Depression in Men Could Be Called Male Blindness Disease

Depression in men often looks different from what most people think of as depression.  It also looks different from depression in women.  Of course, there are many exceptions.  But generally depression in men is more about angry adrenalin than it is about tragic tears. For this reason men are often clinically depressed without realizing it.  [...]

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Depression Cures: It All Depends on the Type of Depression

It is said that some Native Americans in Alaska have scores of different words in their native language for what we simply call “snow.”  It also seems to me that the word depression should be replaced by several different words because there are so many different types.  So trying to understand the best depression cures [...]

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Depression Chat: Pros and Cons to Keep in Mind

It may be impossible to count the number of conversations or chats that take place on the web every single day.  If you think you may be depressed you might be tempted to look for a depression chat where you can join the conversation.  I have a split opinion about this so I thought I [...]

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Evesdropping on Parenting Classes: How to Deal with Anger When Your Child has an Attitude

Parents often wonder how to deal with anger (yours or your child’s anger) when you ask them to do something reasonable and you get back a real attitude.  You know, the rolling of the eyes, the sign of contempt.  Should you address the your child’s attitude and risk of scene, or should you let the [...]

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Depression and Anger: Which Comes First, the Chicken, the Egg, or What?

Depression and anger are like cousins that like to play together.  Men in particular seem to show clinical depression by a marked increase in irritability, anger, or rage.   Does depression cause anger or does anger cause depression? Here is how I see the relationship between depression and anger.  Clinical depression lowers our stress tolerance.  Things [...]

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Depression Articles Often Unclear About Psychology of Depression

If you read various articles about depression in magazines or on the internet, you may be disappointed.  I find that most depression articles give advice that misses the mark or show a lack of understanding of depression. Depression has both physiological and psychological forces that make it hard to shake.   Most depression articles miss the [...]

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Deep Depression: Exercise is NOT the Answer

Doesn’t it just sound wrong to say that exercise is not the solution to deep depression?  It seems that these days exercise is the answer to just about everything.  In fact, exercise almost always helps relieve depression by making positive changes in our brain chemistry. But deep depression is a different kettle of fish.  When [...]

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Clinical Depression: Your Mood is Like a Basketball in a Swimming Pool

I am always looking for new ways to illustrate the difference between clinical depression and plain old sadness.  So picture a basketball floating in a swimming pool.  This represents your brain when you feel good or you in a mood that is average for you.  Now take the basketball and force it to the bottom [...]

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Bipolar Depression Symptoms: Are They Any Different?

Bipolar disorder can be tricky to uncover because the symptoms can easily be mistaken for other disorders and diagnoses.  For example, bipolar depression symptoms often look the same and feel the same as the common Major Depressive Disorder.  Bipolar depression symptoms can be recognized, however, not by their unique character, but by looking at other [...]

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Beat Depression Before it Starts by Becoming Positive Realist

To beat depression before it gets started it’s best to have a realistic view of yourself, others, your future, and the world in general.  Most people think that being a a realist involves being negative.  It is true that some people who are always positive are simply in denial.  But it’s also true that many [...]

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