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
Many people experience little or no relief from conventional anti-depressants. But there may be hope for tens of thousands of people who suffer with the devastating effects of depression. A new nasal treatment, Esketamine, made by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, recently won Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval according to a March, 2019Continue Reading
Two groups of drugs developed in the 1950s for treating tuberculosis had the interesting side effect of making patients happier. (Sandler 1990) They were found to have the same effect on depressed individuals. (Kline, 1958; Loomer, Saunders & Kline, 1957) What these drugs had in common was their ability toContinue Reading
If your desire to learn about meditation brought you to Self-Psych.com or you feel that something is wrong in your life and you seek change, you have taken a very significant step. You’re understanding that something about your life is out of balance. Busy Busy Your life, like most, isContinue Reading