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Try to: Pick Up Some Drumsticks
I recently re-acquired my drum kit following my divorce. As a result, I got to play the drums for the first time in over fifteen months. In doing so, I realized playing drums is an amazing way to help deal with depression.
Try: Big Group Meditation
Last week, I attended my first big group sound meditation event at famous Grace Cathedral here in San Francisco. Despite feeling weird about it, I Facebook Live'd the event so that others could see what it was like.
SOS! What’s Your Advice?
November's here. Cue the start of the holidays and the pile-up of work at the office and school. It’s a moment when many of us are saying: “Hello, ol’ friend anxiety!”
A Poem Illustrating My Experience with G.A.D.
Hi, I'm Melissa. I was inspired by the poetry of Rupi Kaur to write this poem. It's dedicated with love and support to the anxious.
Read more of my work here.
Introducing New Editor Mohammedi Khan
I am excited and humbled to be joining your journey of understanding, acceptance, and coping with ‘generalized anxiety disorder’. As an editor of this publication, I will continue to ensure the integrity of your submissions and create an integrative platform between us Voyagers.
Are You Bugged By Other People's Behavior?
You know how it’s easier for the people around us to see us our patterns than for us to recognize them ourselves? Well, I’d been married for nearly a decade before my husband recognized the repetition of my complaints about the world around me.
Migraines Are a Body-wide Disorder
I've reread this New York Times article about a newly released migraine study again and again. The growing awareness that migraines are a "body-wide" disorder involving chemical reactions in the brain feels like a newly revealed puzzle piece.
The Anvil, or Why I Was Anxious In Court
Two days ago, I was in court all day. I was also battling intense anxiety all day. I tried to stay aware of my feelings, and today, I attempted to revisit those sensations to make sense out of the experience...there is a fixed point where anxiety ceases being a trivial nuisance and takes up residence in my body, so that I can literally feel it. When I experience anxiety, it feels like an anvil is sitting on my heart. So, that’s what I have termed the sensation: the Anvil.