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Singin’ The Winter Blues

A decade ago I was diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety disorder. The shorter days of less sunlight in the winter months terrify me because of the reality that is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Ed AndersonDecember 14, 2021black hole, Depression, disability, dispair, great husbands, language, meds, mental illness, nami, narrative essay, pyschiatrist, secrets, shame, suicide, survivor, writingComment

Into the Blue

I’ve always prided myself on being a “happy, optimistic and motivated person.” I’ve even bragged about it but out of nowhere Depression just crept in through a basement window and I found him sitting there with his feet up on my nice, new mushroom colored couch and he decided to stay.

Ed AndersonJanuary 16, 2020black hole, Depression, disability, dispair, great husbands, language, meds, mental illness, nami, narrative essay, pyschiatrist, secrets, shame, suicide, survivor, writing