So. A month ago I was in a really dark place mentally and couldn’t get out. I considered TMS because it’s worked before (for about 9 months each time) but I didn’t have the energy to commit another 35 hours in the chair so instead I decided to try psychedelic ketamine therapy for treatment resistantContinue reading “Adventures in ketamine. What it’s like to get way too high to try to cure your depression. (Part 1)”
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On finding the cure for depression
So. If you read here you already know that I’ve been getting stabbed in the brain by magnets every day for an hour for the last few months. (Click here to read the whole TMS story if you’re new here.) And yesterday? Was my last session. Overall, it was uncomfortable, weird, a reminder that insuranceContinue reading “On finding the cure for depression”
Dead Happy World’s Brightest Leopard Depression Sufferer
Yesterday I shared the bizarre news that Furiously Happy is a bestseller in China and then I asked if anyone could translate the billboards and posters advertising Furiously Happy and it was glorious. PS. It feels only fair that the English part of the Chinese poster has a typo. Now I want this poster. ItContinue reading “Dead Happy World’s Brightest Leopard Depression Sufferer”
Depression lies
I’ve had a lot more emails than usual about depression/anxiety, which I think means a full moon is coming or possibly that we’re all on the same psychotic cycle because I’ve fought my share of demons this month myself. In fact, today I had a monster of a panic attack that made me think I’dContinue reading “Depression lies”
Isn’t my whole body pre-cancerous?
I didn’t write about this last month because I was dealing with a depression that made me unable to put the right words to things but I’m feeling like I’m coming out of the dark now (KNOCK ALL OF THE WOOD) so now I can tell you that my body is trying to kill me,Continue reading “Isn’t my whole body pre-cancerous?”
It’s okay to not be okay
Hey. It’s okay if you’re struggling right now. You are not alone. I’m not sure if that helps or not, but personally I struggle a bit over the holidays and it can be easy to compare yourself to the people who seemed to had their shit together and didn’t spend Christmas morning yelling “Hello?” toContinue reading “It’s okay to not be okay”