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[…]

Depression does not define you.  With depression, some of us may have difficulty remembering what we were like before the episode.  We struggle to separate the symptoms of depression from “my regular self.”  Depression is a set of symptoms.  It is not what makes you “you,” does not make you who you are.  You are more than your depression, more than a set of symptoms.  You have personality, character traits (like kindness or a sense[…]

Mother’s Day means different things to different people.  It has been around a long time, dating back to the early Greeks and Romans in 250 BC, then again in 1600 AD England as “Mothering Sunday,” and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. The holiday is observed in different forms throughout the world, but the intent is the same – to honor the mothers or grandmothers who raised us. In the current era, Mother’s Day[…]