depression
It is not just a matter of feeling sad; discover an honest view of the mental, emotional and physical toll of clinical depression.
5 Ways Depression Affects Motivation
Over the past few years, cases of major depression among teens and young adults have climbed at a staggering rate. Although typically stigmatized as being non-severe and an excuse for the indolent, major depression is a serious mental disorder that affects your ability to think, focus, and rationalize. Depression also typically coexists with other mental illnesses, such as anxiety or mania, making the effects of depression and its treatment much more difficult to handle.
By Lucius Holmes8 years ago in Psyche
Suicide Prevention
If a student comes up to you and tells you that they want to kill themselves, how can you tell them that there is nothing you can do for them? 1 in 6 high school teenagers have thought about harming/killing themselevs. Just thirty years ago, this wouldn’t even be a topic that we could discuss. Let me tell you a story.
By Heather Wilson8 years ago in Psyche
You Know This House (and Yet...)
“Well, what is it like?” It’s like walking through your house in complete darkness. You’ve lived in this house your whole life; you know exactly which barstool is never entirely pushed in. You know exactly when you need to shift your hips slightly to the right to avoid the surprisingly sharp corner of the awkwardly-placed table at the end of the hallway. You know exactly how many steps you’ll take until you step on the hollow tile in the middle of the hallway, and exactly how many steps after that you’ll take before making a sharp left. You know exactly when to stop trailing your hand along the wall so as to avoid breaking your fingers on the edge of the doorjamb. You know this house like the back of your hand. A comfortable confidence settles over you as you realize all this, and you feel certain that you can safely navigate through the darkness.
By Elizabeth Grey8 years ago in Psyche
Living With Depression
When I was a kid, I was bullied so badly that even now when I have friends, I feel as though they don't really like me. This developed into severe depression and anxiety. I remember once in elementary school, an entire table full of girls (from my class) stood up and left as soon as I sat down to eat with them. There were two girls who stayed behind but still rarely hung out with me at recess. I learned that not everyone will like you, but why did NO ONE like me? I wasn't mean or rude, I was an average student, I helped kids in class with problems during class if I could, why didn't anyone want to actually be my friend? Oh that's right, my family was poor, that's it. It wasn't like we had nothing, we just couldn't afford certain luxuries. However, I loved my family life! We always had food on the table always had a roof over our heads, always had running water and electricity. In fact, the only time I was doing okay mentally was when I was with my family. The only problem was, I would avoid school by being "sick" if I could to avoid the mean kids as I called them. I never thought about killing myself, but more of, if I didn't wake up tomorrow it would be okay or maybe if I stand in the street a truck will hit me and it will all be over.
By TLC Hopkins8 years ago in Psyche
When Everything Changed
Once upon a time, there was a girl who was emotionally a mess. What I mean by that is her emotions were everywhere; one day she would be the happiest girl in the world, and the next she would be staying in her room, crying all day and night. The girl had no idea why she felt this way, so she decided to talk to a friend about it. Her friend had similar issues and recommended her to go see a therapist, so she scheduled a appointment.
By Shelby Spencer8 years ago in Psyche
Describing Depression
This picture is of me (on the far left) and my siblings at a family wedding in October 2017. What you won't necessarily be able to tell but will have probably guessed from the time of this post is that I have depression. I was diagnosed with depression at the end of May 2012, about 3 months before I was due to go to university. I was on a college course, not failing, but not meeting my expected grades either, although that statement probably underestimates how badly I was doing within myself. That particular episode was not the worst depressive episode I've had, those came later, but I was far from alright. I now feel it is important to discuss mental health openly, particularly for men and men my age, as suicide is a highly prevalent problem for my age (mid to late 20s).
By Duncan Ainsworth8 years ago in Psyche
Depression Is a Silent Killer
Suffering from depression myself as an adolescence, I learned that being depressed was one of the worst pains I had ever felt. Compared to physical pain such as cysts in my throat, depression was even worse. Perhaps this was strictly because of the fear of not being able to be cured. Going to the emergency room quickly cured my throat, but nothing could positively make my pain go away with depression. Not even until this day. However, it is not as pronounced as it was three years ago. Some people become depressed after bullying, but mine is said to be hereditary. My mom had it, then it was passed down to my older sister at a young age, and then down to me during my high school years. However, I believe it was a more physical approach that caused me to become depressed. When I was younger, I was involved in an incident which ended with me getting knocked upside my head with a steel baseball hat. It caused me to lose some of my eyesight along with slight hearing loss in one of my ears. Not only that, but I believe it may have been a slight contributor to my mental illness along with the already present trait.
By Deanna Garrett8 years ago in Psyche
Depression Is My Lifestyle
I've had depression my whole life and only noticed it at age 13 when suicide awareness was pushed into my book of knowledge by every teacher in junior high. I was constantly told it was wrong to not want to live and I never understood why. Why was I not allowed to want to die?
By Ohnny Sparks8 years ago in Psyche
Diagnosed!
Everyone has a story and everyone's story is different. Everyone goes through hard times in their life, but not everyone deals with it in the same way. Some people bottle it up, other people talk about it. Some people get sad, other people get angry. Some people overthink, other people go out to take their mind off everything. Everyone deals with it differently.
By Kera Lister8 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health Journey
Where did it all begin? Well, that’s a long story. So I suppose I should get started. The first signs began when I was in high school. I was only 14 years old, but I was told that at 14-year-old girl can’t be depressed because they don’t even know what depression is.
By Everybody Hurts8 years ago in Psyche
