Category: bipolar

How do you describe depression?

On By Nancy Joy CookIn bipolar, depression, mental health, mental illness, writing7 Comments

pexels-photo.jpgAs I write my memoir about my ill-fated adventures with the mental health industry I describe depression as a milky haze and as the cornstarch of the soul, thickening every thought and every movement. If I were to make a depression martini I’d mix one part despair with two parts not giving a shit. Continue reading “How do you describe depression?” →

Love’s loss: my therapist’s battle with bipolar disorder

On By Nancy Joy CookIn bipolar, depression, mental health, mental illness, Psychotherapy, suicide, Uncategorized2 Comments

 

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Pamela Glassman, my therapist at the John Bradshaw Center, took her own life after battling Bipolar Disorder. Her mother, Joan Childs, also my former therapist, penned this book about Pam’s struggles with mental illness and the health care system that let her down.

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