Setting goals when you’re depressed can sometimes feel overwhelming and discouraging. Instead, here are my tips for a better way to set goals when you’re depressed. Here’s how to set goals when you’re depressed. Side note about motivation: Is there anything you could use as a small reward that might encourage you to start taking […]
Knowing what to do can be hard, but doing nothing isn’t the answer. Whether you’re currently in a crisis or dealing with an escalating mental health issue, seeking out help can be anxiety-inducing — especially if you’ve heard some horror stories. News investigated America’s largest psychiatric chain, Universal Health Services (UHS), and how some current and […]
For anyone who has ever been debilitated by severe depression, there is nothing more frightening than the feeling that you’re relapsing into another episode. We chalk up the first few days of angst to a bad stretch and hope it gets better from there. But by the time we’ve hit six weeks of crying spells and the […]
When you have the flu, you feel horrible. You lie in bed in the fetal position. You don’t try to hide it from everyone. You don’t try to deal with it all on your own. You let others know that you’re sick and that you need their help. When the flu knocks the socks right […]
I’VE SUFFERED ANXIETY ON AND OFF FOR MANY YEARS. It started in my pubescent years and reached a crescendo around the age of 18-19, after which I was prescribed Prozac, and later Desvenlafaxine and Loxalate. I stayed on these medications for about 6 months, jumping from one to another in hopes of finding a “cure.” […]