Cost of Social Media for Sensitive Authors
(Let me preface this post with the following: I am not a doctor. Neither am I an expert in social media, or much of anything else for that matter. I… Read more »
Writing, Publishing, and Anxiety
It’s no great secret that I’ve lived with depression and anxiety pretty much since I hit adolescence. I’ve spent an awful lot of time and money looking for the “fix,”… Read more »
Writing From Inside a Septic Tank
It’s no secret that 2017 has sucked for a lot of people. I’m no exception. My creative output has been in the tank and everything just feels more difficult than… Read more »