Is it possible to Treat Depression Yourself? Many people experience depression and anxiety at different levels, oftentimes based on situations they face in their lives. People tend to get depressed when they aren’t able to achieve what they want in life. This is normal, but when the sadness or depression…
10 Tips to Sleep Better When Dealing With Anxiety Sleep is a basic human need. It’s essential for us to function and perform better, to prevent illnesses, to recover from illnesses, and so much more. Not having enough sleep can lead to many problems, including anxiety. However, stress can…
Mental Health Considerations for College Students College is a time of great change and stress. Many students figure out who they are with less influence from their parents. They meet people with viewpoints they’ve never considered. They have to balance schoolwork, their social lives, and their budget in ways…
What Does Depression Feel Like? Answers from those dealing with depression A community project was created from a forum thread that really struck a tone as being the best real life explanation of what it was like to deal with depression. Volunteers from the SF community read and…
Substance abuse is one of the main contributing factors to the development of mental health problems, whose numbers have been slowly rising in numbers throughout the years, according to statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In fact, it was estimated in 2013 that 24.6 million Americans have abused…
Anxiety is a generic expression for numerous maladies that cause edginess, panic, angst, and distress. These symptoms get in the way of the way one lives their daily lives and can be debilitating if not checked early. Anxiety is not a simple disorder. It exhibits itself in myriads of different…
Negative thoughts are a great source of anxiety and despair for many of us… they can be crushingly overwhelming… so much so that they feel like a physical weight… pressing down on us. They seem to come out of nowhere… at times hitting us like a bus at full…
“A Tale of Two Stories” The say don’t judge a book by its cover- you have to know more than just what you see on the outside before you can tell if what is on the inside is any good or not. Maybe they should also give a fair…
Nothing ever changes until something changes. It seems like such a simple statement that it almost does not even make sense. It is so obvious it does not even really even reach full cliché status, much less the lofty heights of being a proverb. On its best day it might…
Loneliness is excruciating. Agonizing. Tortuous. It would have to be one of the leading stimulants of depression, anxiety and a great number of other mental health struggles. What is it about loneliness that is so painful? Why is it so hard to live with? Why is the burden…