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Can You Train Yourself to Be Happy and Lead to Greater Success in Your Life?

DPK — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:59:19 +0000

I just read a great article by Shawn Achor on the CNN site called “Is happiness the secret of success?” . Achor cites studies and figures to make the case that it does, indeed, pay off to be more happy than not. For someone who suffers from depression like me this isn’t earth-shattering news, but [...]

Involuntarily Committed: Days 8 to 10

DPK — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:10:49 +0000

Day eight dawned like the previous seven, waking up early and drinking non-caffeinated coffee for an hour or two while trying to focus and read an Adrian McKinty book I had received from my paperbackswap membership before going into the hospital. The novel’s “hero” is a heroin addict so it wasn’t the best reading material [...]

Involuntarily Committed: Days Three to Seven

DPK — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:43:35 +0000

In retrospect it’s difficult to remember exactly what was going through my mind in the wee hours of the next morning when I continually called K on her cell as she drove home, alternately pleading with her and yelling at her to come back to my house. Needless to say it was psychotic mania. My [...]

Day Two: Involuntarily Committed

DPK — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:59:50 +0000

Day two of my stay in the locked ward dawned bright and brilliant. I was awake by 4:30, still feeling manic despite the antipsychotic meds and lithium the doctor had been administering to me at night. “Now what do I do?” I thought. “Another 3 days here and I can’t even have a cup of [...]

Day One: Involuntarily Committed

DPK — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:42:49 +0000

Snorting Adderall…I don’t recommend it. That’s what got me in trouble this time. Staying up for days at a time, not taking my risperidal to calm down at night. Self-medicating with weed and herbal incense and klonipin & even buying MORE Adderall then what I’m prescribed. Oh yeah, and the percosets & Xanax and tequila… [...]