What does depression feel like? You might be surprised.
“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…
SAD in the Summer? Yes, You Can Have Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Summer
“Summertime and the living is easy.” Amen to that. I love summer. Credit it to spending much of my childhood in Florida, but I actually like being hot and sweaty. My absolute favorite place to be is on a beach with sun on my face and my toes digging…
Diagnosing Depression
At this point, diagnosing depression and other mental illnesses is not a cut and dried, simple matter. There are no definitive medical tests that can be performed, and there are many types of depression that are different from each other in fairly subtle ways. A good place to start…
More what does depression feel like? – with The Sims (video)
Clinical depression is a lot more complicated than we used to think it was, and the symptoms can vary widely from person to person. The standard list of depression symptoms such as sadness, lack of sleep or loss of interest in things you used to enjoy just doesn’t cover…
What is smiling depression and what makes it dangerous? (video)
The term “smiling depression” has become very popular in the media recently, but it’s not a new type of depression. It’s a new name for Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD), also known as dysthymia. In this video, we talk about what makes PDD particularly dangerous. Transcript: Hi, I’m Deborah Gray…
6 Signs You May Be Depressed without Knowing It
You may be depressed without knowing it – that’s what happened to me – for twenty years! One of the reasons that it took me so long to recognize that I had depression was not because I never say depression symptoms lists. I did come across these lists from…
Top 10 Depression Myths Debunked
It’s all in your head. Only women get depressed. If you have depression, you’re stuck with it for life. Do any of these statements sound familiar? For all the misconceptions about clinical depression, it seems that there’s a depression myth for every truth – and this makes it difficult…
What is depression? – Helen M. Farrell
Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close to ten percent of adults struggle with the disease. But because it’s a mental illness, it can be a lot harder to understand than, say, high cholesterol. Helen M. Farrell examines the symptoms and…
Depression Rarely Strikes on its Own
I have clinical depression. I also have mild Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). I always feel a little silly rattling off the laundry list of my mental illness disorders. It makes me feel like I should add “hypochondriac” to the list as well. My depression…
5 Excuses that Might Prevent You from Getting Help for Depression
So you know you have depression, or you’re pretty sure you do, but you’re putting off doing anything about it. Procrastinating is a fairly common state of affairs for people with depression. I once put off renewing the registration for my car (before I was diagnosed with depression) and…