Ugh you say, as you roll your eyes. Don’t lecture me on what I should do! But this isn’t a cliché or a holier-than-thou lecture on the benefits of volunteering your time. It is my own personal experience of how volunteering helped get me, and now maybe you, through depression. How is this possible, you might wonder. I can barely take care of myself, get off the couch, or think straight. I couldn’t do something[…]
If you asked any one of us, we would say that top on our list of what we want is to feel better. But what is “better”? To most it means that the symptoms of depression have gone away. However, just the absence of symptoms is not enough to feel well. Being well is not only freedom from the episodes of a mood disorder or depression symptoms. It’s an ongoing process that includes participating in[…]
Feeling lost on what you can say or do to help your loved one who has depression? This blog is for you, the family members and close friends of someone who has depression or bipolar disorder. You may sometimes find yourself in an uncomfortable situation. You see your loved one struggling to deal with the symptoms of this illness and may not know exactly what to say or do that would be helpful. Some might[…]
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