Let’s Talk About Depression
Depression is a common but serious mood disorder that negatively impacts how you feel, think, and behave. It typically impacts many areas of a person’s life, such as relationships, work, and sleep, among countless others. It often causes feelings of sadness and loss of interest in activities that would typically bring you joy, but many people don’t know that it can also present as anger or irritability. Here are the symptoms and coping skills to work on it:
Let’s Talk About Anxiety
The American Psychological Association defines anxiety as an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes. It goes above and beyond the normal stressors of daily life and can leave people with feelings of impending doom. As outline in the definition, when someone experiences anxiety, they won’t only notice it through bothersome thoughts and emotions, but also physical symptoms that cause varying levels of discomfort. Symptoms of anxiety include feelings of overwhelming worry, extreme nervousness, difficulty sleeping, poor concentration, feeling on-edge, avoidant behaviors, fatigue, muscle tension, racing heart rate, stomachaches, sweating, trembling, and rapid breathing.
8 Tips for Beating the Winter Blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder is a type of depression that recurs seasonally. Typically, us Michigan folks are more likely to experience seasonal depression during the winter months, when our internal body clocks shift due to decreased sunlight; the colder temps don’t make things any easier.