Depressed or Just Not Normal

Normality is a highly contagious insidious disease. It brings greatness to it’s knees, sucks the life out of creativity and dumbs us down. It could be called the zombie epidemic.

When a person is unique and tries to fit the mould something has to give, usually it is our sanity. Maybe it is time to face the facts, society is insane, stark […]

Loving the Black Dog

This is an extract from my upcoming book Kissing the Black Dog. Creative Solutions to Mental/Emotional Stress. 

When we can finally look on the adversity in our lives with a smile we have achieved what at one time seemed unattainable, the black dog (emotional. mental stress) is finally on a leash and has come to heel. The out of control terror, now walks […]

Anxiety or Overthinking

The last couple of hundred years of human development has been focussed on the strength of our thinking prowess. The technological advancements are way beyond our personal growth. We have weapons capable of totally destroying life on this planet . We do not have the spiritual enlightenment or responsibility for recognising the connectedness of all things.

This imbalance is showing up […]

Depression and Anxiety – so many different views

Since deciding to focus my attention on depression and anxiety, i have found there is a lot of fascinating information and opinions available. It does not surprise me that so many people still focus on the drug based suppression of the condition. It works for them.

On the other side of the coin is a growing amount of interest in actually solving […]

Depression. Is it misunderstood?

Depression is at epidemic levels in the western world. Is it being misdiagnosed and mistreated? Drugs may assist the problem, yet they do not cure it. Stop the medication and the problem returns.

Many people use their depression/anxiety as a coping mechanism It is the crutch that keeps them going. The option of taking personal responsibility is a bridge to far. Judging these […]

Another Aspect to Depression

By Dr. Kelly Brogan

Psychoneuroimmunology. This is what I aim to practice. Medical terms of this length command our respect for the interconnectedness of different subspecialties, for the futile segmentation and compartmentalization of the body into different organ systems.

As discussed in this previous article I wrote for Dr. Mercola, deconstructing the serotonin model of depression, psychiatry is in a crisis. It can no […]