One of the most difficult things when you're depressed is getting out of bed. It's often early in the morning that facing they day just seems too much. Everything seems too difficult, on top of this your mind doesn't want to be faced with more decisions as it's already tired and stressed. Everything seems unbearable and unmanageable. This article is written from my own personal … [Read more...]
Beat Depression and Anxiety: How Justin Bennett Did It
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 I grew up under two loving parents and a younger brother I was always a shy child, generally withdrawn from others and prone to doing quiet reflections, spending … [Read more...]
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...]
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is an episode of depression that occurs and tends to reoccur during a certain time of year, usually in winter. SAD entails serious mood changes and possible heightened anxiety. It is not a separate disorder to depression and is added as a description to the pattern of major depression or bipolar, otherwise known as a subtype. Dr Norman E. … [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...]