This post is from my archives. Winston Churchill once wrote, “The heights of great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.” I love that quote. And I remember it throughout my day. On many days. Because even as the...
People with Season Affective Disorder (SAD) or the clinical version of the winter blues aren’t the only ones who struggle with the shorter days, colder weather, and the general blah of the winter season. Less sunlight can affect our circadian rhythm, the body’s biological clock that governs certain brain wave activity and hormone production. If...
For highly-sensitive folks and persons predisposed to sadness, the holidays create a perfect storm for depression. There is the added stress of holiday shopping, decorating, and parties, not to mention dealing with strained family relations; snowball and gingerbread cookies seem to stalk you; and a sense of forced merriment has a way of making you...
Two years ago, I talked with a prominent psychiatrist about what could be done for all the people who have treatment-resistant depression who do not respond — or only partially respond — to the drugs on the market today. “We wait for better drugs to come out,” he said. I wanted a better answer, because my experience with the...
Brace yourselves for an unsettling statistic: 22 veterans die by suicide every day. That’s why you may have been tagged on Facebook or Twitter — or will be soon — to do #22pushups. Say what? The #22KILL movement was organized in 2013 by a group called Honor Courage Commitment to raise awareness about the staggering statistics on veteran suicide, and also...