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…
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.…
