Growing up in a household with an alcoholic parent is not rare, unfortunately, but it is detrimental to long term health. For young children, growing up in a household with an alcoholic parent can shape the rest of the child’s…
Apart from the risk of injury or overdose, self-medicating for depression by abusing substances typically worsens the depression. Drinking a glass of wine might make you feel better for an hour or so, but afterward, you’ll likely feel even worse…
Compassion is the best way to approach a loving relationship with someone who is struggling with depression. Don’t take anyone’s mental illness as a personal offense: When we word it that way, it seems silly to think that someone’s…
Napping is a symptom of depression. Depression is known to cause lethargy, exhaustion, fatigue, lack of motivation. When it feels like there is no possible way to continue on with any hope of energy, napping becomes the answer. However,…
