• 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 on the part of you that is depressed and not only.…

  • A late introduction, late at night

    I care deeply about mental health. Yes, I’m a shrink so the interest comes with the territory, but it’s not just that. I get mental health and how debilitating and painful it is. I know a lot about mental health as I’ve been around it for quite a while; I struggled with it for a long time in childhood. Family members, friends, and people I see in my practice. I know its’ many faces and the different shapes it takes to deceive you and hurt you. I know about the fear, isolation, and loneliness, the emptiness, anxiety, and the deep darkness that comes with it. Because I know so much,…

  • Faces of depression

    Depression has many faces and they are all different from one person to the next. Still, the emotions we experience are universal, to various degrees. A video about depression and a wonderful description that some might relate to by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYcVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: I had a black dog, his name was depression (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc) If asked how to put depression into my own words; it would be this; with depression; you don’t see what’s around you. One day it’s summer and the next it’s winter and you ask yourself how the hell did I get here? I don’t remember fall. It’s a painful wandering of the mind…

  • 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…