Depression

Well, just like you, even I was trying hard to quit my daydreaming because after doing it for years I realized, I have lost a lot of time that I could have spent doing something else that brings me happiness. To be honest, daydreaming did bring me a lot of…

If you are on the fence about parenthood and think you could live a happy life without needing to procreate, my advice is unequivocal: stay the course because having children will ruin your life. — Look, I wasn’t doing anything all that interesting before my kids were born. I spent my twenties drinking way too much, smoking, and quitting jobs. Writing poems, moving cities, and actively ignoring attempts to process past trauma. Basically trying not to kill myself while also slowly killing myself. Methods my…

Are You in the Red? 🚩 — I have a confession to make: I’m obsessed with money. My money. So much so that balancing my budget has become an anxious habit of mine, like a nervous tick or a penchant for nail-biting. Every morning, I input numbers pulled from online bank accounts and investment portfolios into my…

You NEED to detach from the situation as soon as you become aware you are wasting time obsessing. Obsessing usually comes from wanting to be consumed by something or someone and all it does is take away from a great life that you should be living right now. Picture this…

From early adulthood to early middle age, I struggled a lot. There were some good times and successes, but behind the scenes I was grasping for something I could not even define. Far too often, that struggle descended into misery, depression, hopelessness and self-loathing. I suppose this sort of angst…

Complex trauma is one of the most misunderstood causes of mental illness in our country, if not the world. It is commonly linked to both treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, but those are far from the only mental illnesses people may be misdiagnosed with, when the truth is that they actually…

Psalms 30:2–3, it made me understand that depression is a grave. Depression is almost described as if your entire organs are shutting down. The desire to live seems almost like the last thing to crave for. It is a stealer of joy. Depression doesn’t happen at once, it comes from…

I recently read an article on CNN by Deidre McPhillips titled “More than 1 in 6 adults have depression as rates rise to record levels in the US, survey finds”. …

4) Never Let Rejection Lead To Self-Rejection — Change is usually scary, painful, and stressful. Whenever you visit your psychotherapist, s/he always asks if you’ve gone through any recent changes in your professional or personal life. Change could cause a plethora of mental stresses and suffering. But all changes are not undesirable. When you get a promotion and…