9 Easy to Spot Depression Signs + Depression Test
What depression is and isn’t. Feeling sad, unhappy, or getting “the blues” are not the same as depression. I want to be clear here, depression is not something to feel ashamed about, nor is it a sign of weakness. Depression is a clinical term that describes a very serious issue, an umbrella encompassing a wide variety of symptoms that must be present for a specific period of time and with various degrees of intensity. If you or someone you know experience some or all of the depression signs and symptoms below for more than a few weeks on a consistent basis, seek professional help. I am guessing you didn’t come…
The inner critic: “you can’t”, “you’re not good enough”, you’re it!
I’ve been reading a string of articles lately on the PsychCentral’s website (here and here) about the inner critic and some ways in which to deal with it.The notion of an inner critic is not new; I remember (in my first week as a student interning at an art therapy non-profit in Texas), hearing my supervisor telling the children of a therapy group to listen to that voice inside that tells them they can’t draw nicely or that they’re not talented. She said “that’s your inner critic! And what do we do with it? We kick it out of the room and tell it to wait outside until we’re done.…
To dare or not to dare
An inspirational video of a feeling we all, so often, feel.
Depression: walking the fine line of existing and dying.
“Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.” There is a very fine line between life and death, especially for the depressed. How many times has this thought enter your mind? You want the pain to end: you don’t want to live and you don’t want to die either. You want to cease being in a way that nobody will notice, but you. You are standing all alone on this line waiting for a strong wind or a breeze, to sway you in either direction. Any situation will bring about this ambivalence of the part of you that is depressed, of…
