If you suffer from depression and do exactly what the depression makes you feel like doing, your depression will become more powerful. In order to fight the depression, you will need to change the way you view the depression and the way you respond to the depression. You are not … [Read more...]
12 Ways to Fight Depression
Fighting depression is hard! It requires a lot of work! What may seem like a simple task to someone who is not depressed, may be terribly difficult for someone who is. If you are feeling depressed, ask yourself, "Am I doing everything that I can to decrease my depression?" If … [Read more...]
14 Things to Avoid When Feeling Sad or Depressed
A woman, I will call Sylvia, came into my office the other day feeling sad and depressed. Her boyfriend had broken the relationship off with her several months earlier and she was having a difficult time recovering from the loss. She was experiencing crying spells almost daily. … [Read more...]
Seasonal Affective Disorder Symptoms
Many of you may be thinking, Okay, here we are at the end of March and where is spring? "NO MORE SNOW, PLEASE!" You may want to scream! A brutal winter increases the risk of seasonal depression, otherwise known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD). It is important to recognize … [Read more...]
12 Things That Will Stomp Your Happiness
Picture a huge heel coming down and stomping your happiness, crushing it into the ground like some people crush a cigarette butt. That is exactly what people do to their very own happiness. SMASH! I think we can agree that most people want to be happy, but many of us do things … [Read more...]