Wendy Aron

I'm going to write a romantic comedy about how my former shrink attempted to prove his love for me by putting an ocean between us for over a year. It's going to be an edge-of-your-therapy couch thriller revolving around a tenuous tech bond repeatedly tested by innocent miscommunication, false assumptions, skeptical friends, and the occasional stray hater. On second thought, a psychiatrist could probably construct a far more satisfying human behavior mystery. In fact, I'm confident Dr. Alexander Sherman has analyzed our relationship and prescribed treatment that is covered by my insurance.

Previously in my mental healthcare nightmare saga:

"Hide & Seek: How I Laughed at Depression, Conquered My Fears and Found Happiness," a 2008 memoir, which was published by an award-winning independent press the day before it declared bankruptcy:

"In her efforts to subdue raging depression, TV and stage writer Aron tried to no avail virtually every mainstream and alternative remedy. Her adventures among the lunatic fringe are laugh-out-loud funny. In the end, Aron gets her life together by dismissing all of the 'miracle cures' and discovering herself. Anyone who has overcome recurring bouts with the blues will relish this comic self-help tale." --School Library Journal

"Sitcom writer Wendy Aron has written a hysterically funny book about a very unfunny subject: being paralyzed by depression. Perhaps more neurotic than Woody Allen and just as funny, Aron survives a year of self-help groups and therapy by homing in on the scariness and inanities of the meetings. This Jewish New Yorker's sharp, self-deprecating humor can dissolve suffering into laughter." --Hadassah Magazine

"Learning how to cope with hopelessness has never been so fun." --ForeWord