Depression and Illness
Last November I started getting sick with a sinus headache and fever. At the end of a week, I was so sick that I ended up throwing up in a bathroom stall at work. The doctor diagnosed a sinus infection. Not unusual for someone with allergies, but I hadn’t…
Jump-start your day with exercise (Yes, even if you’re depressed)
It’s 5:30am and it’s still dark. For some reason I’m actually awake. Granted, my usual waking time is only half an hour later, but to me, voluntarily getting up early is an idea that just doesn’t compute. However, I am deliberately giving up sleep for a good reason. I’m…
Why Sunday Nights Stink When You’re Depressed
Why is Sunday night the cruelest night of the whole week to a person with depression? You would think that all nights would be bad with depression, which is basically true. But I think, without a doubt, Sunday nights are the worst. I remember that when I was depressed,…
A link between introversion and depression?
“Hi, nice to meet you. I’m an introvert.” Last night I went to a course on event planning held by UC Berkeley extension. Although it didn’t dawn on me at the time, it was apparently the perfect opportunity to network. Even the course presenter encouraged us to network during…
Depression and Oversensitivity
Once again this past week I’ve been tearing my hair out over something that happened on my forum for people with depression. You might think the most frequent problem on the depression forum would be suicidal members. I have to say that I kind of expected that to be a big…
Virtual Mental Illness: Opening Law Enforcement Eyes to Schizophrenia
The Wall Street Journal reported this week on a trend that I find very encouraging. Police officers all over the country are being given a glimpse into a schizophrenic’s world via a device called a “virtual hallucination machine,” created by a pharmaceutical company, in an effort to give them…
How Does Depression Affect Your Daily Life?
Sometimes, instead of looking for depression symptoms, looking at how you’re behaving every day helps you to recognize that you have depression. Here are a few ways that your behavior might have changed. Your place is a mess; laundry and dishes are piled up, mail is unopened, etc. (Assuming…