depression
It is not just a matter of feeling sad; discover an honest view of the mental, emotional and physical toll of clinical depression.
Poster Child for Depression
Have you ever been the poster child for depression? I have. It was not a very pleasant time of my life. Nobody likes you when you're depressed. It's a hard truth but it is there and it is very real. And this pandemic has not been easy for anyone.
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹5 years ago in Psyche
Here's How I have Overcame My Depression by these 3 Steps?
In late 2020, I started to sense depression because I consumed too much time finding a job. This only got more serious when the pandemic circled, and I started to fall deep into the economic importance that this was going to have on the world. I found myself grappling with things like impulse and especially my mood. I was a lot more hostile for many months, but lately, things have been going a lot better. Today, I want to tell you how I could heal my depression, and it all comes down to three things.
By Vishnu Aravindhan5 years ago in Psyche
The Space Between
Prologue Everything is dark in the space between. All of it, except for the slivers of light that reflect off the honeysuckles here and there in the spots where the crowded trees allow the moon to filter through. But the things that live here, the ones that occupy that place on the precipice of sleep,where the conditioned air of the bedroom bleeds into the breeze of dreams, don’t need light. In the inky blackness of semiconciousness, sight is unnecessary. Because, she thinks, they can smell you all the same.
By D.A. Williams5 years ago in Psyche
Shrödinger's Suicide
I'm not suicidal, I'm just standing on the edge of a cliff waiting to be pushed off. This is a phrase that came to my mind recently. I've suffered with varying degrees of depression for more than half my life. Whilst I was first initially diagnosed with 'mild' depression at 18, I was writing poetry at 13 that could have been dismissed as teen angst. I also admitted to a friend that I sometimes scratched at my arm with a compass. Not to mention that I developed chronic fatigue as I started high school, an illness that can be a result of great stress (read: mental breakdown).
By Luke Elliott5 years ago in Psyche
Electroconvulsive Therapy & Me
The first time I heard of ECT(1) was under circumstances I can’t really talk about. Suffice it to say that someone I knew, who I very much identified with, was choosing to undergo treatments. I can’t really say more than that about the circumstances. But the circumstances, while important to me, are not what I want to talk about. What I want to talk about was my response.
By Melissa Klinginsmith5 years ago in Psyche
Marina
Content Warning: Postpartum mental illness, depression, and suicide. Oizys was an old ship. Charles’ family had bought her in pristine condition off a Greek immigrant back in the ‘80s. Now her wooden frame was littered with dents, the copper plating turned green, and smelled like hell. The once brightly painted OIZYS now only read O ZY and Katrina would sometimes call her Ozymandian. In spite of these many flaws, she could be steered by amateurs and was what they had. All they had isolated in the Gulf of Mexico.
By Lucy Richardson5 years ago in Psyche
Coping with Minor Depression
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor! I have experienced my own depression and I lived with someone that had major depression. Before you make a plan to deal with your depression, please talk to your doctor, no matter how minor you think it is. Let your doctor work out a plan with you.
By Dani McGaw5 years ago in Psyche
