Penny’s such a cheerful dog that it seems strange that we use the term ‘the black dog’ for depression. I hadn’t heard of ‘the blue dog’ – anxiety – until I visited the Flowerdale – Survivor Spirit blog tonight.
I like to visit this site as often as possible to read about the courage of the people of this devastated town, trying to get on with their lives after the terror of the February bushfires.
I’ve posted about the horrible, unseasonable heat we had last week – even we, living in suburbia, feel afraid of what this summer will bring. But it’s nothing to what the people of the burned-out towns must feel. Here’s a poem by Peter Auty about the anxiety attack he suffered recently, when the terrible heat brought back memories of the fires.
