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What to do to Feel Happy When You Have the Winter Blues
Do you ever get tired of looking at dark skies and battling the freezing temperature every time you open your door?
According to WebMD, seasonal affective disorder, or the winter blues, “often starts in the fall and may continue into the winter months.” In most cases, “symptoms include fatigue, depression, hopelessness, and social withdrawal”.
Masters of Love
Every day in June, the most popular wedding month of the year, about 13,000 American couples will say “I do,” committing to a lifelong relationship that will be full of friendship, joy, and love that will carry them forward to their final days on this earth.
Except, of course, it doesn’t work out that way for most people. The majority of marriages fail, either ending in divorce and separation or devolving into bitterness and dysfunction. Of all the people who get married, only three in ten remain in healthy, happy marriages, as psychologist Ty Tashiro points out in his book The Science of Happily Ever After, which was published earlier this year.
Researchers Confront an Epidemic of Loneliness
Men and Women differ greatly in how they deal with Loneliness.
Your Mental Health is More Important Than Your Grades
Pursuing your degree? Feeling the pressure? It’s that time in the term, when the heat is turned up-between deadlines, exams and everything in between. If you are a student of today, you likely have a lot going on in the between. Ideas about “traditional” and “non-traditional” students have flipped, with increasing numbers of students being working professionals, juggling all kinds of demands, who want to earn new and advanced degrees. But across the board, what unites students of all ages and life circumstances is this: unprecedented stress levels. According to the Anxiety and Depression Society of America, an estimated 62% report marinating in perpetual, toxic anxiety.
Simplifying Childhood May Protect Against Mental Health Issues
This is a great article and video that gives several different perspectives on the power of simplifying childhood. Modern day children are exposed to a constant flood of information which they can't process or rationalize. According to the study done by the author, where he simplified the lives of children with attention deficit disorder - within four short months 68 per cent went from being clinically dysfunctional to clinically functional.
Our children have their whole lives to be adults and to deal with the complexities of life, but only a fleetingly short time in which they can be kids. Silly, fun loving kids.
Hauntingly Stunning Drawings of mental illnesses
Artist Shawn Coss has been creating an incredible series of images focused on mental illnesses and disorders. Regardless of whether you agree with his artistic choices in the drawings, youmany people have pointed out they resonate with many individuals struggling to voice how they feel.
Latest research - Women taking the birth control are more likely to be diagnosed with depression.
A newly published study from the University of Copenhagen has confirmed a link between hormonal contraceptives and depression. The largest of its kind, with one million Danish women between the ages of 15 and 34 tracked for a total of 13 years, it’s the kind of study that women such as me, who have experienced the side-effects of birth control-induced depression first hand, have been waiting for.
Why We Need To Talk About High-Functioning Depression
Antidepressant ads and pop-culture portrayals of depression often paint the same picture: withdrawal from friends or favorite activities, trouble sleeping, and crying. While those are signs, the problem is that there are many faces of depression. Read more Here ->
How being alone may be the key to rest
How much rest do we think we need, who is getting the most, and what are the most restful activities? The results of the world's largest survey on rest indicate that to feel truly rested, a lot of us want to be alone.