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How Men and Women are Impacted by Depression- Winter Blues: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and Depression - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2013 from David DurhamOutside the rain patters on the roof-tops, the sky is blanket shade of mid-grey and there is a distinct chill in the air. There, doesn’t that make you feel … well not so good. As winter arrives the Northern hemisphere, many people feel more depressed as their mood starts changing. Some of ...
Views: 1160(1 vote) - Wise Woman Ways To Prevent Depression - by Submitted on May 09, 2011 from Susun WeedThe dark months are a time of rest and renewal, not a time of high energy. The fairies return to their underground homes at Halloween and return aboveground on May Day. Give in to the slower pace of the winter. Expect less of yourself; enjoy more time in bed. Stop fighting the dark. Let it be ...
Views: 2149(1 vote) - Wise wrods - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceAn old Cherokee told his grandson one day about a battle that goes on inside people… He told him that the battle was between 2 wolves. One is Evil. It’s anger, envy, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other one is ...
Views: 1300(1 vote) - Women and Depression - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Ann GattyWomen and depression is a topic that has received a great amount of comments at this website. We have written about Understanding Depression, including descriptions, causes and remedies for the different types of depression; but women want to know more about their gender-specific concerns. ...
Views: 1196(1 vote) - Yoga tips - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2010 from Anne RosaPrasara yoga is a new style of yoga that blends elements of traditional asana, or poses, along with elements of movement, or flow. Most modern forms of yoga concentrate on one of two aspects: asana, the actual poses, or inyasa, transitional breathing between poses. Prasara yoga integrates both ...
Views: 2436(2 votes) - You Can't Beat Anxiety And Panic Attacks By Wishing Them Away! - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Wally BrownPerhaps you have been feeling a bit worse lately with your anxiety. When it used to not be so bad, now it comes on really strong and seems to happen when you aren't expecting it at all. If this is happening to you often, you are having panic attacks. When this unknown fear that you experience ...
Views: 2392(1 vote) - You Don't Have Anything Wrong With You - You Just Have A Treatable Anxiety Disorder - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2011 from Wally BrownAnxiety is a psychological condition triggered by the release of emotions. When a person is drawn into situations that cause tension, stress, or fear, a certain part of the brain known as Amygdale triggers a mechanism called fight or flight response. When a wrong message or a wrong ...
Views: 1434(1 vote) - You lost hope - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2011 from Adele McDowellYears ago, a shaman looked at me and said, “You lost hope. You should never lose hope.” He was right -- and, boy, did I hate that. I have a long history of unflappable optimism. I’m able to make copious amounts of lemonade. I pride myself on my out-of-the-box thinking. But the shaman ...
Views: 3782(1 vote) - Winter Blues Got You Down? - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2011 from Dr. Nathalie BeauchampAre you feeling tired, irritable or simply just, “down in the dumps?” If so, it is likely that you are suffering from the dreaded condition, Winter Blues. The official name for it is Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.), interesting acronym, isn’t it? Now, I am not generally one for labels, ...
Views: 2293(6 votes) - 5 Steps for Overcoming Procrastination - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Michael LocklearMillions of people struggle with completing goals and overcoming challenges due to the habit of procrastination. In fact, it's one of the most common personal issues that people seek help for. There are several reasons why people procrastinate or avoid tasks. They can range from simple, basic ...
Views: 2618(5 votes) - 6 Depression Busters - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2015 from Danielle PierreMost of us have been there, and sometimes without warning. Depression typically attacks those who have suffered a loss, physical and mental abuse, have low self-esteem or are experiencing a lack of fulfillment. The degrees in the severity of depression vary from bouts of mild depression ...
Views: 2866(5 votes) - 7 Key Methods to Helping a Friend with Depression - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Dave KanofskyAccording to the latest statistics, approximately 20.9 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder. So chances are pretty good that you know someone who suffers from depression. If you have a friend who suffers from ...
Views: 3432(5 votes) - Relationship, Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Medication - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2010 from James HendrixThere are mental health, relationship issues and emotional problems that are beyond or at least at the edge of behavioral control. People are not trying to be depressed or crazy – they act that way because of complex brain, hormone, environment, and background issues. There are times when ...
Views: 1824(5 votes) - Are you Unhappy? These 7 Steps Lead to a Living Hell - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2012 from Don NenningerAre you chronically unhappy? Are you unconsciously taking the seven steps to depression, unhappiness & dissatisfaction? Are you living life from the subconscious programming you;re accustomed to even if it's a block to the experience of a good life? Do people always have ideas about how to ...
Views: 1279(4 votes) - The Pursuit of Happiness: 10 Practical Ways to Beat Depression - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2012 from Carisa HolmesIt has been said that happiness is not a destination, but rather a means of traveling. It may be wise to view happiness as your guide and compass, rather than some future goal in life, but it can be challenging to get in touch with this most coveted and elusive mind state in the midst of a busy ...
Views: 3632(4 votes) - 3 Tips to Beat Depression and Increase Life Satisfaction - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2012 from Bruno LoGrecoYour life satisfaction can affect every aspect of your life – how you approach things, how you interact with others, how much you enjoy anything you do and so much more. When you are not satisfied with your life, research has shown that you are more susceptible to depression, an often ...
Views: 1460(3 votes) - 5 Great Ways to Boost Your Mood - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Dante PetrillaThis time of year tends to be a bit gloomy for a lot of people, or to put it more accurately, people tend to embrace gloomy thoughts and attitudes in the Winter season. The reasons or excuses for this phenomenon are many, but are really not relevant to this piece. We’re going to focus on ...
Views: 1535(3 votes) - 5 Things To Do When You Are Upset - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2013 from Elmira StrangeAccording to Wikipedia, 'sadness' is a feeling of being alone or lonely, which can feel as a "severe pain related to sorrow", and which results from something negative happened to you. Sadness is when your mood is temporary lowered, whereas with depression you will have the same feelings but ...
Views: 1604(3 votes) - Abnormal Brain Structure in Schizophrenia - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Byron RichardsThe post-mortem analysis of the brains of patients with schizophrenia compared to normal brain shows severe dysregulation in the matrix outside of brain cells that holds them together in key regions of the subconscious brain associated with learning, memory, and the processing of stress. The ...
Views: 1536(3 votes) - Am I blue or depressed? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2012 from Dr Ed FeracoAm I blue or depressed? By Dr Ed Feraco Have you ever wondered if you have depression or if it is simply the "blues"/sadness? Most people have experienced the "blues"/sadness sometime in their lives and perhaps many times; however, when is the blues really clinical depression? Clinical ...
Views: 1558(3 votes) - Five Tips For Coping With Mental Depression in Your Life - by Submitted on May 21, 2013 from Joshua NyamacheWhy exactly do you get depressed? Is it because you're facing so many challenges? Are you an addict or an alcoholic who is depressed? There are so many things happening around you and as you get engaged in them, some of them will make you to have fun while others result to problems. Yes, we all ...
Views: 1367(3 votes) - How To Get Your Power Back And Change Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from simona richIt's very disempowering to see yourself as a helpless victim. Unfortunately many people make this mistake. The reason why some people feel powerless is because they think that they have no influence over their lives. They perceive other people and circumstances to be more powerful than ...
Views: 2824(3 votes) - The Fear of Loneliness – A Deceptive Product of Thought - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranFunctioning within the habitual thought-swirls of the mind leads to several unfortunate mental states that spoil our lives. Self-awareness and listening to the movement of life can free us from those states and help us lead a peaceful life. A majority of people in this world fall a prey ...
Views: 1318(3 votes) - The Art of Managing Worry: It is all in the state of Mind - by Submitted on May 31, 2010 from Daniel RoseMost individual’s worries about what life would be for them: “what would I be?”, “how much would I have?”, “where will I be?” “Who will I be with”? These are the W’s and the H of life that makes a person anxious and worried all the time, yet worry serves a very positive purpose in our life. It ...
Views: 3167(5 votes) - What To Do When You're Feeling Blue - by Submitted on May 12, 2006 from Jacquie HaleEveryone has an occasional time of feeling down. Some people may be clinically depressed while others have bouts of feeling blue or times of low energy. Regardless of the frequency or the cause, and whether or not you are on medication, you can lift yourself out of the doldrums with a few ...
Views: 16710(5 votes) - ***Depression: Effects and Forms - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Robyn WheelerDepression affects over 121 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Depression takes on various forms from mild to severe and women are twice as likely than men to be affected by depression especially during childbearing years. Most of us have heard of or ...
Views: 3290(2 votes) - 5 Ways of Overcoming Depression Disorders - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2013 from Joshua Nyamache"Hey buddy, I'm experiencing depression and I have lost my appetite and zest for life. I have to do something to get my life back." From this statement, it is true that we can overcome depression and live the life we want. Some people have devised positive ways that help them to stay cheerful ...
Views: 1071(2 votes) - 5 Ways to Know You've Lost Yourself - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2013 from Nicole NenningerHave you lost yourself? Are you so absorbed in your career, in your relationship, in the daily grind, or in an addiction that you've lost sight of who you are or where you'd like to be in life? Great! Say what? Well, let me reassure you that first, it's pretty common. Second, I can help ...
Views: 2502(4 votes) - A Connection Between Human Depression and Mice Behavior - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2013 from Jennifer ThomasA scientific study discovered that differing personalities in mice give insight into human depression. This was published by Eneritz Gomez, a psychologist at the University of the Basque Country. Her findings are thought to give valuable clues to realize how human deal with depression symptoms ...
Views: 779(2 votes) - Adolescent Boys Struggle With Stress And Depression - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Leah FriedmanAmerica’s young boys may look like they are in control of their lives as they hang together in groups and swagger down the streets, but in truth they are under tremendous pressure today. Violence by teenage boys in the nation’s schools has focused attention on why these adolescents developed ...
Views: 1632(2 votes) - Am I clinically depressed ? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2013 from Akira Olsen"Am I clinically depressed?" I have been asked this question by several people. I will try to answer this here. Depression is a common illness that half of people in this country may experience at least once in their lifetime. Causes of depression may vary: genetic, environment, and ...
Views: 1280(2 votes) - Anxiety Attack Symptoms - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Popa WoolseyLearn how to heal anxiety attack symptoms which be defined as an over whelming rush or surge of anxious or negative feelings of emotional stress, which could later develop into depression. Here again emotional stress is very similar to anxiety symptoms and stress is revealed by the ...
Views: 2034(2 votes) - Are you suffering from spiritual depression? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Adele McDowellEvery have one of those seemingly endless stretches of time, when it feels as if all your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went? You are not sick, per se. You just don’t give a damn anymore. Nothing matters much. After all of your full-speed-ahead decisions, choices and actions, you feel ...
Views: 8763(2 votes) - BIPOLAR OR NOT, EVERYBODY GETS DEPRESSION - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Agnes LevineDepression is a normal emotion that comes and goes with life. It is a chemical release in the brain known as Dopemine that is probably responsible for the emotion Depression. When someone dies or we lose our job, we may feel periods of sadness. That is Depression. Sometimes we move away from ...
Views: 2272(2 votes) - Child Autism Side Effect from Antidepressants - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2013 from Jennifer ThomasMedical reports from patients plus clinical findings implicate antidepressants, like Zoloft, in several serious and even life-threatening side effects. Among the harmful effects of antidepressants that have come to light is the probable risk for autism in a child, based on a July 2011 CNN ...
Views: 1562(2 votes) - Clinical Vignette: Treating Depression - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Cristina MardirossianEddie was first diagnosed with major depression at the age of 15. The roots of his depression were multiple. He grew up with two parents who neglected him emotionally. His mother only spoke Spanish, while Eddie only spoke English. This created a huge communication gap between the two of them. ...
Views: 4134(2 votes) - Codependency, Addiction, and Emptiness - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2016 from Darlene LancerEmptiness is a common feeling, and there are distinct types of emptiness, but it’s psychological emptiness that underlies codependency and addiction. Whereas existential emptiness is concerned with your relationship to life, psychological emptiness deals with your relationship to yourself. It’s ...
Views: 2227(2 votes) - Counteracting Depression - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Mandy KloppersCounteracting Depression People who suffer from depression tend to be introspective. They attribute all failures to their own shortcomings/inadequacies and all successes are attributed externally. By this, I mean that they often do not give themselves credit for any success in their life, ...
Views: 1533(2 votes) - Cutting And Emo Are Not Intrinsically Related - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2007 from Christopher DanielsonEmo and Cutting Cutting is something that has come to many people’s attention in recent years for the wrong reasons. Although people have been engaging in self-harm behavior, such as cutting, for decades, it has only recently been thrust into the spotlight, usually under the guise of an ...
Views: 5497(2 votes) - Dealing with Stress rationally - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2011 from Albert de GoiasThe human being hates disruption. From the very first cry of an infant leaving the comfort of the womb, we have reacted to disruption as an undesired and painful condition. Stress is the result of disruption – from what is familiar and comfortable to what is unfamiliar and disturbing. In ...
Views: 1441(2 votes) - Depression Cure with Homeopathy - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2014 from Virgil PaunThere is no health without mental emotional health. According to statistics almost 90% of all illnesses are caused by mental and emotional stress. Depression is the number one reason for doctor visits in America today and the psychiatric drugs prescribed are second only to painkillers. A ...
Views: 3299(2 votes) - Depression: Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2010 from Ben Arnold"Depression is Rage Turned Inward" This expression best illustrates Depression in its most common form. For while you may feel tired and depressed, your energy is all but gone. What has happened, through time, is you have learned to redirect your energy poorly within the body. That is to ...
Views: 1965(4 votes) - 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: 1230(2 votes) - Don't Let the Blues Get You Down-Try Reflexology! - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Jacqueline FairbrassWith all the information now available on the adverse side-effects of medical intervention into depressive states many people are looking to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to help. I am often asked about alternate or complementReflexology can aid in treating depressionary practices ...
Views: 2725(6 votes) - Don’t Let Depression Defeat You! - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2013 from Michael BroderFeeling a little down from time to time is a normal phenomenon that most of us experience. However, when feelings of sadness, despair, or emptiness linger to the point where they are interfering with your ability to function optimally in your daily life, you may be suffering from depression. ...
Views: 1290(2 votes) - Fish Oil And Depression - 3 Quick Ways To Feel Better - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2012 from Konstantin EriksenOver the last years, as society has developed into an information society, depression has reached almost epidemic proportions. All the time, I see people around me depressed. Family members, friends and 2-3 years ago, myself. Here are three things you can do today to help yourself feel ...
Views: 1413(2 votes) - Heal Depression by Processing Feelings - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2008 from Kay HutchinsonDenying feelings can create stagnation emotionally and lead to states of depression. Use this handy checklist to assess if you are processing experiences in a way to avoid stagnation and depression. Checklist for Healthy Processing Are you acknowledging both the positive and negative aspects ...
Views: 2644(2 votes) - Healthy Ways Of Coping With Your Emotions - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr GrayEmotional distress is a part of life and serves a necessary function in terms of alerting us to problems that need to be resolved. Everybody therefore needs to be able to experience and tolerate a certain amount of distress. Trying to avoid unpleasant thoughts and feelings can actually lead to ...
Views: 2114(2 votes) - HOW IS THE TUCSON, ARIZONA TRAGEDY A TEACHABLE MOMENT ON MENTALL ILLNESSES? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Agnes LevineThe Tucson, Arizona tragedy has been on the tongues and minds of the nation over the past week. The tragedy has indeed caused conversations regarding mental illnesses to move forward as it typically does on the heals of a tragedy such as this. The lesson, therefore, is still the same: ...
Views: 1734(2 votes) - How to Avoid Stress and Depression After the Holidays - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Frank BarnhillWe think about, we dream about and often we worry about what’s going to happen during the holiday season! Sometimes, this is good, sometimes it’s bad. You have to admit; we tend to get really emotionally charged for any holiday or vacation time of the year. After all, a holiday ...
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