Truth be told, I myself have been unemployed for over a month now. I wasn’t fired from my old job or anything, quite the opposite actually, I left out of my own free will. I got so many job offers at first that I thought I would find a new job in a matter of days. …
Our choice of who to talk to about depression is not an easy one to make. After all, not only is depression a very personal, and maybe even embarrassing subject, but it is also quite difficult to bring up in a conversation. I mean, how would you feel if someone dropped this bomb on you? A …
In psychology, rumination refers to the tendency to repetitively think about the causes, situational factors, and consequences of one’s negative emotional experience. As a result, it leads to increased levels of stress and is a contributing factor of anxiety and depression. In fact, rumination is extremely common among anxiety and depression sufferers, acting as both a trigger and a symptom …
Can you die from depression? This is, by far and away, the most morbid topic that I have ever written about on this website. Normally when I post on this website I discuss self-help methods and give out practical advice. Depression is highly treatable, so there is no reason for people to not be able to improve their condition. …
350 million people. That’s how many people suffer from depression worldwide at any given moment. That’s 5% of the total population of the entire world. This is a substantial number, making depression more common than AIDS, cancer, and diabetes combined. Perhaps because of that, depression is considered by some to be much less than what it actually is. After …
According to statistics, up to 50% of all adults who suffer from major depression don’t seek any help. Aside from that, some individuals who do get help may experience a relapse in their condition, making depressive episodes a lifelong illness. Depression conditions the body and the mind in certain ways, making some of its symptoms …
I have a friend who is slightly over 6 feet tall, he’s a pretty tall guy. He once asked a girl out and she rejected him pretty harshly, telling him that she was attracted to taller guys. When he told me that I was surprised at first, but then I started thinking. If my tall friend …
We, as humans, can generally notice when something is wrong with another person. It is a certain sense of innate empathy, an understanding that we all have about one another. As such, when we see someone who is depressed we can easily tell that something is wrong with them. We do this by observing a few …
When a person is confronted by an issue, any issue really, one of three things may happen. They either: Ignore it Try to solve the problem themselves Seek others to help them solve it There are many cases in which either of the three options in perfectly reasonable. There are things in life that we can …
When it comes to hormones, the effects can be both vast and devastating. Take for example cortisol, also known as the stress hormone. It regulates important processes inside the body, including the immune system and the metabolism, yet it is also highly associated with unfavorable disorders such as anxiety and depression. In other words, cortisol might …