Depression Coping Skills
When I feel I am reaching an unhealthy level of sadness, I switch into depression coping skills mode, what I have learned in years of therapy to balance myself without increasing medication.
Ideosyncratic coping strategies
Waiting, Writing, Hoping / Esperando, Escribiendo con Esperanza
Chainsaw on tree limb, a mulching truck on the driveway, the rumpus of men shouting instructions and warnings, branches falling from the canopy of an old eucalyptus to the right…
Sing If It Hurts / Canta Si Duele
During last week, I helped my youngest son pack for college: clothes, bike, passport, and computer. I saw him fold his new sheets, and pack the microwave safe bowls, and…