Depression Articles
by Andrea Blundell Addicted to your playlists? And wondering if you need to consider if it’s affecting your moods? Just how connected are music and mental health, anyway? Music and Mental Health The power of music to uplift our mind and moods has long intrigued mankind. Plato, for example, is quoted as saying that music,...
Feel like there is a mismatch between the body you are in and the person you actually are? And wonder, “What is gender dysphoria, and does it apply to me?”. What is gender? When we are born we are attributed a sex of ‘male’ or ‘female’, depending on our visible sexual organs. Gender is different...
by Andrea Blundell Around 35 or over, and feeling a mess lately? Anxious, depressed, all over the place? The menopause and mental health connection is worth learning. Menopause and mental health After generations of women suffering in silence, menopause is finally in the spotlight. It’s now clear that menopause can affect mental wellbeing. And that your...
You have decided it’s time to gather your courage and let your doctor know you are struggling lately. But how to talk to your doctor about anxiety and depression in a way that is productive? Or if you feel scared to? And what if you worry it’s something more serious, like a disorder? Will my...
Yes, you are aware that, courtesy of the pandemic, a lot of things have gone online lately. And yes, your child is stressed and you want them to experience child counselling. But surely online child therapy can’t be that effective? Actually, the opposite seems to be true. What is online child therapy, exactly? Online therapy...
Feeling depressed that you’ve gained weight from all the lockdowns lately? Or is it really that you were already a bit depressed, and that’s why you turned so easily to food? Weight gain and depression are often closely linked. Did gaining weight make me depressed? Yes, it can feel defeating to realise none of your...
Trying really hard to keep it going, but most of the time just left thinking, “I feel empty inside”? Why do I feel so dead inside? There are actually times in life it’s quite normal to feel empty inside. Other times when we need to numb out briefly as a survival tactic. And then times...
by Andrea Blundell Feel like you were born disorganised? Always been a bit of a mess? Messy house, messy finances, messy relationships, messy thinking, even? Tried all the tips — making lists, decluttering, doing one thing at a time — and still can’t keep up? Am I just the creative type? Blame it on being...
Have you been called neurotic? And are left wondering, “what is neuroticism, really?” What is neuroticism? Imagine a line. On one end of the line is a perfectly balanced person. Always emotionally calm and centred, they feel safe and confident in the world. On the other end is someone who is so overwhelmed by their emotions...
by Andrea Blundell We might say we feel melancholy as we’ve read the word in a novel. And it somehow sounds like the pit of sadness we feel. But what is melancholia, really? What is melancholia? “But it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the...
