Ad by CapitalOne ShoppingBefore you shop at Amazon Prime, read this.The dead giveaway that tells you when Amazon’s giving you a better price than other retailers.here are two types of Depressive disorder —Unipolar depression and Bipolar depression, about 5% of the patients will develop into Major depressive disorder. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a widespread,…
It is not. I have always had a somewhat natural tendency to be sad, since my teenage years.While I used to appear happy to the outside world, making jokes and smiling, many times, deep inside, I was sad. At home, alone, the mask would fall.I never considered this to be depression, honestly. As a teenager,…
(Edvard Munch Anxiety [1]) I want to answer this from the perspective of C.G. Jung’s depth psychological approach because in my experience, both personal and professional, this way of seeing into anxiety and depression offers not only deep insight into the problem, but also, profound healing. What I mean by healing is that you embrace…
*Long answer ahead* Depression for me at least (can’t speak for everyone who’s struggled with it) looks like this: ps: I know I look ugly don’t judge. I was depressed. Btw I just wanted to say that I have bipolar disorder so when I’m depressed it’s considered bipolar depression When the top 2 photos were…
Ad by CapitalOne ShoppingBefore you shop at Amazon Prime, read this.The dead giveaway that tells you when Amazon’s giving you a better price than other retailers.I don’t know. It’s a kind of pain that cannot be described. Whenever I try to explain the pain, I never can find something relative to that person’s experience in…
JThe key sentence for me in your question is, “I don’t know what will happen to me if I don’t have my depression as such a major factor in my life.” Now, you are entitled to your own choices, and who am I to recommend that you should deny yourself the comfort of your depression?…
Depression is anger turned inward. Our conscious mind is pain averse, therefore, when we fail to process the experience and the emotions around it we feel pain. In order to function the anger is pushed into the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind has the job to push the information into the conscious mind to be…
There are different ‘types’ of depression. One ‘type’ is called ‘situational’ depression and is more commonly a short-term response to a specific, recent loss. This may be the loss of a loved one through death or relationship change, or a job loss or health related concern.Another type of depression is called dysthymia. This is chronic…
What is depression? Is it a disease? A mental disorder? Biochemical imbalance? A braindysfunction? A psychological syndrome? An existential or spiritual crisis? Several of my fellow PT bloggers posted on depression recently. I want to discuss depression here as a clinical and forensic psychologist who has been practicing psychotherapy for more than three decades. For…
Depression is a habit of thought. The process for dealing with depression is the same as the process for changing all habits of thought. Usually people embark on this difficult work because they want to change a habit of thought that causes a behavioral pattern that makes them unhappy or is destructive or dysfunctional. Habits…
