Category Archives: Depression
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is primarily used as a treatment for PTSD. Discovered and developed by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., EMDR uses eye movements, taps or tones to reprogram trauma victims’ thinking. The end result can be relatively … Continue reading
Stigma attached to Major Depression and other mental illnesses can be as difficult to deal with as the illness itself. The idea that “they won’t understand” keeps depression sufferers silent and compounds their sense of isolation and negative thinking patterns. … Continue reading
Heather McCready, experienced days filled with “desperate sadness and intense darkness” and was diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder and then hospitalized for mania and suicidal depression. Ms. McCready’s voyage through mental illness deprived her of her creative abilities for … Continue reading
Kate White writes about what living with anxiety is like. Natasha Tracy shares her experiences with bipolar disorder. New HealthyPlace blogger Jack Smith writes about life with depression. And last year Rachel McCarthy James joined us on the HealthyPlace Mental … Continue reading
Today someone struggling with severe clinical depression will hear that they need to snap out of it. A friend, family member, or doctor will tell them that physical exercise or a positive outlook will solve their problem. A stranger will … Continue reading
My son struggles with moderate anxiety from time to time. In turn, I struggle with knowing how best to help him. When I read Angela McClanahan’s blog on parenting a child with a mental illness, I feel renewed gratitude for … Continue reading
Living with depression, major depression, the most severe kind of depression may best be described as a lonely, isolating, hopeless existence. Left untreated, it can lead a person to take desperate measures – anything to escape one more hour, one … Continue reading
Some mothers find their prescription anti-depressants so beneficial to their life that they begin to fear going off of them, then they fear they have become dependent. It is a dilemma common to many people who use medication to aleviate their depression. Continue reading
There’s a lot of awareness around depression these days. People talk more freely about it, there are antidepressant ads on television and radio, and, of course, there’s the internet where information on depression is bountiful. So how is it that … Continue reading
What’s it like living with major depression? Imagine not feeling joy in the things that used to make you happy. Having to live day-to-day feeling persistently sad. These are just some of the symptoms of major depression. Now think about … Continue reading
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