The Aussie on the Road talks about dealing with depression
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 to it. When I would spend weeks on end locked up in my college bedroom just writing and sleeping and wishing away the week, I figured it was...
Dealing with Depression interview with Kelly
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 my best friend and his father) made me realize I needed to keep traveling and see the world. It...
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...
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...
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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