#depression

#depression

So why are you feeling bad? After allowing yourself to accept accolades from friends and family, you start wandering around the dark corners in your mind of insecurity and self-doubt. Wasn't the lasagna a bit soggy? Did people really have fun or just say so to be polite? Despite the outward success of the day, you've circled right back to feeling like a failure.

When you are able to calm down, you should reach out to your friend. Chances are, she is totally unaware of her behavior toward you. Because she doesn't handle stress well, she shrugs off your issues. Now, seeing her co-worker on a daily basis and observing whatever crisis she may have experienced has forced her to acknowledge someone else going through it.

The aspects of our own psychologies that we cannot integrate into our sense of self are referred to as 'the shadow.' Everyone has one, and its nature varies with how we illuminate ourselves.

Research shows that psychedelics can help with a range of mental health conditions, such as PTSD and depression, leading to ongoing efforts to integrate these therapies into mainstream medicine.

The decline in mental health among kids and teens is closely linked to time spent using screen media, particularly social media and video games.

Depression may serve evolved functions, such as signaling defeat or promoting problem-solving. It may be a result of trade-offs in human evolution or a mismatch with the modern environment.

If you struggle with depression, self-criticism worsens your condition, while compassion and small acts of kindness can lead to healing and upliftment.

Chronic pain produces profound emotional responses, leading to anxiety and depression that can significantly impact daily functioning and contribute to role disability.

Dancing has proven to be as effective as traditional exercise in enhancing psychological and cognitive health, especially beneficial for conditions like Parkinson's and anxiety.

Social competition has fundamentally shaped human behavior, impacting our emotional health profoundly, particularly seen in how depression operates within societal contexts.

"I got too sad for my friends," captures Shura's struggle with depression amid isolation, as she expresses both despair and acceptance in her latest album.

"I found our two grandsons, Hudson 18, and Asher 16, and our daughter Bailey, and our son-in-law Jeremy, dead laying in their beds...What I saw will haunt me the rest of my life."