{Real) self-care for teens: How do you handle toxic friends?
Rant: Hey old people – teens and kids get clinical depression too!
For teens and kids with anxiety and/or depression: finding and seeing a doctor
Mindfulness for teens with depression and anxiety (video)
Mindfulness is an essential part of self-care for teens with depression and anxiety. In this video, we talk about the benefits of mindfulness, non-meditation activities, mindfulness meditation, and finish up with a 3 minute guided meditation, so you can jump right into it if you’re interested. Transcript: Hi I’m…
(Real) self-care for teens with depression and anxiety
Self-care, real self-care, should be a part of every teenager’s life, but is really essential for teenagers with depression and/or anxiety. In this video, we talk about what self-care is (and what it isn’t), emotional and physical self-care, and talk about self-care activities that you can try.
10 Ways to Help When Your Child is Depressed (video)
For Teenagers – How to Get Help for Depression (video)
Lawrence and I talk about teenagers and depression on our YouTube Channel: Transcript: Hi, I’m Deborah Gray And I’m her son Lawrence And we are going to talk about, uh, teenagers and depression, um, pretty specifically how teenagers can get help for depression. So, I actually wrote an…
Talking to a Man About Depression
The mental health community is beginning to accept the idea that men tend to exhibit depressive symptoms differently than women. Instead of feeling sadness, a man may feel angry or irritable. Instead of losing interest in activities he previously enjoyed, a man may drink too much or engage in…
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in Children
Did you know that children can suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)? I’m embarrassed to admit that I just found this out recently, after years of writing about mental health. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a condition that can cause depression, fatigue and overeating, among other things, and it is…
Depression from the Eyes of a Teenager
Depression is hard to define, for me at least. When I’m talking to people about it, I can never quite define it. It’s a complex issue, and it sure is adaptive, whenever I finish going through something, It always finds something to point to and say, “Here’s something you…