Hormones and the endocrine system play an important role in women’s health every month. These biological and reproductive factors may be a partial reason that women throughout the world suffer from depression nearly twice as much as men. Women experience a higher rate of depression during pregnancy, after childbirth, andContinue Reading
Dysthymic Disorder is a similar but less severe form of Major Depressive Disorder. People who experience Dysthymic Disorder have a low mood or mild depression for a few hours to most of the day on most days. Most of the extreme symptoms exhibited in those having Major Depressive Disorder areContinue Reading
By Isha Sadhguru Have you been depressed lately for reasons you cannot fathom? Or is a loved one depressed and you find yourself unable to help them out? Sadhguru’s insight into depression might give you the answers you have been looking for. Why Depression? Sadhguru: I am saying this, notContinue Reading
Adjustment Disorders occur when ordinary stress pushes people beyond their limits, causing an inability to cope with life. During the last century, the term “nervous breakdown” was used to describe people suffering from anxiety-based problems that caused them misery. Actually, the term “nervous breakdown” never had a formal meaning. However,Continue Reading
Life has its ups and downs and affects everyone from time to time. Some people handle life’s problems with ease, yet others find themselves up against a brick wall unable to cope. An unexpected bill in the mail or some bad news can push the person into a bad moodContinue Reading
Have you ever wondered why there is an ever-increasing number of depressed people on our planet? Study after study shows this is the case. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that nearly six percent of men and nearly ten percent of women worldwide suffer from depression sometime during the year.Continue Reading
Psychology teaches that we are born with a life instinct which drives us toward growth and creation, along with the death instinct, which drives us toward destruction and disintegration. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), said that to avoid being destroyed by our own death instinct, we employ our Narcissistic or, self-regarding lifeContinue Reading
Memory loss is a little-discussed side effect of all forms of depression. Depression disrupts the ability to think clearly. A person suffering from depression can continually fill their brain with negative thoughts such as guilt, self-blame, and low self-esteem, and beat themselves up by feeling helpless and beyond hope. NegativeContinue Reading
The word “hormone” finds its root origin within the ancient Greek work “horman” meaning to impel or set in motion, or to excite and stimulate. Hormones are chemical substances secreted into the blood stream by special glands located throughout our body, and comprise the complex endocrine system. Hormones are essentialContinue Reading
Our behavior is not solely a product of our brain and nervous system. The endocrine glands serve as a great communication system of the body. The Endocrine System is comprised of glands that pour chemicals directly into the blood stream or lymph system. These chemicals called hormones are carried throughoutContinue Reading