The times we are living are pretty stressful and it just seems like we don’t have enough space for ourselves which can eventually lead to two serious medical conditions – anxiety and depression. And anxiety and depression are becoming quite a common issue in people all over the world. Still, it isn’t that hard to […]
If you are dealing with depression at work and are unable to take time off (for whatever reason), you may be finding it difficult to manage. So here we offer up some strategies that have worked for others, including myself, when struggling with depression at work. 43.8 million adults in America experience some form of mental […]
Have you ever woken up in the morning and wished you didn’t? Depression can really make you feel helpless, but there are a lot of things besides therapy and medication that can help beat the blues. That’s why we are here to tell you what you can do to battle depression. 1. Unload Your Schedule […]
Do you or your bf suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder? Depression is something many couples face. It’s easier to learn how to fight the sadness together and laugh through it rather than resist it. Because that which you resist persists. So learn from the ultimate relationship: Barbie and Ken. They love each other and even […]
I’ve never liked cats. I know this is an unpopular point of view, but the heart wants what the heart wants. And this heart wants everything of the feline persuasion to stay away from her. It’s the allergies, but also, I just don’t like the way they look at me. Should you want to join […]
At 13, it was being the odd kid and Zoloft. At 16, dark self-loathing and Prozac. My 17th birthday brought parental issues and Celexa, while my 19th pushed me to anorexia and Prozac again. My early 20s: failed relationships, Effexor, Ativan, fear of getting nowhere, issues at work, and Lexapro. Long story short: I’ve never […]
It is impossible for me to write about Melissa Broder’s So Sad Today, a collection of essays based on Broder’s once anonymous Twitter account @SoSadToday, without talking about myself and my own anxiety and depression. I feel weird and embarrassed by that, I can assure you, but onward. One of the more frustrating manifestations of […]
Greetings from zombie-land. That’s where I’m currently residing as I go through antidepressant withdrawal. It’s a horribly dizzying place, filled with bouts of insomnia, nausea and an episode of neverending flu. It’s not a place I recommend visiting, and yet, I’ve found myself here because I decided to get off of Paxil, the anti-anxiety drug […]
I’m one year out of college and really struggling with anxiety. It recently got to a point where I would talk about suicide with my (now ex) boyfriend and my mother, and I felt I couldn’t function in daily life as far as doing my work or waking up at a decent hour. My boyfriend […]
