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Reasons to Share Your Struggle with Depression

Leave a Comment / Depression, mental health / Arman Zargaran

Depression, a pervasive mood disorder affecting millions globally, often shrouded in stigma, necessitates a shift towards openness and understanding. While grappling with depression can feel isolating, sharing one’s experiences is a powerful step toward healing. This article explores ten compelling reasons to open up about depression, shedding light on the complex factors that contribute to […]

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8 Habits That Chronically Unhappy People Have in Common

Depression / PositiveMed Team

8 Habits That Chronically Unhappy People Have in Common Researchers state that some people just seem chronically unhappy. Others that spend time around them start to feel depressed too. Certainly, depression highlights one behavior that is infectious. Furthermore, a report that was provided by Psychology Today states that unhappy people really do share common traits.

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7 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Bipolar Disorder

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7 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Bipolar Disorder Formerly called manic depression, bipolar disorder is a mental illness where the sufferer goes through periods of elevated mood followed by periods of dark depression. This disorder affect 5.5 million adult Americans, or 2.6% of the population, yet it’s widely misunderstood. Here are seven of the most

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6 Health Conditions that Affect Women More Than Men

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6 Health Conditions that Affect Women More Than Men There are conditions and diseases that primarily affect women, and some that most people erroneously associate with them like eating disorders or breast cancer. In the same vein, there are a whole host of health problems that aren’t frequently associated with women, which means they will

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10 Things To Try When You Are Feeling Sad

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10 Things To Try When You Are Feeling Sad It’s never too late to start over, if you weren’t happy with yesterday, try something different today and be happy. When we feel stuck we may desperately try to make things better, and if we fail, feel miserable. Remember that we all get sad sometimes, clinical

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8 Things Only People With Depression Can Truly Understand

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8 Things Only People With Depression Can Truly Understand Depression seems to always be making the rounds in the media, but few people without the disease understand what it’s like to have it. It’s not just feeling sad or blue, and it’s not something one can just “get over” or “snap out of.” It affects

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4 Relationship Problems That Are Totally Normal

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4 Relationship Problems That Are Totally Normal So you and your partner are on a downhill slope and you really don’t understand why. Just last week you two were in love and happy as can be. But this week, you can just feel something is off. With this new-found feeling of disconnection or unhappiness, you

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Warning Signs that May Indicate Depression

Depression, mental health / Schei, MD

The normal ups and downs of life mean that everyone feels sad or has the blues from time to time, but if emptiness and despair have taken hold and won’t go away, that may be depression. Depression makes it tough to function and enjoy life like one once did. Just getting through the day can

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12 Signs of Depression in Men

Depression, men's health, mental health / PositiveMed

12 Signs of Depression in Men Did you know more than 5 million men in the U.S. alone experience depression each year? Clinical depression can cause sadness and a loss of interest in once pleasurable activities. While the symptoms used to diagnose depression are the same regardless of gender, often the chief complaint can be

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