depression
It is not just a matter of feeling sad; discover an honest view of the mental, emotional and physical toll of clinical depression.
Depression Days
The past few days I have been battling with severe depression. I’ve been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety but I am on medication for it. Even on the medicine I still have days that I just don’t even want to get out of bed. The past few days have been that way. Living in a box is the only thing I felt like doing.
By Catrina Palko7 years ago in Psyche
Depression
I would like to take a minute to talk about depression. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. The NIMH estimates that in the United States, 16 million adults had at least one major depressive episode in 2012. That's 6.9 percent of the population. Telling someone to 'get over' their depression won't work. Depression distorts your thinking. Your mind can literately play tricks on you. It makes you feel unwanted. Some suffering from depression are afraid to seek help because their mind makes them think that they are bothering people. If someone reaches out to you, please, don't belittle their situation. You never know what they are thinking. You can never be sure how much of a mental battle they actually faced when deciding weather or not to confide in you.
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Psyche
Surviving Winter
Seasonal Affective Disorder, abbreviated accordingly as SAD, or better known as "winter depression," is described by the National Health Service (NHS) as a type of depression that comes and goes in a seasonal pattern. Symptoms include having a persistent low mood, irritability, despair and a general lack of energy. These symptoms are usually more apparent and more severe during the cold, dark winter days. One theory suggests that SAD might come from lack of exposure to sunlight, thereby affecting some parts of the brain responsible for controlling mood, appetite and sleep pattern. I remembered winter depression just recently when British Summer Time took 60 minutes back, and Ph is now plus 8 hours away. The gloom is coming, and as is heat tech undergarments and layers of clothing.
By Jen Piacos7 years ago in Psyche
Reaching Reality
Why do I only write when I’m feeling heartbreak? Is it because that is when I’m truly myself and having to face reality? I’ve always thought reality as an overrated concept. I never truly dealt with the events in my life. I never dealt with my childhood, depression, anxiety, heartbreak; nothing. It’s all still their lingering and at times, it’ll all sink in at once, but I go on in life like nothing has ever happened to me. I smile, try to show others happiness and give their life fulfillment, even though I am left with nothing, but emptiness. All the time. I think I do this because I know how it feels to be the one feeling nothing but oblivion, and I wouldn’t want anyone to feel that way. With a life that has been based off many lies, betrayals, and emptiness, there starts to become ways of rejecting reality.
By Nicole White7 years ago in Psyche
Depression
When I was ten, I felt like I was going through a pretty big change mentally and spiritually. I became more aware of a lot of life's bigger questions. My personality was developing more too. And with that all, came the depression. All I could describe it as, was a dark shadow floating over me. A feeling like nothing else, and not something someone my age at the time, should be experiencing.
By Ashly Arbes7 years ago in Psyche
Is There Really a "Post-Abortion Syndrome"?
Reversing Roe is a documentary recently released on Netflix that looks at the attempts that have been made over the years to challenge the United States Supreme Court's decision on abortion in the Roe v. Wade case. It mentioned something referred to as "post-abortion syndrome," a spectrum of adverse mental health effects that occur following an abortion. As a mental health professional myself, I knew that this isn't a diagnosis in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), but I was curious to know more. While I support a woman's right to choose what happens with her own body, my focus here is not whether abortion is wrong or wrong, but rather whether post-abortion syndrome has been established as a legitimate phenomenon. I will use the term abortion to refer specifically to induced abortions rather than spontaneous abortions (i.e. miscarriages).
By Ashley L. Peterson7 years ago in Psyche
