Overcoming depression is about learning from mistakes and work on not repeating them. Overcoming depression is a tandem procedure: learning what works, and unlearning and stopping what doesn't work. We need to outline these points because often people do not understand why recovery is punctuated with relapses and episodes. This article isn't meant to impose guilt or make … [Read more...]
How Hugh Laurie Beat Depression
Hugh Laurie is best known for playing Doctor House; a walking-wounded medical genius whose brilliance and brokenness is deeply intertwined. Like his character, Laurie has wrestled with bouts of major depression. Laurie came to prominence and fame on the back of a famous theatrical review in Cambridge, where he teamed up with Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry. Curiously both … [Read more...]
Dysthymia
Dysthymia (dysthymic disorder) is a chronic depression, although a milder and lower grade type than major depression. It occurs for a longer time, often over a 1-2 year period sometimes longer. The symptoms are not as intense or disabling as major depression although it remains a serious condition and one which requires care and treatment as its consequences are serious, … [Read more...]
How JK Rowling Beat Depression
Harry Potter: one of the most recognisable names in the modern world. The boy wizard was largely developed during an episode of severe depression for author J.K. Rowling, who fought her own dementors by creating the magical world of Hogwarts in her tiny Scottish apartment. Rowling was in her late twenties with a young child to provide for whilst on unemployment … [Read more...]
How Joyce Meyer Beats Depression
Joyce Meyer is a famous Christian evangelist who has personally beaten depression. A fiery, wise woman with an understanding of psychological and biblical principles, Meyer knows how to use the Bible to assist those with depression in a straightforward and practical way. She blends biblical truths with a self-help approach and is about strengthening self-esteem. Joyce Meyer … [Read more...]