Seasonal affective disorder(SAD), also known as major depressive disorder with seasonal pattern, is a period of major depression that happens when seasons change. Most people experience SAD during the winter months, when the days grow short and you get less and less sunlight. It typically goes ...
That robs them of hope. But when we begin to understand that depression, at least initially, happens for a good reason we lift the shame. Instead, people with depression are courageous survivors, not damaged sick people.The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is constantly scanning our internal ...
We know that depression can sometimes run in families. This suggests that there's at least a partial genetic link to depression. Children, siblings, and parents of people with severe depression are more likely than the general population to have depression. Multiple genes interacting with one anot...
I didn’t grieve any of that when I left my job to go on maternity leave. Not the stray, half-eaten sweets that always seemed to find their way to my stomach. Not the cloud of policies and procedures that metaphorically hovered over my cubicle. There was one thing that I did miss –...
Lonely But Not Alone Depression is a lonely disease. It's not the sort of thing that you sit around and discuss with your friends. When you are depressed, you probably don't believe that you have any friends. Even if you did discuss it with family and friends, unless they suffer from...
“I ought to know, by now, that God uses everything that happens as means to lead me into solitude. Every creature that enters my life, every instant of my days, will be designed to wound me with the realization of the world’s insufficiency, until I become so detached that I will ...
You probably feel sad and alone right now, and that’s normal. All of us tend to feel anxious and depressed at some point. When life struggles to wallop us, the only thing we can do is stay strong. We might not be able to know when our condition will last, but at least somehow,...
I told my friends that I couldn’t join them because my unstable me would hurt them, I am dangerous, I’d rather hurt myself. I’ve got only one feeling – desperate. 敏感的我就像身体里有个充满眼泪的气球,一点小事就会触发它,并泪流满面。一句‘你还好吗?’、 ‘你感觉怎么样?’、 ‘告...
However, if you set and fail at a goal, lose at a competition, or screw up at any endeavor, the inverse happens. Your brain actually reduces the number of neurotransmitter receptors that are present and, given enough time, can actuallymake you much more depressedthan you originally were. ...
When this happens, it can help to use research-based coping strategies for dealing with depression in addition to seeking professional treatment. While some types of talk therapy—such as psychodynamic therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, or cognitive behavioral therapy––sometimes in combination with...