Depression Articles
You are ‘fine’. True, you have stopped caring about things, the future seems hazy, and you probably have mild depression. But it’s no big deal. Or… is it? What is mild depression? Mild depression means you have the signs of depression, but still manage to keep up your daily routine, for the most part. So...
by Andrea Blundell We wish each other peace and joy each holiday season. But how can we actually bring these feelings into our life and make them more than just words scrawled in a greeting card? And are they even realistic states of being? Are peace and joy overrated? Peace, for far too many people,...
by Jaffor Bhuiya Loneliness is a leading symptom for mental health issues like depression, and also, unfortunately, for suicide. With statistics from the Mental Health Foundation now showing that three times as many British men than women die from suicide yearly, it’s time we saw male loneliness as the significant threat to men’s health it...
by Victoria Stokes Male mental health is a serious concern in the UK. According to the Mental Health Foundation, around one in every eight men in England has a mental health concern like depression, anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). And they are three times more likely to commit suicide as well as three times...
by Victoria Stokes In recent years, hobbies have somewhat fallen out of favour, replaced by more passive endeavours like watching TV and scrolling social media. But are we missing out on the benefits of hobbies for mental health? In a nutshell, yes. If you tell yourself you have no time for hobbies, you are overlooking...
When it comes to psychotherapists, counselling psychologists and depression, we can believe they have some magical wand. Where does the truth lie? Lead writer Andrea Blundell explores. Psychologists and depression Turns out that, much as we want therapists to be super humans who can save us from ourselves? They are (gasp!) just people like the...
by Andrea Blundell Between the pandemic and climate change threats, we have all experienced living with uncertainty lately. It can definitely feel destabilising, and rates of anxiety and depression have been skyrocketing. How can we better navigate unstable times? Our brains on uncertainty A research study had participants play a computer game with rocks that might...
Just not felt yourself since a case of Covid-19, or been diagnosed with ‘long Covid’? And now have mental health issues? In July 2021 Britain’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) reported 1.5 per cent of the population were claiming long Covid symptoms. Covid and mental health Physical illness has long been connected to mental health...
Find the new trend of therapy over video platforms terrifying? Feel more at ease sharing if someone isn’t looking at you? You’ll be happy to know that telephone counselling is still popular, and with good reason. What is telephone counselling? It’s exactly what it sounds. It means you do your talk therapy sessions over the...
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,...
