Depression Hates a Moving Target. Nita Sweeney

Depression Hates a Moving Target - Nita Sweeney


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      Depression

      Hates a

      Moving Target

      How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink

      Nita Sweeney

      Mango Publishing

      Coral Gables

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      Copyright © 2019 by Nita Sweeney

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      Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink

      Library of Congress Cataloging

      ISBN: (p) 978-1-64250-013-4 (e) 978-1-64250-014-1

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2019935676

      BISAC category code: SEL011000 SELF-HELP / Mood Disorders / Depression

      Printed in the United States of America

      For Ed, my husband, best friend, and confidant.

      Author’s Note

      In writing this book, I used my journals and running logs to refresh my recollection of people, places, conversations, and events. I also researched facts and talked to some individuals who appear in the book. As for my opinions, they are my own. I wrote about what worked for me. This book is not intended as a substitute for medical advice on any issue, physical or psychological. As the members of the Dead Runners Society say, “Your mileage may vary.”

      Table of Contents

      Prologue

       Chapter 1

      Off the Sofa and into the Ravine

       Chapter 2

      Private Runner

       Chapter 7

      Fuse. Fuse. Fuse.

       Chapter 8

      Turkey Trot

       Chapter 9

      The Land of Enchantment

       Chapter 10

      Structure

       Chapter 11

      Endurance Athlete

       Chapter 12

      Tying Myself to the Planet

       Chapter 13

      The Quarter

       Chapter 14

      Marathoner in Training

       Chapter 15

      The Big “Five-Oh!”

       Chapter 16

      My Mind Is Trying to Kill Me

       Chapter 17

      Half Marathoner

       Chapter 18

      Mortals Can Marathon

       Chapter 19

      Sophomore Slump

       Chapter 20

      The Real Race

       Chapter 21

      A Real Runner

       Chapter 22

      Roller Coaster

       Chapter 23

      Sore Feet

       Chapter 24

      Taper Madness

       Chapter 25

      Earning My Sticker

       Chapter 26

      Taking It In

       chapter 0.2

      Epilogue

      Conclusion and Resources

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      My mind was trying to kill me again.

      “Who do you think you are?” it growled as I squatted in a green porta potty four and a half miles into the Columbus Marathon. The sun shining on the white top bathed me in gray light.

      The running partners I’d begun the race with that morning, and trained with for the past four months, had gone ahead without me. They would have stayed. I’d spent a mile convincing them to leave


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