One of the most challenging aspects of depression is the sense of hopelessness it brings. Depression doesn’t just affect how you feel—it changes the way you think, making it hard to see any way out of your current emotional state. What’s more, this hopelessness often feeds into itself, creating a cycle that becomes increasingly difficult […]
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There is no right or wrong way to experience depression. It is important for anyone that is or suspects they may be struggling with depression to seek help. Depression can get worse over time, especially if left untreated, and once a person struggles with depression for a long time, the treatment process can become more
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When someone has a mental health crisis, particularly when suffering from depression, medical professionals will typically try to initiate something called a “safety plan” before sending the person home. A safety plan is a personalized, structured plan designed to help individuals with severe depression manage crises and reduce the risk of self-harm or suicide. Created
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Those struggling with depression can have overwhelming emotions that often do not have an outlet. Those emotions can lead to behaviors that are damaging to a person’s body or mental health, and yet – without an alternate outlet – they are the only method that the person feels like they have to provide them which
There is something different about the world now than the world 20 or 30 years ago. Not only are we typically much busier now than at any time in the past – with work, school activities, etc. – but the activities we do to cope with that stress have changed as well. We used to
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If you’ve followed the mental health world for a while, you may have noticed that many therapists and counselors are actually moving away from the idea of diagnoses. There is a push for less emphasis on labels like “anxiety” and “depression,” and instead the opinion that a mental health practitioner’s role is to help someone,
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Dr. Sehdev, as a board certified psychiatrist, is tasked with treating a wide variety of mental health conditions. It’s not uncommon to talk about these conditions in much of the same way we talk about diseases – discussing “anxiety” and “depression” the same way we might talk about the “common cold” and the “flu.” These
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and depression are two distinct mental health conditions that, as far as we know, are mostly unrelated on a biological level. Yet there are many reasons to be concerned about overlap between the two conditions, especially with the way that ADHD can end up leading to depressive symptoms. How ADHD
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Seasonal Affective Disorder (often called Seasonal Depression) are two distinct, completely different, relatively unrelated mental health conditions. So, it may surprise many people to find that Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is more common in those with ADHD – and it becomes important for parents, caregivers, and adults with ADHD To
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There are many ways to experience anxiety. One of the most disruptive and difficult forms of anxiety are panic attacks and panic disorder. Panic attacks are immensely powerful, physical events, where a person feels as though they are potentially dying or a disaster is happening. They have symptoms such as rapid heartrate, lightheadedness, chest pain,
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