Dealing with Depression–Interview with Trever Clark
Jun08

Dealing with Depression–Interview with Trever Clark

My Living in the Darkness series about dealing with depression continues with traveler Trever Clark. What was your experience with depression before you began travel? I’ve lived with depression, anxiety and OCD since I was 15 years old. At the ripe old age of 32, that’s over half of my life now. In high school, I had days where I just couldn’t face school. Luckily my parents understood and, after talking to them...

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Living in Darkness interview with Toni White
Jan28

Living in Darkness interview with Toni White

Our next interview is with Toni White. You can learn more about her and follow her adventures by visiting her blog Reclaiming My Future. What was your experience with depression before you began travel? I was 13 years old when my life changed. One day I seemed to wake up and my mind had gone. To this day I don’t know the trigger of my depression. My mental illness began with psychotic depression, with me hitting the...

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Living in Darkness–Interview with Brandy Bell

Brandy Bell of It’s One World…Travel! is next in our Living in Darkness interview series.  She paints some excellent imagery about what living with depression is like. How can I tell you what it feels like to be depressed? You’ve had three hours of sleep and the alarm is blaring in your ear. The sickening realization that you have to get out of your warm bed and put your feet on the cold floor.  They’re all waiting for you, you...

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Living in Darkness, dealing with depression interview #2

Editor’s note: The person responding to this interview requested to be anonymous. What was your experience with depression before you began travel? Since I now have years of 20/20 hindsight, I can say that I have probably been depressed since I was a child. A seemingly charmed upper middle class American life was fraught with turmoil, and sexual abuse at the hands of my father. However, it wasn’t until I was in my late 20’s that...

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Living with Darkness–Interview with Forrest Walker
Jan07

Living with Darkness–Interview with Forrest Walker

As I wrote when I shared about my long-term battle with depression, I am introducing an interview series from fellow travelers who have dealt with depression to share not only their experiences, but what also helps them deal with the condition.  I hope sharing their stories helps others.  I’d like to thank Forrest of The Other Side of the Coconut for sharing part of his journey with us. What was your experience with depression...

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