Watching someone you care about suffer from depression can be incredibly difficult. All you want to do is help them feel better, but you have no idea what to do. And when it becomes obvious you can’t take the pain away, it can be very frustrating. As a friend or...
They say you can wake up on the wrong side of the bed. But some days it can feel like you woke up on the wrong side of calm. And who can blame you? These days life seems to have gotten more complicated, stressful and chaotic, making it more difficult to feel peace and...
It seems mindfulness is all the rage these days. But what exactly is Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)? It's a form of therapy that uses mindfulness practices like breathing exercises, meditation, and increased self-awareness to help you break free of...
If you struggle with anxiety, you know it can attack at any time, for seemingly any reason. It’s one thing if you are alone in the comfort of your home. But when you’re in public, if you don't know some ways to calm anxiety discretely, you're only going to make things...
When someone you care about is depressed, it can be difficult to know what to say. Even with the best intentions, friends and family can often say the wrong thing, which can make the depressed person feel misunderstood and even more isolated. If you’ve never suffered...
It's natural to feel down or anxious from time to time. What's not natural, however is prolonged feelings of hopelessness and despair. When these emotions grab hold, and won't let go it is likely you may be struggling with depression. Depression makes every day a...
Of all the words in the English language, depression may be one of the most misunderstood. Why does the word depression seem to confuse so many people? Why is its real meaning so hard to grasp for most people? And why do so few people take it serious? Likely because...
Did you know the majority of people who abuse alcohol or are addicted to alcohol also suffer from depression? Because alcohol can feed the brain’s serotonin receptors, it can make us feel good for a short amount of time. This the main reason why people turn to alcohol...
It’s likely that no group of individuals with mental illness is as directly affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 as people living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Individuals with OCD are experts at avoiding danger by engaging in compulsive behaviors....