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How Men and Women are Impacted by Depression- Depression - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from Marie KahvajianDepression, anxiety, stress all seem to be the words or “diagnoses” that so many people have been “labeled” with these days. It’s all over the media, with all these advertisements of all these “little wonder pills” to make you feel better and the sad thing is that so many would rather take ...
Views: 1371 - Holiday Blues NO more! - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Cheryl FreiSome of you know that I have suffered from depression at times in my life, and December is a great month for me to either go into that depression and view my life as what could of been, or to view it as what it can be! I thought I would share with you my daily routine that I practice to stay ...
Views: 1371 - Depression – Causes And Home Remedies - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2013 from Elisa IemmolaDepression is a state of mind in which one feels low and shows utter disinterest or rather aversion towards any kind of activities. A depressed person suffers from a melancholy or sadness far exceeding the normal level of sadness or grief. Depression is viewed in the light of psychology, ‘the ...
Views: 1370(2 votes) - Why Not Practice More Self-Love - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Carrie SabaWhen you think of the word love what comes to mind? Do you think about the people and things you care most about? Does it bring emotions of joy and kindness? When you think of the word love does it make you smile from the inside because love makes you feel happy? Most of us think of positive ...
Views: 1370(1 vote) - Avoiding the Downward Spiral - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Mark Piercy“Only when you've been to the deepest valley, can you know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain” The title of this book is “livethislife” - Metal Mindset. Before we create a Metal Mindset, we need to first understand and define what negativity is and how it impacts ...
Views: 1369(21 votes) - Hope for the Helpless! - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2005 from Paul ShearstoneOne might think that because I am a Chronic Fatigue Survivor, caring for others battling this insidious disease, would be easy. Sadly, that is not the case! In my book “Until You’ve Walked the Path” about my struggles with CFS, I refer to Danny, a good friend of mine that made a miraculous ...
Views: 1368 - The Recession and the Expats in Spain - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Vincent TreacyThe recession is now over two years old and I met a friend in the radio station who was then running a restaurant. He is also a Music Hall buff and he entertained his restaurant guests across the alley from the restaurant in a small Music Hall. Barry Britten, my friend,had a thriving business ...
Views: 1368 - Mental Health: Is It A Good Thing That Lady Gaga And Prince William Are Talking About Mental Health? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2017 from Oliver JR CooperA few days ago, Lady Gaga and Prince William had a conversation about mental health. This was a time when the former spoke about her own challenges and the latter spoke about how important it is for people to open up, amongst other things. A Mixed Response And as these two people are ...
Views: 1368 - Depression: Looking For The Flowers - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2007 from Rebecca SheldonAs a small child, even as young as two years old, I felt an overwhelming responsibility to my father. I felt that, although he was physically stronger and certainly older than I, it was up to me to protect him because he was fragile and vulnerable. It was many years later that I learned of my ...
Views: 1367 - Just trust and reach for the light - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceThrough the writing my book, I have found the strength and hope to come back from a very dark place. My greatest wish would be to impart that message to others. We can all achieve that. There is a place deep inside of us that remains untapped, unless you reach your lowest point, and allow the ...
Views: 1367(1 vote) - Depression: Can Someone Think Their Way Out Of Depression? - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2017 from Oliver JR CooperIt is often said that it can be a lot harder for one to have a mental and emotional problem than it can be for them to have a physical problem. And there are a number of reasons as to why this is. For one thing, if one has something wrong with their inner world, they can feel too ashamed to ...
Views: 1366 - Some useful information about mental health - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2012 from David leeMental health is important when it comes to different individuals. One needs to know how disorders related to mental health are caused. If consequences and the treatment options are known, it becomes easier for a person to take care of the disorder. There are many people who avoid seeking ...
Views: 1364 - Evolution versus “deaf, dumb and blind” believers in Earth being only 6,000 years old - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2014 from Richard RuhlingWhy is this article in the sections of Depression & Gratitude? Because if you believe that you came from a monkey, you might be depressed. Seeing support for the biblical account that we were made in God's image (and have a higher destiny than apes) brings gratitude to the Creator. This also ...
Views: 1362 - Why a blog will have a good effect on your life - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2013 from Sigbjorn HI believe that a blog can have a very positive effect on most people, and maybe especially those fighting depression, unemployment and boredom. It will not solve all problems in a minute or two, but it can for sure help people take small steps towards a brighter future. There are tons of ...
Views: 1362(2 votes) - Can Men Suffer From Postpartum Depression? - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2013 from Jennifer MoyerMany people are familiar with postpartum depression in women but postpartum depression in men is hardly ever talked about. A new baby is a wonderful blessing but the demands of parenthood are very stressful and can be overwhelming to both parents. Mothers and fathers share many of the same ...
Views: 1361(2 votes) - Emotional Support Animals Related Laws You Should Know About - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2020 from Catherine CooperEmotional Support Animals(ESAs) like emotional support cat are sidekicks that are embraced or gotten back particularly for the emotional and mental improvement of their human partners. Animals have been demonstrated to have a calming and beneficial outcome on those surrounding them and ...
Views: 1361 - We know our past – But we have no way of knowing our future - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceFor so many years I felt as if life was just about getting up every day, existing just until another night of the haunting dark hours. I would be still in the dark, fighting with all I had to stay awake. Why could I not just close my eyes? That meant the return of the nightmares. I would feel ...
Views: 1360(1 vote) - Coping With Life After Divorce - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2011 from Roberta Stack-CostantinoIs there life after divorce? You bet there is, if you let there be. I was divorced in 2003, after 13 years of marriage. It was a marriage that probably never should have happened, but something that I would do all over again simply because it made me the person I am today, and gave me 2 ...
Views: 1359(1 vote) - How To Overcome Depression - Dealing With Depression Successfully - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2008 from Dr John AnneThere are situations in a person’s life where isolation and lack of happiness is experienced. Depression is a condition where a person feels bored and miserable. This feeling can be troubling particularly when a person seems so low and cannot conquer the obstructions that he is ...
Views: 1359(1 vote) - Mental Health Treatment: Is The NHS Letting You Down - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr GrayThere are more people on capacity benefits due to mental health problems than the total number of unemployed people on job seekers allowance. By 2030 depression will be the world’s most common illness according to the World Health Organisation. As evidence suggests that Cognitive Behavioural ...
Views: 1359(1 vote) - The Teenage Problem without a Name - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2009 from Rabbit WhiteDoctor: What are you doing here, honey? You’re not even old enough to know how bad life gets. Cecilia: Obviously, Doctor, you’ve never been a 13-year-old girl --The Virgin Suicides For many, adolescence recalls a time of turmoil, a bleak era we would prefer to bury in our subconscious, vowing ...
Views: 1358(1 vote) - Finding Your Life Purpose Mindfully - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from sherry gabaThe process of beginning the journey to finding your life purpose and discovering what it is you truly want can be found in those still moments when your intuition speaks to you telling you exactly what you need to know. Through mindfulness or “being awake in the here and now” epiphanies appear ...
Views: 1357(1 vote) - FREE APPS for Mental Health Support - by Submitted on May 22, 2016 from Barika GraysonOver the past few years I’ve become accustomed to utilizing and recommending applications to help clients get through tough times. While applications are not a replacement for my services, they can help when clients need some "on the spot" aid or reinforcement. ...
Views: 1356 - How meditation offers help for women with depression - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Gary KaplanNearly eleven percent of American women are on antidepressants. How did a condition once thought to be so rare become epidemic? Many factors contribute to the disease, yet experts agree that stress is the main cause of the physiological imbalances that give rise to depression. Evidence ...
Views: 1355 - How to Manage Depression Short of Having Octuplets - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2009 from Phyllis GoldbergNadya Suleman is a 33 year old unemployed single mother who recently gave birth to octuplets, conceived through in vitro fertilization. She grew up as an only child and had always dreamed of having a large family. Reporters, pundits and bloggers have called her irresponsible and selfish, as she ...
Views: 1355 - Expat Life and Staying Mentally Healthy - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2013 from Jen JonesThe giant steps you take when relocating overseas Moving abroad is a pretty big decision for anyone to make. And if you’re a prospective expat, it involves undertaking a lot of research before even buying your airline ticket. The things people need to arrange before moving abroad include the ...
Views: 1354(1 vote) - Major Depression and Its Serious Complications - by Submitted on May 30, 2005 from Michael RayelWhen suffering from clinical depression, people have different ways of confronting it. Some acknowledge it, face it just like any problem, and seek help. Some ignore it as if it doesn’t exist. And others simply accept that it’s there but they don’t do anything about it. In fact, they don’t even ...
Views: 1354 - The Challenge of Depression Extends Beyond the Individual - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2016 from Gary DirenfeldCoping with depression requires one’s partner and family to understand the difference between depression and sadness. Sadness usually refers to a sense of loss, grief or upset in response to an event typically recent in one’s life. While sadness can be intense, it usually runs its course as ...
Views: 1353 - What to do when you feel hopeless - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2017 from Tanisha HerrinFeeling hopeless is common when you’re depressed. People experience such feelings now and then but some find it easier than others to look at the bright side. The feeling of hopelessness with depression puts your mood and state of mind in a dark place. It can be challenging to see past the ...
Views: 1353 - Benefits Of Live In Care – Dove Home Care Birmingham - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2018 from Soli SethiDove homecare is known for their best service in Home Care, Home Carer, Private carer, Domiciliary care, Home Care Birmingham, Home Care Solihull, Home Care Shirley, Home Care Knowles, Carer at home, Live in care, Live in carer, Full time carer, Part time carer, Dementia Home care and Live in ...
Views: 1352 - Finally...A New Model for Understanding Depression and Pain - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2011 from Neil NathanFINALLY…A NEW MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION AND PAIN At last, the times, they are a changin’. For 25 years the medical profession has viewed depression as a “simple” imbalance or deficiency of serotonin and dopamine. This misguided concept has limited the treatment of depression ...
Views: 1352 - How Gardening Can Improve Your Health - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2011 from Noah LockeWhen many people think of gardening, they often picture retired seniors with large sun hats and khaki shorts, plowing rows of tomatoes on warm spring days in Palm Springs. Because of this common misconception, many younger people shy away from gardening because they think of it as an exclusively ...
Views: 1352(1 vote) - Managing The Stresses Of Peer Pressure - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Stanley PopovichBy: Stan Popovich Dealing with peer pressure can very stressful. It can be very difficult not to give in to your friends and other people in doing something you do not want to do. As a result, here are some suggestions on how to manage the stresses and anxieties of dealing with peer ...
Views: 1352(1 vote) - A Thought Is A Thought: Your Mind and Depression - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2006 from Lee BaucomScience has bought the whole "depression is a result of a chemical imbalance." We have whole theories about how a low level of serotonin in the brain leads to depression. So, we have a whole medicine industry that is caught up in the pursuit of healing depression through a chemical ...
Views: 1350(1 vote) - Caring for a Disabled Child - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2017 from Karen ColeDisability is not inability, but it could end up being one when parents slack off with the level of care and attention given to children with serious and uncommon needs. Although there have been many reported cases of natural occurrences, disability has also been a result of complications having ...
Views: 1350 - Feeling Better Now, Step By Step - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2007 from Mark Ivar MyhreIf you're a happy loving person then it's easy to tell someone else - "Just be happy. Just love yourself. Go ahead. Do it!" But if you're really hurting, or depressed - if you're at the 'low end' of the emotional scale - it's probably just going to increase the hurt or the anger or the ...
Views: 1350 - “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”… Really?? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2015 from Suzanne St. John SmithWe’re about to head into what is likely your busiest time of the year, and yet songs joyfully remind us that it’s THE most ‘wonderful’ time of the year. Most people wouldn’t agree. Expectations for the holiday season seem to grow exponentially each year, but in reality, all you need to do ...
Views: 1350 - Recent Studies Into The Benefits Of Yoga - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2013 from chris barnesMen and women have often thought that practicing yoga can do more for your body than just maintaining fitness and flexibility. Study's now demonstrate it can help with weight control, back pain, sleeping disorders and even heart disease. Studies reveal yoga practice helps with weight loss ...
Views: 1349(1 vote) - Depression Costs America as Much as the War in Afghanistan - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Michael LocklearDepression is a worldwide epidemic. According to the World Health Organization, it affects about 121 million people worldwide, and those numbers are increasing. Depressive disorders affect as many as 18.8 million American adults or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a ...
Views: 1348 - DISCOVER YOUR TRUE AUTHENTIC SELF - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2018 from Darlene LancerCodependents often wonder what is normal. They feel insecure and wonder how others perceive them. Many tell me they don’t really know themselves. They’ve become people-pleasers, editing what they say and adapting their behavior to the feelings and needs of others. Some sacrifice ...
Views: 1348(3 votes) - Advice For Psychotherapist - Dealing With Burnout - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Sawas DeeIn the career of every psychotherapist, there comes a time when it becomes very difficult to help depressed patients solve their problems. It’s like the initial spark that has made you capable of treating people and helping them with their problems is long gone. Once you submerge yourself in the ...
Views: 1347(1 vote) - Celebrity Anxiety Disorders Exposed - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2013 from Dennis SimsekI would always be searching for that light at the end of the tunnel when it came to my anxiety disorder, but if you're in the same situation as I used to be, look no further then these famous names. The people you are about to read about didn't accept that anxiety would be a part of their lives ...
Views: 1346(1 vote) - The Anxiety Epidemic - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2013 from Dennis SimsekWhat is an Epidemic? The rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something. With almost 7 million people being affected by Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the U.S. alone, and 40 million people suffering from some type of mental health issue, we have ourselves a problem that is growing at ...
Views: 1346 - The Black Dog of Depression - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from Evin DalyOften overlooked and seldom detected, even by our close friends, this monster skulks amongst us daily. It is attracted to those susceptible to its influence, into whom it burrows like a worm, while normal people suffer nothing more than an occasional glancing blow. Churchill called it his ...
Views: 1345(2 votes) - Menopausal Depression: Hormonal, Or Circumstantial? - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2008 from kathleen cornelius-smithJanice is an attractive, happily married 48 year old woman who has developed chronic migraines. Colleen, a 52 year old successful business owner, comes in to her physician’s office complaining of constant low energy and insomnia. Judith is a 54 year old artist, who weeps as she confesses to ...
Views: 1344 - SAD? Lighten Up - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2014 from Michael MantellIt is the time of year when people, especially it seems, millennials, report feeling depressed and unhappy. The less sunshine we see, the more dreary, blue, grumpy, low and unhappy people feel. What’s worse, these negative emotions lead to eating more carbs, weight gain, increased sleep and ...
Views: 1343 - A Simple 5 Part Formula To Handling Season Change, Relapse Recovery and Going With the Process - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2010 from Trish RobichaudQuantum change? Whenever I hear people talking about "quantum change", I wonder, "What the heck is that all about?" Change to me is about "evolution" or a transitional process. For instance, when the season changes, we don't wake up one morning and the snow is all gone and there are leaves on ...
Views: 1342(1 vote) - Does work place violence affect the corporate performance? - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2012 from Martin JoyCorporate performance is the most important point in the development of the corporate business. The business can reach to the pinnacle point with the excellent performance of the employees in the business. There are prominent factors which analyze the corporate performance. These factors mainly ...
Views: 1342(2 votes) - How teaching kids helped me improve myself - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2019 from Efi AsvestiEight years ago I started teaching English in private lessons for kids. It was a desperate attempt to earn my living and escape from my financial tragedy, as it was a trend for bosses not to pay, back then in Greece. I had been working in bad conditions for about four years since I was a ...
Views: 1342 - Self Esteem and Depression - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2016 from Dave AbbottSelf esteem and depression are directly tied to one another. When self esteem increases one is less likely to be depressed. Of course the opposite is also true. When self esteem decreases one is more likely to be depressed. What Is Depression? Metaphysically speaking depression is anger ...
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