Writing is a therapy for depression

I have found that the journaling of my experience with the VNS and depression is in itself therapy. This latest mix of drugs and doing my creative things has given me more serotonin  and other calming brain chemicals. I have been writing some novelettes about an archeologist an her beaux who is in the same business as she. Just to put words to the keyboard and letting things flow keeps my mind off of the anxiety and depression. Replaces the negative with adventure, with other's thoughts, with others problems and then I solve them. Something, the solving part, I have not been able to do very successfully in my own fight with anxiety and depression. It seems that I am developing a type of agoraphobia. just another face of the sickness.

The Abilify is working.

The last time I took Abilify I suffered greatly from the sleeplessness. But now it seems that I am doing fine. Creativity has really blossomed and I am sculpting. I am organizing an-epub. for IBooks for the Children's Historical Fiction Nick Anderson:Timeflyer  the American Revoloution. Then I will go to Amazon to do a Kindle version in color.

nickanderson@gmail.com

And I have started to write again I and am almost ready to publish it and do so to IBooks. Three novelettes. The third one is being written right now.
They are about an archeologist that suffers from anxiety and depression.

I have to do these things while I am "up" 

which usually lasts just a few months.

Some are projects that have taken months to get to 

this stage. And when I am capable  of doing it, up enough I go hell

bent for leather.

Kinda a Catch 22. Work hard, stress, then depression. This time I have a new

doctor and perhaps with her knowledge I will remain up longer this time.

I have the VNS implant as well as 5 different medication for the depression.

One other thing!

Hitch Hiking Ghosts!

I am bloging about the artwork that I do at a local Orlando theme park. Some of the work is for sale at this famous World class park. And all my work will be for sale on

www.thesilhouetteshop.blogspot.com

jkmatthews@cfl.rr.com

New Job Search

Upon seeing the result of six months outside in the rain and mold that is Florida, I know that I need to seek another job inside. I have to step out in faith and do it. I have been in my business out side in the weather for 35 years, so I will look at this as a journey away from depression and into freedom from it.

For the last 21 years I have been doing this, silhouette cutting at local theme park. Here in the above video, I am at a local birthday party. The current business that I am with will not let me post the videos of me at the theme park. So that will wait until later.
If you want to see me on YouTube, just click on that link.

www.nicktimeflyer.com

thesilhouetteshop.yolasite.com