Life hacks… Loving Someone Who Lives With Depression 23 Sep 2026 A note for those who care for someone with depression Living with depression is hard. Living with someone who has depression can be just as hard, in its own way.…
Life hacks… What the Storm Cannot Steal: My Mental and Emotional Toolbox 2 Aug 2026 In my last post I told you about my father's workshop. Decades of tools, some he had designed and built himself, gone in one night to a burglar. He knew…
Life hacks… A storm in your brain — why you can’t think your way out of depression 28 Jun 202629 Jun 2026 One Tuesday morning, I sat at my desk and stared at an email for forty minutes. It was three sentences long. I read it five times. I could not work…
Life hacks… Turning Woes into Wisdom 27 Apr 2024 Trials and tribulations often precede blessings and rewards. We live in a world that craves comfort and predictability, where troubles are seen as unwelcome intruders disrupting our desired tranquillity. Yet,…
Life hacks… Living with depression for 35 years – what have I learned? 18 Nov 202222 Nov 2022 I have lived with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD, formerly Clinical Depression) for all of my adult life – that is 35 years. For most of that time, my depression was undiagnosed…
Life hacks… my name is mark – and i have major depressive disorder 12 Jul 2022 Even today, in an open-minded 2022, depression has a dangerous level of stigma attached to it. Back in 1985, when I first suffered my serious bout of depression, it was…
