Empathy vs. sympathy
A lot of people confuse the terms empathy and sympathy. The main difference lays with how we respond to others, particularly in tough situations. Brene Brown does an excellent job at explaining it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1Evwgu369JwVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Brené Brown on Empathy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1Evwgu369Jw)
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.…
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…
