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Temporarily Embarassed
I always did want to post this out-take from Southern Vapors. I liked it, even though my editor said it needed to come out of the book. She thought it was irrelvant. For anyone who knows me well, it actually … Continue reading
A (Very) Short Story
I used to belong to a writer’s group ’til I joined a therapy group that caused a scheduling conflict (close call as to which is the better therapy, but the therapy group won out). We did great exercises at the … Continue reading
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Sticks and Stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me. What a lie. A whistling in the dark, wishful thinking, lalalalala with my fingers in my ears bold-faced lie. Who among us has not been hurt by … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health - Commentary and Recovery
Stranger than Fiction
This post is emmis, as they say in Yiddish. That means the absolute, unvarnished truth, the kind you can take to the bank. The word came to me from the fogbank of my youth, so I checked out the meaning … Continue reading
Money, It’s a Gas
People in the South didn’t talk much about money when I was growing up, at least not the cultured ones. It was considered a sign of bad breeding, and that was unpardonable. Fast forward to the twenty-first century; boy did … Continue reading
Let the Bad Times Roll
I am having a bad week, and it is getting worse. By “worse,” I mean a persistent pit in my stomach, dark thoughts of doom, a deep and abiding desire to consume an entire chocolate cake (the one at Whole … Continue reading
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What are the things that we still don’t talk about AT ALL?
What are the things that we still don’t talk about AT ALL? I have thought of a few. Care to add? 1. Severe mental illness, like schizophrenia. We have cracked the door on depression, anxiety and bipolar, those have become … Continue reading
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Funny How Sometimes Our Losses Turn Out to Be Wins
I recently came across a letter I wrote to my daughter on her college graduation in May 2012. As I re-read it, I was reminded of how happy I am that I didn’t repeat history, that I made a deliberate … Continue reading
Posted in The Drama of the non-Nurturing Family
Addiction–Why?
What causes addiction? We have discovered that the causes can be many: nature (genetics), nurture (environment), some combination thereof, and other causes. I came by my addiction by virtue of the combo nature/nurture package. I was born sensitive, not necessarily … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction - Commentary and Recovery
Uh Oh, Here Comes Another Flatfooted Fix
It seems that the latest fix in the search to repair the broken mental health in the U.S. is to dial the primary care physicians into the equation. The thinking is that they are “first responders” and can flag issues, … Continue reading →