Here's the short list: Here's the long list: (as described by Maria Popova at 7 Must-Read Books on the Art and Science of Happiness): The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by psychology … [Read more...]
What Depression Feels Like
Author and Blogger Allie Brosh of Hyperbole and A Half gives one of the best descriptions of depression through her personal story filled with rough yet ready comics & crude and authentic details packed with insights for onlookers, families, and friends to take note. Here's just a taste, be sure to visit the whole story here: Depression Part Two. I remember being endlessly … [Read more...]
Get Away from Anxiety and Stress
If there’s one thing that is most helpful when you’re having an anxiety attack or even just feel the anxiety building up inside of you, it’s the knowledge that there is always an escape. Having somewhere to go when you really need to get away from all of the things that bring up those bad feelings of stress and anxiety is extremely important and can save you from losing … [Read more...]
Twitter Study Finds World Population’s Happiness Is Declining
Can you measure the world population's happiness using Twitter? That's what researchers at the University of Vermont believed in their three year study they conducted from September 2008 -- August 2011. After organizing 46 billion tweeted words by 63 million Twitter accounts, the researchers concluded that people's happiness seems to be declining. They instructed people … [Read more...]
Self-Harm: How to Deal, with a Little Advice from Demi Lovato
Almost two years in an ABC interview, Demi Lovato shared with the world her struggle with an eating disorder and bipolar disorder, leading her to self-harm. She expressed to ABC 20/20 reporter , "I thought, this is the way to deal with what you are feeling," [...] "it was a way of expressing my own shame of myself on my own body, I was matching the inside to the outside and … [Read more...]
Depression In The Celebrity World
I was reading one of my favorite magazines, Glamour, when I came across an article that really caught my eye. The title of the article read “Yeah, We’re Depressed. So What?” and it talked about celebrities such as Emma Stone and Amanda Seyfried who were opening up about their mental health to the tabloids. The article was based on interviews with these stars in which they told … [Read more...]
Yesterday’s story for Today
There are just so many memories so vivid, that they appear to have happened only yesterday Not much is needed to stop someone dead in their tracks from a painful past. Even without wanting it to, sometimes yesterday catches up to today. I see a boy with the sweetest heart turn cold Teased, insulted and hurt from all that he was told. To the point that his check muscles … [Read more...]
Deep In The Hole Phase
September 25, 2011 was when the world collapsed on me The ground I once stood on had vanished The illusion I once held as true popped My chest was aching, my heart had dropped My head was a river of tear dropping thoughts. Whatever strength I had left within me was gone It was then, when I found myself lying inside a deep nasty, dirty, and very cold … [Read more...]
That Gray Feeling
Sometimes in life we come to a point where things aren’t the same anymore. We want to stay on our beds in the morning not because we are sleepy but because we are tired of life; there’s no reason to get up. It seems that our future holds the same color as the dim light in our room, there’s no sense of hope. All we can see of our lives is black, gray, and white. The thought … [Read more...]
National Suicide Prevention Week September 6th-15th
To celebrate the first day of National Suicide Prevention week, we'd like to share some helpful tips from National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's What You Can Do To Prevent Suicide: Preventing suicide is always our number one priority and every September we have a chance to make our voice heard during National Suicide Prevention Week. This year National Suicide Prevention Week … [Read more...]
Emotions and Depression: Can you combat negative emotions…
Dr. Bill Knaus, Ed. D., PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, July 23, 2012 When you feel depressed, your mood is the headline. However, the story of melancholia normally includes multiple negative emotions. Does shame shadow you? Do you feel straddled by apprehension? Is your tolerance for frustration low? Do you fume over little things? If you have depression, the chances are that you’ll have … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Improve Depression and Anxiety without Meds
Sheenie Ambarder, M.D., HUFFINGTON POST, May 29, 2012 As a psychiatrist trained in psychopharmacology, it would be easy for me to rely exclusively on psychiatric medications as the be-all, end-all treatment option for patients with mood disorders. Psychiatric medications work, and they work fast, and I use them regularly in my practice to treat a host of problems and … [Read more...]
Parents’ Depression Linked to Problems in Children
New York Times, By PERRI KLASS, M.D., May 7, 2012 Like many other primary care doctors, I sometimes sense the shadow of depression hovering at the edges of the exam room. I am haunted by one mother with severe postnatal depression. Years ago, I took proper care of the baby, but I missed the mother’s distress, as did everyone else. Read More … [Read more...]
Top 10 Movies with Mental Illnesses
Mental Illness movies are a beautiful catalyst for the mysterious and unknown world of the mind. Not only are theses topics generating multimillion-dollar box offices, but are a bridge to the inside look of a community frequently misunderstood and misinterpreted. Often times these film seem to be just an outlet of suspension and thrill, but have a double purpose of creating a … [Read more...]