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Robin Settles in Florida–Conclusion
One issue I haven’t touched on yet that I probably should is tanning. People may wonder why someone like me, with my tanning OCD issues and history of basal cell carcinoma, would move to Florida. I did though, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Updates About Robin
Tagged Depression, Mental Illness, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Suntanning, Tanning
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Check it Out…
When our book was first published, I spent quite a bit of time trying to promote it on-line. One of the methods I used was to contact book reviewers and ask them to review our book. One of the reviewers … Continue reading
I Love It When Things Fall Into Place!
I haven’t been blogging much lately because I’ve been working very hard to finish our book, Despair to Deliverance: A True Story of Triumph Over Severe Mental Illness. I remain very grateful to the people who read the final draft … Continue reading
Be Careful What You Ask For
Somewhere around the beginning of February, we finished the final draft of our book and sent it to a number of friends, family and acquaintances for feedback. We had been working on it for two years. A large part of … Continue reading
Robin Decides to Write a Book
It was 2008, and I had long ago given up on the idea of writing a book about the extraordinary year Robin and I experienced together in 2003, since I couldn’t figure out how to tell the story without violating … Continue reading
Feeling Compelled to Write a Book
As I have said, the experiences I had as Robin’s therapist in 2003 changed my life. I never expected Robin to have such a dramatic meltdown. I certainly never expected it to take a year for her psychiatrist and I … Continue reading
“I Don’t Know What to Do!”
In August 2003, Robin’s life had completely hit rock bottom, from her perspective. In seven months she had gone from living in her own apartment and working full-time at a job she felt good about, with co-workers who liked and … Continue reading
Posted in Ch 7 - Rock Bottom (Excerpts)
Tagged Avoidant Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mixed Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Suicide
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