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Tag Archives: Depression
Squirrel!
This morning my wife let our dog Lucy out the door to greet me at the moment when two squirrels ran out from beneath the line of cedar trees next to our lawn. Lucy gave chase to one of the … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, healthy aging, life and death, running, swimming, Tarsnakes, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons, we run and ride, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged anxiety, anxiety and ADHD, anxiety and exercise, anxiety disorder, Depression, depression and exercise, distracted, distraction, squirrel, squirrels
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Dealing with anxiety in an anxious age
This pandemic anxiety and the economic worries that come it it make the world feel as if it is locked in worried state and unable to get out. Perhaps there is something to be learned from this era, because the … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, running, sex
Tagged anxiety, anxious age, coronavirus, covid-19, dealing with anxiety, Depression, invisible flame
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Sleep it off now and then
During the summer months we often wake quite early to run or ride before the wind and heat pick up. A few times this summer I even rode in the morning on weekdays. That required getting out the door by … Continue reading
Posted in aging, aging is not for the weak of heart, anxiety, Christopher Cudworth, Depression, swimming, track and field, training, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged anxiety, arianna huffington sleep, Depression, getting good sleep, getting more sleep, sleeping in, swim form, swimming, taking naps, training, triathlon
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Have you ever been broken?
Recently a young runner friend who is just a year out of college made a confession on Facebook. He related his experience with depression and urged others to seek help and counseling. Depression can leave a person feeling defeated and … Continue reading
High expectations. Low drama.
In the weeks leading up to her Ironman Louisville event, my wife Sue was quite busy with her job. For one thing, she was out of town handling job responsibilities for a week. Then she got back with a day … Continue reading
What’s it like to go really nuts?
Ten years ago in the throes of caring simultaneously for a wife with cancer and a father who was a stroke victim, the emotional toil became too great. I met with my doctor who prescribed an anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medication … Continue reading
The Dragoon and The Blaggard
Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us like a good revenge story. Almost every Clint Eastwood movie from the 1970s was about revenge. You know the plot. Cowboy gets beat up. Cowboy goes into hiding. Cowboy … Continue reading
Let yourself be happy
“Maybe the hardest thing I’ve ever done…was to walk away from you…leaving behind the life that we’d begun, I split myself in two…” ––Jackson Browne There are many ways to be unhappy. A lost love. An anxious mind. The list … Continue reading
What Carrie Fisher taught us about choking the beast of depression, anxiety and dread
When the Star Wars character of Princess Leia Organa played by Carrie Fisher took hold of the chain that bound her and used it to choke the dickens out of her captor, Jabba the Hut, fans cheered at the triumph … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, carrie fisher, Depression, dread, princess leia, rogue one, star wars
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Before (and after) the frost
During a cross country season my sophomore year in high school, a friend and I were paired up to do an outdoor field biology project. His name was Doug Benson, I believe, who was a teammate and friend. The instructor … Continue reading
Posted in running, Uncategorized
Tagged biology class, bug collecting, bug collection, Depression, running
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