January 24th Is the Most Depressing Day of the Year
According to Dr. Cliff Arnalls, a British psychologist with Cardiff University, a number of factors coincide to make January 24th the most depressing day of the year: It’s dark. Not as dark as December...
View Article6 Celebrities With Depression Who Have Inspired Me
When famous actors, politicians, or prominent figures of any kind risk ridicule to discuss their mood disorders, especially on the covers of glossy magazines, the world listens. Folks seem to...
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What If You Grew Up Depressed in a Culture That Doesn’t Acknowledge Depression?
As much stigma as there lives in American homes regarding mental illness, it’s much worse in other countries. Gayathri Ramprasad grew up in Bangalore, India, where traditional Hindu culture has no...
View Article8 Facts About Compulsive Hoarding
Most people know a hoarder: someone who does a lot more collecting than discarding; who keeps so much junk (outdated catalogs, plastic forks, soy sauce from Chinese take-out) that stuff oozes into...
View ArticleShopping for a Good Therapist?: 4 Questions You Must Ask
Finding the right therapist is right up there with finding the right husband when it comes to securing happiness and serenity. And while friends and sisters can help you screen candidates for a...
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5 Essential Remedies for Treating Depression, Coming ‘Back From the Brink’
Graeme Cowan suffered through a five-year episode of depression that his psychiatrist described as the worst he has ever treated. Part of his recovery involves helping people build their resilience and...
View ArticleHey, Kids! Did You Know It’s Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day?
According to Punchbowl.com, February 11, 2014 is Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. This is a gentle reminder to leave your worries behind, as if it’s that easy. The saying most likely comes from...
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Carnegie Family’s Legacy of Mental Illness: An Interview with Millicent Monks
Millicent Monks was born into the legendary Carnegie family, in which serious mental illness has affected four generations of women. Mental illness has played a prominent and overwhelming role in her...
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7 Steps to Free Your Child From Anxiety
I had my share of panic attacks as a kid. Especially over schoolwork. I was dead sure, absolutely positive, that I would never ever be able to complete the assignment, pass the test, and get forwarded...
View ArticleDoctors to Bipolar Patients: Take your Meds!
The biggest challenge professionals face in treating bipolar disorder is medical adherence, according to Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a...
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Autumn Anxiety Is Real, and Treatable
It happens every year. As I watch the first golden leaves fall from the oak tree outside our house and listen to the sound of the cicadas ushering in autumn, my anxiety spikes. I used to think I was...
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10 Ways to Stop a Panic Attack
“Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination,” said the 19th century writer Christian Nestell Bovee. As everyone who has ever experienced a panic attack knows,...
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9 Commencement Quotes Guaranteed to Inspire
It’s that time of year again, when esteemed politicians, bestselling novelists, famous actresses, and luminaries of all kinds address graduating seniors and dole out advice for heading into the real...
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Weather and Mood: Rainy With a Chance of Depression
I’m considering building an ark, because it feels as if it’s been raining for 40 days and 40 nights. In one of the wettest, coldest Mays in Maryland’s history, highly sensitive types like myself are...
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Why Natural Remedies Weren’t Enough for My Depression
I thought I had it all figured out. I even had a book title picked out: Whole-ish — On Healing Myself Naturally from Depression and My Messy Path to Well. And I had outlined some of the chapters: Why...
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10 Summer Depression Busters
There are four distinct types of people when it comes to weather and mood, according to a study published in Emotion in 2011. Summer Lovers (better mood with warmer and sunnier weather) Unaffected...
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With Depression, Sometimes It Pays to Be Patient
There’s such a thing as trying too hard. Anyone who has ever suffered through a case of insomnia knows this well. The harder you try to sleep, the less rest you get. Sleep only comes if you can relax...
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My Mission After a Depressive Episode: Find Joy Again
“Joy does not simply happen to us,” wrote spiritual author Henri Nouwen. “We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” I find choosing joy and trying to experience joy to be among the most...
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Cinematherapy: The Healing Power of Movies and TV
A picture may very well be worth a thousand words. A motion picture? Maybe even more than that. In a March 2016 article for Counseling Today, Bronwyn Robertson, a counselor and member of the American...
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Decisions, Decisions: Not So Easy When You’re Depressed
Paper or plastic? For here or to go? Cash or credit? These are simple questions that most people don’t think twice about. But to a person in the midst of a depressive episode, answering any one of...
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