I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. Here’s Part 7 of my experience.
Intensive Outpatient Program, Part 7
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Intensive Outpatient Program, Part 6
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. Here’s Part 6 of my experience.
Intensive Outpatient Program, Part 5
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. Here’s Part 5 of my experience.
My People
One thing I like about mental illness support groups, outpatient programs and the nut house itself is that I can be myself 100%. Unlike anywhere else, I can take off my public face, express exactly what I'm feeling and say what's on my mind or stare dully into the...
Intensive Outpatient Program, Part 4
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. Here’s Part 4 of my experience.
Intensive Outpatient Program, Part 3
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. Here’s Part 3 of my experience.
Intensive Outpatient Program, Part 2
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. Here’s Part 2 of my experience.
Intensive Outpatient Program for Depression & Anxiety, Part 1
I completed an Intensive Outpatient Program for depression. This is how it went.
You Might Be Clinically Depressed If
You might be clinically depressed if: you're back on cigarettes or junk food or alcohol or shopping or whatever your addiction is that you've been trying to kick for decades. you can't concentrate on work for more than a few minutes at a time. the long minutes you...
“Off Their Meds” Jokes
On July 26th, Stephen Colbert commented on El Idiota's tweet that transgender people will no longer be allowed in the U.S. military. He said, "Today I really think he's off his meds because today he went from crazy to cruel." To anyone reading this: please stop making...
Weight Loosening
Here's an update on how my attempt to lose some fatness is going: it's...kind of...going. I’ve had some pretty discouraging weeks. This is what I filled them with: 1. I tried to exercise more, which is to say exercise at all. And then I stopped again. 2. Same old...
Still Fat
Here's some interesting stuff: 1. A 2008 documentary called My Big Fat Body shows comedian Frank Payne undergoing a series of tests to find out the health status of his over 300-pound body (over 160 kilos). If your Body Mass Index is over 30 (which mine is), it's a...
If They Died from Suicide
I've suffered from depression for most of my life and have had a couple of major episodes. There have been times when I decided dying would be better than living and while I'm not proud of that, I'm also not ashamed of it. My illness has caused lots of irrational...
Obesity Crisis Is Mental Health Crisis
Next post on weight & health: Determined At the age of 50, I'm now on my fifth year of being fat. When I went from size 10 to size 18 in the last months of my marriage in 2013, I thought, "I'm not worried about gaining weight. I've been thin and active my...
Dating While Depressed
When you're in a major depressive episode, get off your dating apps. I'm not talking about having a blue day. I'm talking about the chronic emotional disorder: clinical major depression that warps your view of the world. If you suffer from this and you're single and...