Tag: treatment for depression
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6 Habits That Make it Easier to Recover from Depression and Addiction
You’ve taken your first steps to recover from depression and addiction. You’ve made incredible progress towards getting better and overcoming your substance abuse issues and mental disorders. But now what? Maintaining progress and avoiding relapses is crucial to ensuring that your addiction recovery goes smoothly. It can feel terrifying at first, but you can learn…
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Science Reveals Anger and Irritability Linked to Depression
Do you ever feel angry, and you don’t know why? Do you find that you are irritable and snapping at people even when you don’t mean it? Also, have you become so grouchy and cranky that you can’t even stand yourself sometimes? Your irritable nature may be caused by depression. It sounds odd to say…
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Scientists Reveal That Toad Poison May Treat Addiction and Depression
Do you know someone who struggles with addiction or depression? Just in case you haven’t been keeping up, a bit of a psychedelic revival is taking place. And unlike the communal acid trip that was the 1960s, today’s user of hallucinogens is more likely to use for reasons other than as a departure from reality.…
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7 Reasons Antidepressants Don’t Work
Taking antidepressants is a major step for a lot of people who suffer from depression. There’s a lot of stigma against people with depression, and even more so against those who seek medicinal intervention in the form of medication. Because of the stigma, those who seek medication to help their depression are often uninformed about…
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How to Train Your Brain to Avoid Depression
Depression is one of the most frightening forms of mental illness to encounter, both as a person experiencing it and watching someone else go through it. When you are suffering, you see no hope, even if people are available to help you. Plus, when you see someone else suffering, you may try to help, but…
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5 Warning Signs of Depression
Depression is a term often thrown about when we’re feeling down – when things aren’t going according to plan. Using depression to describe a mood that is fleeting isn’t an accurate description of the disease that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), affects over 350 million people globally. “Sadness is an emotion, whereas depression…