depression Archive

  •                           I know how this starts. First, I play “Streets of Philadelphia” on repeat. It’s the song I listened to...

    I’m Lonely

    Posted on July 13, 2012 | 7 Comments
                              I know how this starts. First, I play “Streets of Philadelphia” on repeat. It’s the song I listened to...

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  • That Judd Apatow contacted twenty-four year old Lena Dunham, after watching her first indie film and asked her if she would like to write her own television series, is the best and worst story I...

    Are You There Judd Apatow? It’s Me, Wendy

    Posted on July 5, 2012 | 2 Comments
    That Judd Apatow contacted twenty-four year old Lena Dunham, after watching her first indie film and asked her if she would like to write her own television series, is the best and worst story I...

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  • Like most people, I make it a policy to never cry in public, or in front of anyone at all, but there I am on the subway, headphones in, listening to “Somewhere Only We...

    Crying in Public – I Don’t Recommend It

    Posted on November 3, 2011 | 11 Comments
    Like most people, I make it a policy to never cry in public, or in front of anyone at all, but there I am on the subway, headphones in, listening to “Somewhere Only We...

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  • Every day I am convinced that it is my last day of sanity. ‘Oh sure,’ I think, ‘Today I got up, worked, and did things normal people do but that...

    Every Day is My Last Day of Normalcy

    Posted on October 13, 2011 | 6 Comments
    Every day I am convinced that it is my last day of sanity. ‘Oh sure,’ I think, ‘Today I got up, worked, and did things normal people do but that...

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  • I read this study by a professor at Arizona State that found men to be much less happy than they were two decades ago. Apparently, in recent years, the life...

    Are men becoming more depressed?

    Posted on August 26, 2011 | 6 Comments
    I read this study by a professor at Arizona State that found men to be much less happy than they were two decades ago. Apparently, in recent years, the life...

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  • I have no voyeuristic tendencies and while I watch my share of trashy, reality television shows (Love in the Wild, anyone?),  I have yet to sit through an entire episode of Big Brother. ...

    I can’t get past Somalia

    Posted on August 17, 2011 | 3 Comments
    I have no voyeuristic tendencies and while I watch my share of trashy, reality television shows (Love in the Wild, anyone?),  I have yet to sit through an entire episode of Big Brother. ...

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  • There’s this theory of human perspective I’ve been reading about called depressive realism. It posits that depressed people actually have better judgment and a more accurate perception of reality because...

    I may be right, I may be crazy

    Posted on February 25, 2011 | 3 Comments
    There’s this theory of human perspective I’ve been reading about called depressive realism. It posits that depressed people actually have better judgment and a more accurate perception of reality because...

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  • By conducting an in-depth study, using cutting-edge technology and complex algorithms, I have determined that my depression progresses over the winter months as follows: This pathetic fallacy happens every year....

    Snowhere to go but up

    Posted on February 8, 2011 | 9 Comments
    By conducting an in-depth study, using cutting-edge technology and complex algorithms, I have determined that my depression progresses over the winter months as follows: This pathetic fallacy happens every year....

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