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About Me
My career as a subspecialty surgeon ended prematurely due to neck disease. This loss triggered considerable anxiety and depression, which I worked on for many years. I finally got much better after taking up meditation and working on an improved spiritual outlook. Now I practice medical acupuncture, focusing on pain and emotional problems. Before medical school I studied neuroscience as a biophysics graduate student, and the combination of neurobiology and modern physics now informs much of my philosophy about mental health and also my metaphysical views. I blog at http://willspirit.com and http://blogs.psychcentral.com/happiness.... (more)
How I Stay Healthy
Meditation. Exercise. Writing.
My Experience with Health Challenges
Depression. Anxiety. Spinal problems.
Depression
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Depression has shadowed my life at least since age six, when my mother killed herself after many psychiatric hospitalizations and shock treatments. My melancholy became especially acute after I lost my surgical career due to neck disease in my early forties. I've tried pretty much every treatment anyone ever suggested, including a wide variety of therapies and many pharmaceuticals. What finally helped was a combination of meditation and learning to accept both my circumstances and my feelings. Since working in these ways, I've successfully tapered off all the psychiatric medication. My life feels meaningful and directed. I am no longer depressed, but I still remember how it feels. Both in my work as a physician acupuncturist, and in my writing, I try to use my experience to bring insight and light to those who suffer under the dismal shadows of defeat and hopelessness....
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Spiritual Practice
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