Writings

Anxiety is pervasive. Most of us experience a bit of it on a daily basis. Anxiety is anchored in fear, as well as an inability to accept uncertainty. We can’t accept that we don’t know how a situation will resolve, so we go into internal panic loops or cycles of overthinking. For many people, anxiety…

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is among the most stigmatized mental health conditions. People living with it are often written off as hopelessly psychotic and difficult to be around. In my experience though, it can be managed, and the loving core of people living with BPD can emerge in amazing ways. If you know someone who…

Earlier this week an unusual line of analysis came through me. I started to wonder if addiction might be a useful lens for understanding depression. Depression is a profoundly painful experience. But could it be addictive? Could this lens help people move through depression and heal?

Navigating the manic depressive spectrum is profoundly challenging. Much has been written about this condition, dating back to ancient civilization. Many who live with its tumultuous vagaries have written memoirs and monographs. These stories have humanized our experience and offered shared language for understanding this path. Yet the overwhelming paradigm in writing on this spectrum…

Depression can be a demon. Andrew Solomon famously described it as the “Noonday Demon”—a beast that can leave you miserable even though you are held in positive relationships, or surrounded by an idyllic environment. Depression can be toxic, but it is also a pervasive fact of life. There is no clear dividing line between depression…