Anxiety is terrorizing and impacts every part of a person’s entire being, robbing them of hope and fosters a general sense of rot and ruin. Anxiety makes everything good feel tenuous and fragile, while making everything bad feel magnified and permanent. Intense anxiety attacks start at the top of the head and flow through the…

Having a mental illness and being medication-resistant can make life just that much more challenging. It also makes coping with a mental illness way more challenging. There is a persistent feeling of being doubly broken as well-meaning doctors prescribe the latest new “miracle” drug and it has no effect. After running the gauntlet of medications…

Living a full and productive life is possible even with medication-resistant depression. It is difficult to manage depression without medication, but it is possible. If medication works, I strongly suggest taking it. This is not a post about the evils of big pharma or an anti medication rant. This post is intended to give hope…