Your place is a mess; laundry and dishes are piled up, mail is unopened, etc. (Assuming you usually stay on top of these things). You’ve been making excuses to friends why you can’t get together with them, or you’re telling them you’re “just too tired.” You’ve really let yourself go – you’re wearing clothes that [...]
“It was not really alarming at first, since the change was subtle, but I did notice that my surroundings took on a different tone at certain times: the shadows of nightfall seemed more somber, my mornings were less buoyant, walks in the woods became less zestful, and there was a moment during my working hours [...]
At any given time, 19 million Americans are suffering from a form of depression. Not only does this affect their lives, but the lives of those around them. Since depressive disorders are also are a major cause of lost productivity in the workplace, there is an economic impact on all of us as well as [...]
“Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in the way it becomes known to the self…as to verge close to being beyond description.” William Styron, Darkness Visible I was reminded recently, when I told the members of my forum for people with depression that we were moving back to a previous [...]
Part 2 of 5 =========== **Causes** (cont.) – What initiates the alteration in brain chemistry? – Is a tendency to depression inherited? **Treatment** – What sorts of psychotherapy are effective for depression? **Medication** – Do certain drugs work best with certain depressive illnesses? What are the guidelines for choosing a drug? – How do you [...]
“People who don’t know [what depression is], who say it’s self-indulgence, sound callous, but it’s not callousness born of indifference; I think it’s callousness born of ignorance. That kind of ignorance we’ve got to get rid of, and little by little I suppose, we will. You say to them, ‘It’s a pity you don’t know. [...]
“I am the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be a cheerful face on earth. Whether I shall ever be better I cannot tell; I awfully forbode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be [...]
