This TED talk about ‘What is Depression?’ is a great way to share what is happening to someone when they are experiencing depression.
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Journaling to Reduce Stress
Do you keep a journal? This article writes about how journaling, even for just a few minutes a day, can help you with your mental and physical health!
Here are some interesting facts from the article:
- Journaling can help you with your immunity.
- Emotional writing can heal mental and emotional wounds … after about two weeks.
- Pennebaker, a researcher, believes that writing about stress can help you come to terms with it.
A Link Between Sugar and Depression?
In the past we have written about the potential impact a person’s diet can have on a mood disorder. Then, recently, we came across an article that suggests there’s a strong relationship between higher levels of sugar in men and depression. The study in the article reports that men who’s diet included a higher amount of added sugar ran the increased risk of depression. Here’s a summary of the findings from the study:
Suicide Awareness at VMAs
Self-Stigma
Stigma is often talked about with mental health. However, do you know there are different kinds of stigma such as self-stigma? Self-stigma happens when an individual suffering from mental illness accepts the negative and inaccurate views of others about themselves and their mental health.
Self-stigma influences how people feel about themselves. It also has a significant impact on their behavior and actions. Self-stigma frequently leads those suffering from mental illness to not come forward or seek help for their illness because they don’t want the label that comes with it. Even worse, stigma becomes another obstacle and can leave individuals feeling isolated. This can all lead to low self-esteem and can work against successful treatment, support, and recovery.
Photos of Depression?
We previously wrote an article that featured “12 Breathtaking Photos Show What It’s Really Like To Have General Anxiety Disorder.” Now, we recently found an interesting article about whether Instagram photos can offer clues about depression. According to the article:
Talking to Your Children
We previously shared an article with teens about talking to their parents. However, we realize that talking with your teen can be just as tough for parents as it is for teenagers. Therefore, we thought we would put together some suggestions for talking with your child and request your feedback!
Some pointers we think can work for you to start a conversation as a parent are:
Off to University … How to Manage your Mental Health
We recently posted about the back-to-school transition that is upon us. We also wrote an article a little while ago about the transition year. However, as this is such an important topic, we wanted to expand on it slightly. One of our favorite YouTubers, Kati Morton, recently posted a video about going off to college and how to manage your mental health. And while her tips are about leaving for university, we think a lot of them are adaptable. For example, Kati recommends having your child contact their school ahead of time (before the start of the school year) so they (and you) can get to know their teachers or professors, guidance counselor, adviser, etc.
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Because I didn’t feel like I deserve to get better
In interviews I did with adolescents who have depression and were in treatment, some of them said that at first, they didn’t want to go to therapy because they didn’t feel like they deserved to get better. This was so sad to me because guilt and shame like feeling like you don’t deserve something are actually symptoms of depression.
The fact that they were feeling that way is exactly why they needed to get help. Because they felt they are bad. But they are not bad. They needed some help to feel better and feel that their life is worth living.
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Stuff – A poem
50 milligrams of sumatriptan succinate to unscrew the vice from my head
Then 20 of that other stuff for 12 hours of stability
From dawn to dusk I am medicated
I think I need to take a walk