I have fought depression and anxiety most of my life. For so long it took so much: my internal peace, employment, connection with family and friends an any sort of optimistic and hopeful outlook toward the future. I grew up under two loving parents and a younger brother I was always a shy child, generally withdrawn from others and prone to doing quiet reflections, spending … [Read more...]
How Sleep Hygiene Beats Depression
Sleep hygiene is about developing healthy habits for getting a good night's sleep. This podcast and article will show that one of the keys to beating mental health is to get regular sleep which means practicing good sleep hygiene on a daily basis. Sleep hygiene is one of the most important concepts in all of mental health recovery and one that often gets ignored by those … [Read more...]
Fear
Fear is an underlying factor in depression. People who go through mental health problems often harbor a tremendous amount of fear about the symptoms and the repercussions of the condition. Fear begins at an early age and gradually gets stronger through the stages of maturity until properly dealt with. Fear is part of the shadow side of man, which encompasses loneliness, … [Read more...]
Tiredness
There are many reasons for the perpetual tiredness people with depression suffer. One major factor is that people who suffer depression usually have an overactive mind in an under-active body. Depression is quite rightly described as a deadly cocktail of hopelessness and helplessness. Though my own reading and my own recovery story I learnt I wasn’t as helpless as I … [Read more...]