Part 4 – The Depression Series How do you know when someone is ready to overcome depression? They look for a way out – help, support, information, etc. No one can be coerced into getting better. Making choices that can improve your life, changing your thoughts and consequently your feelings, finding motivation and hope, they […]
Ready or Not?
Part 3 – The Depression Series Before starting the process of eliminating depression, you should own your decision to do so. You should feel with your whole being the desire to lift up your spirit and feel better. It’s not easy, I know, and this desire will probably come from getting too fed up with […]
Reset
Part 2 – The Depression Series My personal belief is that anyone who chooses or accidentally happens to look through the cracks of the common inertia that is usually called every-day life will experience some degree of depression. Consciously or not, depression is rooted in disappointment. We grow up being explained how life is, how things […]
My Own Experience With Depression
Part 1 – The Depression Series A hypersensitive child, I was very uncomfortable with feeling overwhelmed by my own emotions. I saw surface and depth at the same time, understood dynamics and conflicts in people and their relations, and I absorbed the environment undiscerningly. As an adult, I came to see this as a natural part […]
The Depression Series – An Introduction
I’m going to tell you the short story of my own experience with depression, what worked for me, what didn’t, and what I have learned about it. Over the course of the following weeks, I’ll share memories, thoughts, feelings, and personal conclusions on this topic. My approach will not be scientific, although I do have […]
Forward
A poem about social conformity, artificiality and disconnection from the true nature of our existence. “Forward” is part of “Ashes of the Past”, a collection of poems written between the years 2002 and 2007.
Thinking About Grandparents
Last week, one of my grandfathers passed away after many years of suffering, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the past, making some sort of mental scrapbook, because, from now on, this is all I’ve got left of him. There’s nothing more to add to that relationship, no “next summer” or “next month”. Everything […]
Spring, Spring, Mid-Spring
Tonight, the moon is full… and, according to my little investigation, in Scorpio. My natal moon is in Scorpio, so, in theory, I should feel some special effects… I keep looking for the bluescreen around, but I’m twisting my neck in vain. This was some sort of joke – rather cryptic, I know 🙂 I […]
Love and Marriage
Lately, there’s been a lot of talking about gay marriage. It’s a subject that always draws out strong opinions, despite the fact that it is not anyone’s business what goes on in other people’s bedrooms, so to speak. If two adult persons want to be together – sexually, or not – why should anyone decide […]
Writing Fever
Spring is here, Easter is upon us, and maybe you’re too busy to write much for your website. Or maybe you’re on a tight budget, and you could use a few more articles to grow and diversify your content. Anyway, if you have a website/blog and, for whatever reason, you consider publishing guest articles, you […]