What Are the Best Depression Blogs for 2013?
Today I wanted to share with you an excellent list of blogs that cover Depression and Bipolar Disorder. It was put together by the folks over at the Depression Treatment Center. Somehow, I ended up on the list. I think it's a mistake. But they assured me I belonged there. I guess you'll have to be the judge. The list has some of the same blogs I've seen on lists like these before, like Beyond Blue by my old blogging friend Terese Borchard, but there are some new ones in there I was excited to learn about. Fighting the Darkness looked interesting, as did Beyond Meds & The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive. This is by ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - March 9, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Depression Source Type: blogs

I Reach Out to the World
(I am listening to “All This Time” by Sara Watkins and other melancholy tunes as I process my thoughts about yesterday.) Thursday - Entry 27: After a full day of parent-teacher meetings, a church meeting, and an emergency school meeting with family at my old home, I was pretty pooped for the day. It was Day70. I still struggled with a bronchial cough and limited energy. A test on Monday had ruled out allergies as my problem. I still had left a CT scan and a blood test for weak immunities to complete. The day had been a beautiful one, and I had been in high spirits. I had received a check from some freelance w...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - March 7, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Journaling Depression Source Type: blogs