I have a close friend who doesn’t feel like a boy or a girl. This particular friend realized a few years ago that neither “she” nor “he” really fits them; instead, they prefer to be referred to as “they” or “them”. It’s just a better emotional fit. Just as a man probably wouldn’t want to… Continue reading A Thought About Gender
I’m Not Depressed (For The First Time Ever)
...and I have my electroconvulsive therapy doctors to thank for that. I know ECT is controversial. However, there’s no denying its effectiveness, regardless of whether you think it’s morally alright to purposefully induce seizures in a person repeatedly. (For a rundown of what ECT is, check out the post I wrote about it here.) There… Continue reading I’m Not Depressed (For The First Time Ever)
My New Album: “October Morning”
Hey guys, big announcement: I'm releasing an album this morning! That's right, today - October 17th - a collection of songs I've written and recorded goes live. "October Morning" is five alternative piano/vocal tracks that can be purchased for only $1 a track or $5 for the whole album on my Bandcamp page. All profits… Continue reading My New Album: “October Morning”
Electroconvulsive Therapy
It’s been about a month since I started getting electroconvulsive therapy treatments (colloquially known as “ECT”), and I have to say I’ve noticed a big shift in the quality of my daily life. Before I get too far into what that shift is, though, let me tell you a little bit about ECT so you’re… Continue reading Electroconvulsive Therapy
“How Am I?”
The question of "how am I doing" is a more complex one than it really has any right to be. I've recently been going through a new course of depressive treatment. It's comprehensive enough that it affects the ins and outs of my everyday life. While I only experience shock therapy part of the time,… Continue reading “How Am I?”
My Dearest Hero
My dearest hero, I once tried to tell you that the laughter you have given me is my miracle cure for depression. I’d been saving up the speech for years, ever since the first joke I’d heard you tell, when I was a hopelessly miserable little girl whose laugh was broken until you came along… Continue reading My Dearest Hero
Schizophrenia/The Problem With Self-Diagnosis Part 2
The other day, I published a post about a recent brush I had with inaccurate self-diagnosis. After reading a book about schizophrenia and personally identifying with most of the symptoms it described, I worried intensely that the disease had gone undiagnosed in me for years. However, once I got ahold of my psychiatrist, he reassured… Continue reading Schizophrenia/The Problem With Self-Diagnosis Part 2
