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Written by: C. Beck It’s not just human losses that feel monumental and overwhelming. The loss of a pet is often earth-shattering, too. However, those mourning non-human loved ones aren’t always validated in their grief. Our pets are just as worthy of our pa...

Written by: C. Beck When you are contemplating suicide, it’s nearly impossible to imagine that your feelings, life circumstances or personal situation could ever change for the better.  Yet, the internet is filled with stories from people who, feeling what y...

Written by: Y. Sewdayal There are many ways to overcome depression, and you’ll definitely eventually figure out a routine that works. But what do you tell yourself when you need to feel better now? What can you do if you’re stuck in a bottomless depression pi...

Written by: S. Rainne Light allows the brain to create the neurotransmitters that keep your energy and happiness levels up. So it’s not surprising that the Winter blues creep up as the days wane.  The Winter blues are real, and really hard to beat. Just like...

Written by: N. Leonard While crying is often a symptom of depression, it can also be the way out of your hardest times. Crying helps us reset our mood and our health, so we suggest embracing it as part of the healing process. Crying can mean getting it toget...

Written by: E. Shabazian Before we get into this discussion, we want to start by offering immediate resources: Are you in physical danger or crisis? If you’re feeling actively suicidal, you are not broken. But none of us have gotten through this kind of fee...

Written by: A. Toves For those of us struggling with depression or any of its variants, the simple act of waking up every day can feel like a major accomplishment. Whether unemployment is causing your depression, or depression is an obstacle in your job sear...

Written by: A. Won Any of us could list generic reasons to keep living if we sat down and tried. Parents, friends, children, aspirations, all the good food we’d miss… there are always reasons to live. But somehow that doesn’t help when you’re ready to deny th...

Written by: A. Won A scan of the statistics reveals: 1 in 5 Americans will experience mental health struggles in their lifetime. So if you’re in the dating world, you really might find yourself dating someone with depression. Two things we can learn from conv...

Written by: C. Beck “Self-harm” most often refers to physical self harm, but mentally abusing and starving oneself also fit the definition — as “emotional self harm.” These less obvious or intense versions of hurting yourself might feel acceptable and produc...

Written by: A. Toves Every human has specific needs that must be fulfilled. When we’re tired, we need sleep, and when we’re hungry, we need to eat. But it’s more difficult to examine other needs that are just as important: our emotional needs. The warning ...

Written by: E. Shabazian Most of us grow up believing we need to have our lives “figured out” and stick to a plan. Feeling directionless can feel like a sin. Our parents and grandparents lived in a world where decisions made at eighteen lasted into retiremen...

Written by: E. Shabazian Sometimes we have been suffering for so long, we can’t tell up from down. The exhaustion from depression can make us feel motionless, which causes guilt then self hatred. We hate our inability to move ourselves out of the state we’ve ...

Written by: C. Beck Constantly exhausted? Easily irritated by the teasing joke your friend made? Can’t concentrate on that daunting project you’re working on? Brain fog, which often comes along with depression, is a serious condition that can have harmful ef...

Written by: C. Beck Grief quotes are a mixed bag. People like to neatly define grief, its symptoms, its remedies – all nicely packaged with a bow. But none of these lists and definitions will actually prepare you for your unique grieving process. Grief is me...

Written by: A. Won Ideally, we are neither lonely nor depressed. But sometimes we’ll feel one and not the other, or both simultaneously. It’s clear from multiple studies that loneliness and depression frequently occur together. And you may have experienced t...

Written by: R. McDanal There are so many myths about what depression “is really like,” partially because it doesn’t take one single form. Because it affects everyone differently, people don’t tend to have a full understanding of what it can look like, or how ...

Written by C. Beck There’s the clinical view of depression, and then there’s the real-world, full picture of it. Depression is both emotional AND physical. And these two parts play off each other in an ever-shifting feedback loop, moderated by inflammation. ...

Written by: C. Beck Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is overrated. Many of us experience depression’s effects on multiple levels: emotional, social, physical, and/or mental. We feel a lack of energy on a physical level; we have overwhelming or dulled em...

Written by: A. Toves Depression and its variants are known for causing many negative emotional effects like persistent sad moods, feelings of helplessness, and apathy. But depression symptoms also have roots that tie into our underlying biology, like our bra...