Category: Depression

Most people assume summer brings lightness, but it isn’t like that for everyone. There’s something called summer blues, and yes, it’s real. It doesn’t look the same as the winter kind of sadness, and it creeps in when everyone else seems to be having the time of their lives. The days get longer, hotter, and…

For a depressed cat, a quiet cat pressed deep into the corner of the couch. Her eyes drift past favorite toys, now gathering dust. Meals go unfinished, and the soft thrum of her purr has gone silent. For many cat owners, this picture feels all too familiar. Changes like these are more than a passing…

Back when I had ECT treatment for my depression (early 20’s), I didn’t know about the side effect of losing part of my memory. No one told me (this was before Google). I lost a good portion of it, but I remembered one thing from childhood that I wished I had forgotten. That was the…

I won’t lie to you, I was more in a typical depression than an atypical depression when I was struck with depression. Although, I did have hypersomnia, and sensitivity to rejection. I believe the rejection stemmed from my trauma from childhood. I still have problems with rejection, but I’ve learned to accept it better. It’s…

Irritable depression…I feel like I’m going through it right now, because of everything going on in the US. Irritable-because I’m tired of all the bullsh*t going on in the government. Depressed-because I want all this crap to stop, but it just keeps getting worse. So, what do you do? It seems like everything has been…

Situational depression is a temporary depression that occurs in response to a specific stressful or traumatic event. I’ve been in several traffic accidents, and each time I fall into a depression whether it’s my fault or not. It’s a fear of mine. I’ve got some anxiety mixed in with the depression—it’s the classic “what if”…

As I went through the stages of depression, I felt powerless. I felt like I had no control over my life. Is depression normal? Depression is normal until it starts to affect your everyday life. When you just can’t seem to get out of bed in the morning, or there is a profound sadness constantly…

Yes, I have stories to tell over the years in the rehab center for depression. Some patients were a lot worse than I was. Some would cause commotions where we were sent to our rooms. The worst hospital I spent time in was Elgin State. The other hospitals were a picnic compared to this one.…