Category: depression

Sitting More Linked to Depression, Anxiety

Almost everyone has heard the saying “sitting is the new smoking,” but a new study shows it has an impact on depression and anxiety as well. With so many people self-isolating during the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak, more people found themselves sitting for longer periods than ever before. Zoom meetings erased time spent…


Why Do I Dwell on the Past?

Many of us enjoy writing in a diary, reading autobiographies, or nostalgically reflecting with others about past times. Why is remembering our past so important? Are there downsides? And what can we do if dwelling on the past bothers us? Memories Make Us Human Over several decades, researchers have shown that remembering your past is…


How Stress and Depression Are Connected and the Strategy That Can Help You Cope

Chronic or long-term stress can contribute to depression, a mood disorder that can significantly interfere with most aspects of life. During the pandemic, cases of depression increased and stress is believed to be a factor. Experts say that it’s clear that chronic stress raises the incidence level of depression. This condition can cause feelings of…


Avoid These 10 Actions that Let Your Happiness Escape

By Nicole Fuentes Happiness slips away from us in various places. Very often we are robbed by the difficulties of every day. Other times depression, anxiety, or chronic health problems hijack her. But happiness also leaves us when we live in a hurry, executing tasks and solving tasks as if we were on an assembly line. We go through…


Weaponizing Mental Health

Commentary Leaders and teachers are encouraging us to feel offended over a long list of grievances. We humans are easily offended, so fanning grievances is an effective way for a leader to recruit followers. Your stock of resentments is your ticket into the “army of discontent,” as Karl Marx called it. Leaders have weaponized public…


Chronically Depressed Woman Finds Healing in Persecuted Meditation System

“Why am I suffering so much? Why is life like this? Why does my family treat me badly? Why are some people so bad? Why do I live here?” These were the many questions that a chronically depressed Romanian woman was struggling to seek the answers to. Reclaiming her mental health was getting seemingly impossible…


An Alternative to Mental Health Alarmism

Commentary A skyrocketing of depression and anxiety has been widely reported in recent times. We are warned of steep increases in addiction, domestic violence, and even suicide. The solution to this “mental health crisis,” we hear, is “getting help,” for which the government must provide access. This message is hard to question without getting labeled as…


Foods That Can Cause Depression

The food you eat directly affects your brain. Food is the best medicine. All your cells, bones, signaling molecules, and tissues are built from what you eat. For example, dietary fats are the building blocks of brain tissue and help balance hormones. Muscles are built from protein. Different vitamins and minerals are used to create…


One Tiny Life Adjustment Can Reduce Depression Risk

Depression takes a toll, so take back some control.In any given year, one in five Americans will have a diagnosable mental health condition, and 2020 and 2021 were anything but “any given years.” Research continues to pour in showing an increase in mental health problems from the COVID-19 pandemic (and government policies resulting from it)….


Know a Victim of Domestic Abuse? Here’s How to Help Them

Commentary Domestic abuse is a terrible cycle. Victim advocates say it takes an average of seven events before the injured person tries to leave an abusive situation for good. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates nearly 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States every minute. Over the course…