depression symptoms

Depression is a disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. In the U.S alone, more than 16.1 million adults experience a major depressive episode annually — this number continues to grow. Though depression can take many forms,…

Chances are you know someone who has, or is suffering from depression. Maybe that person is you. Depression affects almost everyone at some point in their life, and nearly twice as many women as men are affected by a depressive illness…

Social anxiety, and anxiety. They can cause all sorts of confusion and make life a bit unpredictable. But it's not only the people who have anxiety that experience the emotional hardships. If you are currently, or have been in a…

On August 11th of last year, the world lost the great talent and beautiful mind of Robin Williams to suicide. In any case of suicide, the culprit was automatically determined to be depression, but Williams' widow is now speaking out about…

There is a (not-so) surprising trend going on in the world and it can cause damage in relationships and lead to depression. Society might just be overly-connected to their phones and not-connected-enough to the people in their lives. Have…

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about ways to fight depression. The reception I got, based on the comments, was not quite what I expected. In fact, people hated it... It's not the first article that I've written that people…

Depression has become an epidemic of sorts across the globe. It is estimated that 350 million people are affected by some form of depression every year. What is worse is that research shows that 11% of adolescents develop symptoms of…

Depression has become an epidemic of sorts in our face-paced, digital world. People are being prescribed anti-depressants in record numbers, and no one has figured out a way to curb the trend. Life comes at us all at full speed and we…

For some people the idea of going to a party and being surrounded by people they don't know sends their anxiety meters into the red. We've all been there, too: Our social butterfly friend invites us to some social gathering and you know…