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Feelings of loss and loneliness are usual happenings in our lives. We laugh and celebrate when we are happy, while we mourn during sadness. These are two important opposing poles that make life very much interesting. But, how does it feel to be stuck in one pole? Is there a [...] “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved”, this is a line from the late Mother Teresa. For people with clinical depression, loneliness is not the only enemy. There are other things apart from the sadness that they feel. In this article, I will be discussing the nature of clinical depression, [...] Life is a roller coaster ride. Sometimes, we are up, and sometimes we are down. This is a similar scenario with people who suffer manic depression. However, the downward and upward spikes that they encounter are much steeper. A week they will be “Oh, so happy”. Then, after a week, [...] In this article I am aiming to enlighten people about the different treatments of depression under Psychotherapy. There are three major treatments that are mostly used by the experts, these are: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT, Interpersonal Therapy and different combinations of therapies. Depression needs treatment. This kind of episode is recurrent and is best treated [...] Being sad once in a while is just a part of life. When a loved-one leaves for abroad, we feel a tinge of loneliness, despite the fact that we can easily communicate with them. This is also true when the team that we are rooting for was not able to make it in the finals. [...] Loneliness is a part of our life. We have experienced pain one way or another but after a few days, it subsides. We move on and find happiness again. This kind of cycle is not applicable for people who experience depression. For them, hope is non-existent. They just bask in their sadness and cease to [...] I can’t take anti-depressants seriously, they are a serious drug, but they’re just a tool. Nothing to get too hung up about. This cartoon made me chuckle. Especially the first square! Many people hop along to their GPs for anti-depressants thinking that they’ll be the answer. They think their mood will be lifted, all their troubles carried away and we’ll all live happily ever after. In some cases, usually temporary “life event” type depression they can work. This temporary lift from depression allows people to [...] |
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