Storied Mind

Some Rights Reserved by cmykcellist at Flickr Thanks again to isabella at moritherapy and her post about Mental Health Camp, I’ve been reading Louise DeSalvo’s Writing as a Way of Healing. She discusses at length not only the healing power of the writing process but also the need for a writer to care for the [...]

Some Rights Reserved by Idol at Flickr The risk of being changed is one of the most frightening experiences we can face. — Carl Rogers: Breakdowns in Communication in On Becoming a Person Accepting the risk of change has been a big step in recovery: risks are hard to take because of the fear they [...]

Some Rights Reserved by Mr.Physics at Flickr Ever since reading about Bill Wilson’s struggle with alcohol and the role that religious experience played in his recovery, I’ve had hope that spirituality can also be decisive in undoing the impact of long-term depression. William James, whose Varieties of Religious Experience was so important to Wilson and [...]

These are scattered journal entries about reconnecting. ……. I saw my neighbor yesterday riding his four-wheeler around the corner lot, holding his toddler son to his chest. His two horses, a chestnut and a roan, pasture there, along with his three goats. They watch impassively, not at all frightened of the buzzing machine. The man [...]

Fear wakens with me this morning. I have no idea why. It's part of a continuing down I've been in for weeks now. After a few great days when I was blazing away at ideas about my projects, depression returned and has been building in its quiet way. But it is fear that is coming [...]