“Be careful who you tell” some friends say, referring to my openness about living with clinical depression and anxiety, and sometimes fibromyalgia. I don’t give…
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Lessons from Les Mis
I’d been to cinema three times to see Hollywood’s production of Les Miserables, Victor Hugo’s tale of several interconnecting lives, including an ex-convict’s search for…
View More Lessons from Les MisWhen the Fog Takes Over…
What I feel right now is ineffable. All I know is that I am suddenly more aware of the hollowness inside me. Depression and…
View More When the Fog Takes Over…The Dizzying World of Fibromyalgia
I was stumbling my way home from work, grappling with the vacillating world around me, my head high as a kite. I wasn’t drunk. Life…
View More The Dizzying World of FibromyalgiaMy New Year ‘Fibromyalgia’ Wish
Us humans, we are so deeply imbued with an inclination to hope, that we blindly do so, regardless of what we see before us. The…
View More My New Year ‘Fibromyalgia’ WishDreaded Holiday Depression
I write this with a heavy heart. It’s a difficult time of year for me. But I know I’m not alone. Every year many people…
View More Dreaded Holiday DepressionThe Dark Side
‘Welcome to the dark side’ is what my friend at work (right behind me) says to me when I pop around her ‘side’ of the…
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