“Practical advice, with a pleasant degree of melancholy.”
Your best source for Psychological Forecasts including Bad Days, Annual Breakdowns, and Eclipses of Self.
The Melancholic’s Almanac (TMA) is the only psyche-informed publication and podcast calculated using the study of books by dead people to predict sudden inclinations, gathering neuroses, and fine crops of contemporary vexations.
TMA offers articles and a bi-weekly podcast on the variety of ways the humanities illuminate the field of psychology, the practice of psychotherapy, and the experiences of those who suffer from mental illness—especially depression. Frequent contributers from the field of mental health include Dr. Benjamin Vigilius, the nationally-renowned psychotherapist and advice and good news from columnist and poet Silas Constantius.
Good news. We could use some of that.
We here at TMA believe that wisdom found in old books will do more to banish your worry and suffering than will the new pills prescribed by the town doctor; an education in what makes humans human is a more effective tonic for your ills than your plunging into the current news of the day; and that melancholy is more than just another word for “depression.”
What can I expect?
Every first and third Monday of the month we post a podcast discussing a signficant work in the humanities. The podcast assumes no previous knowledge of the work but gets deep fast. Bring your hip waders.
The other two Mondays, we post articles about the many ways our mental health struggles can be addressed by reading and discussing great books. I also engage with questions from you, the reader, and from other psychotherapists in the field.
All free of charge.
So, if you are someone who wrestles with depression or anxiety, a psychotherapist who suspects the experts might be wrong, a liberal arts teacher who desires to integrate more psychology into the classroom, or just a neighbor who feels she has missed out on a good liberal arts education, then The Melancholic’s Almanac is here for you.
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