Moments in Keith Anderson’s life remind us that memories evoke musical experiences.
Closing Time, Mr. Cohen
Leonard Cohen's lyrics were poetic prowess whether read or heard. And they will never be forgotten.
Leonard Cohen’s lyrics were poetic prowess whether read or heard. And they will never be forgotten.
My Mental Health Playlist—Music that Changed My Mind
When you are struggling to find a meaningful connection, to believe you will recover from depression, music can help you to feel less alone.
When you are struggling to find a meaningful connection, to believe you will recover from depression, music can help you to feel less alone.
Is It Possible To Heal Mental Illness Through Online Interactions, or Do We Need Human Contact?
Online resources are necessary, but what about the role of people meeting people?
Online resources are necessary, but what about the role of people meeting people?
False Hope: Is It Worse Than No Hope?
Keith Anderson experiences the highs promises provide, but hits the emptiness of false hopes. It's all part and parcel of the roller coaster recovery to be endured when rehabbing from a mental illness.
Keith Anderson experiences the highs promises provide, but hits the emptiness of false hopes. It’s all part and parcel of the roller coaster recovery to be endured when rehabbing from a mental illness.
My Life In a Mental Health Bubble
The world is harsh beyond my bubble. Sometimes, I assume everyone is educated to be sensitive and compassionate, but then I learn yet again, that we need to continue to advocate for mental health rights.
The world is harsh beyond my bubble. Sometimes, I assume everyone is educated to be sensitive and compassionate, but then I learn yet again, that we need to continue to advocate for mental health rights.
Discrimination—Removed From the Conversation
Slowly, but surely, mental health stigma is being eradicated, advocacy is working. As a man who has embraced this mission, I am thrilled.
Slowly, but surely, mental health stigma is being eradicated, advocacy is working. As a man who has embraced this mission, I am thrilled.
Life Is Not a Checklist
People with mental illness want to be part of society, no longer dismissed, their stories not reduced to a list.
People with mental illness want to be part of society, no longer dismissed, their stories not reduced to a list.
Healthy is Wonderful, but What About the Other Stuff?
Old pain can create new feelings, and it's not depression this time. It's an unidentifiable emotion, which I must learn to endure as I continue to heal.
Old pain can create new feelings, and it’s not depression this time. It’s an unidentifiable emotion, which I must learn to endure as I continue to heal.
Financial Burden of Mental Illness – National and Personal
It's costing companies anywhere from $15 billion to $33 billion in any given year in disability claims alone.
It’s costing companies anywhere from $15 billion to $33 billion in any given year in disability claims alone.
No it’s NOT a ‘Stigma’ – it’s Discrimination Pure and Simple
Society has a "stigma" around mental illness, but what it really amounts to is harmful, even deadly, to those who encounter it.
Society has a “stigma” around mental illness, but what it really amounts to is harmful, even deadly, to those who encounter it.
After Recovery – Finding My Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, and Self-Worth
Years in the darkness of mental illness left him socially awkward and technologically baffled. But it also made him determined.
Years in the darkness of mental illness left him socially awkward and technologically baffled. But it also made him determined.
Rebounding from the Sting of Stigma
Now I am able to celebrate the depression that took so much of my life into the darkness.
Now I am able to celebrate the depression that took so much of my life into the darkness.
Living with Depression – Learning What it Means to be Relevant
After a long climb out of the depths it took a heart-to-heart with an old flame to make him see himself as a good man.
After a long climb out of the depths it took a heart-to-heart with an old flame to make him see himself as a good man.
A Day in the Life of My (Past) Depression
I looked happy, but inside I was falling apart.
A Healthy Society Requires Healthy Language
People suffering with mental illness need to set the factors identifying acceptable and unacceptable word choices used to describe their diagnoses and conditions. It’s time to support these meaningful members of the population.