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Apologies for any discrepancies or misspellings which I may have made in my articles . I will endeavour to correct them! In the meantime, see below for a new article on depression. I really hope that this will help you.
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Living with a black dog-his name is depression(Based on the WHO educational video of the same name)
Credit: https://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc https://wechc.org/library/i-had-a-black-dog-his-name-was-depression/ In my last article, I discussed resilience in an individual. Today, I will be discussing a similar issue: depression. Depression is defined by the WHO as presenting symptoms of either “ depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, decreased energy, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, and poor concentration.” In this article, I will be focusing a specific kind of feeling of depression, called existential depression. I came across this concept in this blog (1), and these symptoms I think capture the essence of depression: (This blog mentioned throughout the article can be found in this link https://projectenergise.com/what-is-existential-depression/ ) low energy a lack of interest in most things feelings of meaningless feelings of disconnection and isolation lack of patience in ...
Rethinking resilience, and how to share our problems
As a student studying A levels, I assumed that stress, as well as the social anxiety in other aspects of my school life was something to be endure d and that no one else experienced. It was when I read the mental health articles in the wake of the River Valley incident that I realised that adolescents have issues with coming forth to share their problems. In particular, these comments struck me: 1 1. “It brings the idea that those who aren’t faring well have some problems and need to see the counsellor, rather than (the idea that) people … want to see a counsellor because of personal reasons,” 2. “(The counsellor) said, like, ‘You have all these things, and you need to learn which one to focus on. You only have two years; you need to focus on academics.’ And then I was more stressed, 3. “Am I just emotionally weak? If I go to the school counsellor, it kind of means I’m weaker than everyone else.” ...