We all have good and bad days. To assess whether you or a loved-one may be struggling with depression, print out the following questions and answer truthfully. The test is yours to determine your next course of action. Yes No ___ ___ Have you felt discouraged about your future?Continue Reading
No one wants to be depressed, but is it possible that depressed people secretly invite disapproval and negative comments? Not consciously, we don’t believe. But human feelings act rather like water, in that they tend to seek their own level. Put another way, people tend to self-verify and seek outContinue Reading
Yes, it is possible that you can fight mild depression without the use of drugs, without tricks, without feeling weak or hopeless and beat it. It happens everyday. Over two thousand years ago, Epictetus, (1st and early 2nd centuries C.E.), a philosopher in ancient Greece, proclaimed that “men are disturbedContinue Reading
If you want to feel positive and energetic, concentrate on your good qualities, your abilities, your strengths and your talents rather than your faults and failures. It is one thing to want to learn and improve but beating yourself up over your faults is negative and leads to depression. AndContinue Reading
Feeling depressed is awful. You feel pessimism and sadness. Your body feels weak and tired. You probably don’t want to get out of bed or off the couch. There’s a stack of mail to go through but you can’t bear it. Work is piling up but you feel incapable. TheseContinue Reading
Many people who suffer with depression find themselves immobilized or unable to get motivated to perform normal everyday activities. The more depressed a person becomes the more immobilized they feel. The less they accomplish the more depressed they become. The reason for this is, that feeling immobilized is not onlyContinue Reading
If you discover nothing else from Self-Psych.com at least consider these two morsels: Sometimes tragedy strikes us. Call it bad luck or fate. You can feel helpless, lose all hope, you can slide into a life of deep depression, unable to carry on. You can even suffer nightmares, sudden flashbacksContinue Reading
“Depression is the plague of the modern era.” (Dr. Lewis Judd, former Chief, NIMH, 2000). The extremes of Mood Disorders come in two principal forms. #1, Major Depressive Disorder, in which the individual experiences prolonged unhappiness and lethargy until usually responding to a normal state, and #2, Bipolar Disorder (formerlyContinue Reading
Depression (major depressive disorder or clinical depression) is a common yet serious mood disorder. It causes severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, as well as your daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, job performance and relationships. In order to be diagnosed with depression, the symptoms must be presentContinue Reading
We all feel sadness and grief from time to time, but it usually goes away quickly or within a few days. However major depression, or major depressive disorder, is something more and lasts for weeks – even years. Symptoms can include intense feelings such as overwhelming sadness, low energy, lossContinue Reading