When Melissa of Break Out of Bushwick offered to share her story about life with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) for our Living in Darkness series, I was quite interested. We don’t hear a lot about it, but there are many women who suffer from this type of depression. Often they are treated like “silly little …
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Next up in our Living in Darkness series about dealing with depression is Chris from Aussie on the Road. What was your experience with depression before you began travel? When I stop and think about it, I feel that I was dealing with depression for a long time before I knew what label to apply …
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Our Living in Darkness series continues with an interview with Kelly of http://solowomantraveler.ca and http://onequartermama.ca. What was your experience with depression before you began travel? Well I’d say I was almost born depressed, and I started to travel when I was 16, so it’s hard to say. That first trip (to France and Yemen with …
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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, …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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