Everyone has experienced the physical symptoms of anxiety and stress at some point in their lives. There are different levels of anxiety ranging from mild to an actual anxiety disorder with panic attacks. If you want to know what to look for and what help is available for stress management and anxiety reduction I encourage you to read on. Read more »

I know first hand how difficult and frustrating it can be while helping a loved one with Depression. When someone you love is going through depression it can be the most helpless time in your life. However, I also know from experience that you can help make both your life and theirs more manageable when dealing with depression by following a few simple steps. Read more »

Depression is rampant in today’s society. It seems that with each passing year more people are being diagnosed with depression and other forms of mental illness. It’s also a fact that with more people being diagnosed with depression, the more depression treatments seem to be available. You may be thinking that this is a good thing right?

Well yes and no. With so many depression treatments available, people are becoming confused about which treatments for depression to choose. They need to know which ones work and which ones don’t. They need a way to separate the good from the complete garbage. They need to know the truth!!! Read more »

Depression can have a huge effect on relationships. Without taking the essential steps, a perfectly strong relationship could take a dramatic slide and eventually lead to a painful break up.

If you or your partner suffers from Depression or Bipolar Depression, you share the consequences. The simple truth is there is no hiding depression from your other half. In fact trying to do so is perhaps the biggest mistake you can make. Read more »

Depression and finances can sometimes be an ugly combination. This is because when we are depressed we want to be comforted. Some people turn to food while others turn to drugs. People feel they need some sort of crutch to help them through the tough times when they’re depressed.

Most people do this with the misguided hope that this will bring them happiness and they will feel better. They spend, spend, and than spend some more hoping that they will find the one thing that will comfort them and take away their pain. Read more »

In Postpartum Depression Signs Part 2 I went on to tell you about our personal experience with our son being born premature. Although he was 2 months early, he was a whopping 5lbs and although it was a bit of a shock to see him for the first time in the incubator hooked up to all of those machines, we were just overjoyed that he was doing well. He spent the next 7 weeks in hospital and to say that those 7 weeks were stressful would be an understatement. Read more »

In Postpartum Depression Signs Part 1 we talked briefly about what Postpartum Depression is and than I started to tell you about our personal experience with this illness. In Part 2 of this series I will continue telling you about what my wife and I have gone through with this illness. Read more »

Postpartum Depression Signs can start to manifest themselves right after delivery or it could be as long as 6 months after the baby is born before they begin to appear. Postpartum symptoms can be mild or very severe. For my wife and I the symptoms were almost immediate and gradually became quite severe. This is another type of depression that I can personally identify with. Women are more prone to this type of depression but as you will see from our personal experience, it can also affect men.

For us it all started just after our son Christian was born 8 weeks premature. It still seems like yesterday and I often find myself reliving the events of those first few days over and over again in my mind. Read more »

Although the exact causes of Dysthymia are not completely understood, we do know that it may be genetic and tends to run in families. It also affects more women than men and seems to affect people that are under a lot of stress. Dysthymia Symptoms are much the same as Clinical Depression although a lot less severe. The 3 main symptoms of Dysthymia are: Read more »

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mild type of depression which is thought to afflict millions. Another name for Seasonal Affective Disorder is Winter Depression and the main reason for this is that it usually starts in the fall and gets worst through the winter season. Read more »

Signs Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder affect millions worldwide. The easiest way to understand Bipolar Disorder is to compare it with Clinical Depression. Since Bipolar Disorder shares many symptoms with Clinical Depression we will take a look at that first. The symptoms that are shared between the two are as follows: Read more »

In the first part of What Is Clinical Depression which can be found Here, we went over the first 5 of the 9 criteria that would define what Clinical Depression is. The rest of the symptoms would include: Read more »

What is Clinical Depression you ask? Clinical Depression is the most commonly diagnosed type of Depressive Disorder. Another name for Clinical Depression is Major Depression and it is called this because the symptoms are usually far more severe than some of the other types of Depression. Many of those symptoms include: Read more »

The different types of depression can sometimes cause confusion for people who are trying to understand their illness. We will get into more detail about each type of depression and their treatments in upcoming posts. Below I will list the different types of depression and give a brief overview of each. Read more »