While depression can be a serious and debilitating mental illness that leaves people feeling like a shell of their former selves, it’s also extremely treatable, and with each passing year your outlook for recovering from depression only gets better! Antidepressant medications, therapy, and other treatment methods are more sophisticated than they’ve ever been, and you…
Depression has a reputation for being a problem with sadness, and while that’s certainly a component to this disorder, there’s so much more to depression than just feeling blue. It also has a tendency to affect a person’s motivation and energy levels, making it hard for them to function as normal– sometimes, making it so…
It’s a fear so intense and unthinkable that we often avoid even speaking about it as a society– the fear that someone you love will be in so much emotional distress that they take their own life. Even talking about it can feel like a taboo, like you might bring it on just by mentioning…
Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses today, yet it is still very misunderstood. We often have an idea in our heads of what depression looks like that can be very inaccurate to what it’s actually like to experience it, not least of all because there is no one way to experience depression.…
Anxiety and depression are two of the most common mental health problems that people struggle with. They occur in a significant portion of the population in the United States alone, and there’s a good chance that you’ve either experienced one of them yourself, or that you know someone who has. In popular culture, anxiety…
January is Mental Wellness Month, and it marks a really great time of the year to be focusing on your mental health. January is all about slowing down after the holidays, settling into a new year that’s full of possibilities, and turning your attention towards bettering yourself and making the coming twelve months the best…
Depression is an incredibly common mental illness. It’s estimated that somewhere between 14 million and 19 million American adults have experienced at least one depressive episode in their life, if not more. You’ve probably known multiple people in your life who have had depression, and may have experienced it yourself. However, you may not be…
The holidays are a fun and jolly time full of music, gifts, and togetherness– for some people. For others, they can be one of the most difficult times of the year. It’s bad enough feeling lonely when there aren’t major celebrations happening all around you, but dealing with those feelings of isolation during a time…
