Having battled this disease for 35 years with only my bride knowing its full impacts, I recently came out about my depression publicly. I had opened up to a few close friends at church before and was feeling somewhat better but never “normal“. In this week’s musings, I wanted to share 3 potential ways to …

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I am sitting here scratching my balding head wondering, “how can I be 49 years old”? Today’s musing centers on this topic of “Forty-Nine Years Circling the Sun – A Birthday Post”. The years are going by much faster now as I am reminded of something my brother-in-law told me when I was 16 years …

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So you want to know a secret about having anxiety with depression? Having anxiety with depression is like “worrying about everything while at the same moment in time, carrying about nothing”. For many years I thought this was normal behavior. Imagine preparing for a vacation – perhaps a dream trip to a popular European country. …

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It is no secret that I completely and totally despise the Summer heat. I do not manage well in the heat as I tend to lose my cherub-like demeanor. However, the time we do spend on Saturday mornings for our Beach Therapy is very therapeutic to my mind. So why do I say, “Hallelujah! Summer …

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So what is normal you ask? I sure wish that I knew because all I want is to feel normal. For nearly my entire life I have felt different; different from everyone else in school and then later on at my places of work. Having battled mental health for many years, a vast majority of …

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