77. Making Peace with the Past

Overcoming trauma, neglect, and more with Psychology Today

A few months ago, I responded to a journalist’s call to speak with people about resilience and overcoming adversity. I told her the story that brought many of you here, about how the choice to take antidepressants after my father’s sudden death, when I was 15, reverberated with horrific consequences that almost cost me my life.

The journalist saw someth…