Depression affects so many people that it is often called the common cold of mental illness. The Centers For Disease Control estimates that 19 million Americans suffer from it. At some point in their ...

These strategies combine to form a regimen that made my depression easier and more predictable. I have had clinical depression for eleven years, and will until I die. Per Medical News Today ...

If you’ve never experienced clinical depression, it is hard to understand what it is like. Well-intentioned people will say things like, “just think positive,” or “just snap out of it.” Though they ...

When I'm depressed, sometimes all I need are my friends to witness me and acknowledge that I exist, just as I am.

If a colleague or employee is struggling with depression, you might want to support them but not know how. Here are some suggestions for what you can do: 1. Ask them what support they’d like. People ...

For someone in the midst of depression, it can be hard to get out of bed in the mornings, let alone stay in touch with friends and family. Depression is a sneaky illness. It convinces people that they ...

“Don’t you get depressed? Don’t you want someone there with you? Don’t you need someone?” That was the gist of the questions a young adult had for me when she learned that I had always been single and ...