Depression is an incredibly debilitating mental illness to deal with, even given how common it is, and one of the most pervasive ways that it makes your life harder is by making you feel lonely and isolated. The symptoms of depression often make it difficult for you to maintain the friendships and relationships that you…
The main difference between depression and garden-variety sadness is that depression makes it difficult for people to function at their usual level. It’s a major diagnostic indicator for mental health professionals– if something is negatively affecting a person’s daily life, it’s crossing over the line into being a disorder. For this reason, depression can make…
Just the phrase bipolar disorder conjures up a lot of thoughts in your head when you hear it. Many of these ideas are probably based on the loose understanding that the general public has of bipolar disorder, and they’re probably not very positive or encouraging. People with bipolar disorder are often unfairly written off as…
Triggers are a major part of life when you’re living with post traumatic stress disorder. Triggers can be just about anything– people, places, things, smells, sounds, words, and more– that remind you of a traumatic instance or instances that left you with PTSD. Sometimes triggers may not even seem to make sense, but they can…
We’ve all had it happen to us: you’re scrolling through your social media of choice, and you see someone from your circle posing in a stunning location, enjoying a night out with friends, celebrating a milestone or the purchase of a new car, or just about any other aspirational event that commonly gets posted online.…
Seasonal affective disorder, also known as seasonal depression or SAD, is a fairly common mental health problem where people experience low moods, sadness, and other depressive symptoms in association with a particular season and time of year. Mostly, you’ll hear this disorder discussed in the winter, since it’s very common during the colder months when…
Major depressive disorder is a very common mental illness, and unfortunately it can also be extremely debilitating. Depression gets in the way of everything you do in your life, from the time you wake up in the morning to the time you go to sleep at night. Luckily, we live in a revolutionary time for…
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. This national month of recognition was established in 1949 to increase public knowledge about mental health issues and the impact that they have on many people’s lives, and today the tradition is still going strong! This is a month dedicated to helping yourself, helping…