Tag Archives: Depression

Have you ever been feeling numb but you don’t know why? You may have heard someone who suffers from depression or another mental illness say they feel emotionally numb, but what does this mean exactly? Suffering from emotional numbness doesn’t mean you have to feel nothing all the time. Your …

Have you ever felt sad but didn’t quite know why? Do you ever struggle with feelings of guilt, loneliness, hopelessness, and the like without really understanding where it’s coming from? Feeling sad from time to time is only a natural part of being human, but what if we start to …

Are you looking for some mental health advice on how to overcome depression? Today, we’ve invited Emma McAdam, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, to share her insights on depression and some tips on how to cope with it! Based off this video: https://youtu.be/YsQ02zc3mQ0 Check out Emma’s YouTube channel here …

You may have heard of the term ‘mental breakdown’ or ‘nervous breakdown’. You may even have been guilty of using these terms casually. The term is no longer used as a clinical term anymore by the medical community. And, a nervous breakdown is not considered a mental illness. Instead, it …

It’s Mental Health Awareness month! How is your mental health? And how do you tell whether your mental health is falling apart? Are you prone to suffer from a mental illness? What are the symptoms? What are the key signs of stress affecting mental health? How are you coping with …

Hey, Psych2goers! This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week! To acknowledge this, we wanted to post a video about melancholic depression to help raise awareness. So, have you heard of the term “Malanchonic Depression”? Today, the DSM recognizes melancholic depression as a subtype of depression rather than a separate diagnosis. …

Do you experience worsening feelings of depression at night? Have you ever experienced sad moments particularly when you’re about to sleep? This can be explained by a mood disorder called “night-time depression”. In this video, we’ll be talking about the factors that may lead to worsening feelings of depression at …

Depression is the most prevalent and widespread mental illness in the world. It affects over 17.3 million adults in the United States alone, with thousands of new cases each year and many more left undiagnosed. Do you have someone in your life right now struggling with depression? Depression is a …

Clinical depression and bipolar disorder can be confusing for everyone: the diagnosed person, their friends and family, and people seeking to learn more about mental health. Major Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, and bipolar disorder often have overlapping symptoms, but this is not always the case. What are the Differences Between …

What exactly is emotional pain? Emotional pain is a broad term that could apply to a wide array of painful emotional experiences. It is just as serious as physical pain, and it should be taken seriously. It molds the way we respond and interact with the world in good and …