Peter Vox is a retired school teacher and professional musician from Long Island, NY who has spent his life battling anxiety, depression and existential sadness. His book, The Psych Ward Notes: Surviving Anxiety and Depression chronicles his childhood, the origins of his mental illnesses, history with medications, decades spent in therapy, marriage, careers, journals written from psychiatric hospitals and theories on how to handle your own mental illness. Furthermore, it's also a book about learning from past mistakes, accepting your flaws, focusing on your positive attributes, accepting help from others and realizing that there are opportunities to start over in life if you are open minded and willing to make small changes.