As an EMT who has seen depression in much of its ranges, as someone who has seen a friend with depression commit suicide and had no idea that things were that bad, and as someone who personally struggles with depression, I can tell you that it isn’t always easy, and here’s why. There is the…
Depression has increased at an alarming rate since the introduction of antidepressant drugs. The following extract from a published article used to be on my website for Adaptation Practice: stop stress, anxiety, anger and depression, but Adaptation Practice is a safe and effective way of stopping depression and the website is not a platform to…
Could the Great Depression happen again? Ad by CapitalOne ShoppingBefore you shop at Amazon Prime, read this.The dead giveaway that tells you when Amazon’s giving you a better price than other retailers.To understand why another Great Depression is possible, it is necessary to understand why the original one happened. It wasn’t because of some inherent…
Depression? How does it feel? How long is a piece of string? It is, I think, impossible to explain in words to anyone who hasn’t experienced it. Fortunately most haven’t, for it isn’t just having a bad day, feeling upset as some thing that’s happened or being sad. Depression is a mind overflowing with though…
So, I’ve used this to answer a few other similar quota questions already but I really do feel like this is a good example of what depression feels like which may help you see the signs of depression. So to answer this question I am going to attach a few pages that I wrote when…
Perhaps the best way to understand why a teen might say they’re depressed is by experiencing their life yourself! Brace yourself; you are entering the life of an average teenager. Bleep! Bleep! Bleep! Bleep! BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEPBLEEPBLEEPBLEEPBLEE- You smash your hand down on your cheap alarm clock and read the time: 5:30 A.M.…
Is clinical depression bad? Talkspace: accessible therapy the second I need it most.Talkspace changed the way I think about therapy – here’s what you need to know.Firstly, it is important to know that literally everyone is somewhere along the depression scale. Every single person at some point in their life will feel what we would…
Ad by CapitalOne ShoppingBefore you shop at Amazon Prime, read this.The dead giveaway that tells you when Amazon’s giving you a better price than other retailers.Everyone experiences sadness at times. But depression is something more. Depression is extreme sadness or despair that lasts more than days. It interferes with the activities of daily life and…
We will not have any more crashes in our time. –John Maynard Keynes, 1927 You can lay every bit of the blame on John Maynard Keynes Following the Depression of 1920–21, the one that no one ever heard about because it was quickly over, the post-war world decided it was time to get back on…
Edit: I’ve updated my answers related to ketamine to be more up to date with my understanding of its effects. Previous iterations of my answers were far too generous towards ketamine’s benefits. Summary: Ketamine tends to provide a temporary calm and introspective contentment over the course of 5-15 minutes that quickly transitions into a deep…
