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After the shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton in 1999, no one imagined that over the next 20 years, 200 more school shootings would be perpetrated. In the first 79 days of 2018 alone, there were 12. Unfortunately, this is an epidemic in the United States and we have to figure out how to […]
After the shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton in 1999, no one imagined that over the next 20 years, 200 more school shootings would be perpetrated. In the first 79 days of 2018 alone, there were 12. Unfortunately, this is an epidemic in the United States and we have to figure out how to parent our children though these tragedies.
Choosing the best way to talk to your kids about school shootings varies by age, maturity, and how impacted your family or community was by the event. It’s important to take note that both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend avoiding the topic with children under 8, if possible. Since kids under 8 have difficulty telling the difference between reality and fantasy, any exposure to violence can cause great fear and anxiety. This is good to keep in mind when choosing whether to expose young children to any violent content real or imaginary. Of course, if your child asks questions, it is important to reassure your child that they are safe and that the adults in their life are working hard to keep them that way.
Experts also recommend that children under 11 avoid watching the news entirely, since at this young age, children’s brains are more vulnerable to long-term impact of exposure to violent tragedies. Also, it is good to consider how much is exposure is helpful for any of us and to be very mindful of what children might overhear. Adults often feel that they need to keep aware of what is happening when there is a tragedy, but we may be over-exposing ourselves, and inadvertently our children, to a high degree of intense emotion by leaving the TV on.
For children over the age of 8, or if you believe your child might hear about the incident from others, first summarize the event as briefly as possible (think one or two sentences). Keep in mind that your child will use your words to tell the story to themselves in their head, so choose your words carefully. Children are very tuned in to emotions, so speak in a calm and matter-of-fact tone of voice and put this event in context with your family values. Your child might have a lot of questions, so try to not give too many details and stay focused on positives, such as the people who helped and the support of the community. Also, reassure your child of what is being done to keep them safe at home and school.
For pre-teens and teens, start by asking what they know. Ask how they feel, and listen carefully to what they say. If they don’t want to talk about it, that’s okay too. Just let them know that you are available if they ever want to.
One way to help your child cope, is to let them do something to help. Discuss what you can do together to help the victims’ families, the school, or the community. Volunteering can help us cope with tragedy as we feel the positive effects of contributing and doing good for people in need.
If you or your child are struggling to cope emotionally because of an incident of mass violence, a licensed mental health professional can help. Please feel free to call me to discuss a free consultation and how therapy might help.
Filed Under: Parenting, Teens/Children, Trauma
How long has it been since you checked your Facebook, Twitter, or Intragram account? If you’re like most people, you probably use social media many times throughout the day and may even have notifications set up that prompt you to check even more often. While social media can be fun, studies have suggested that it […]
How long has it been since you checked your Facebook, Twitter, or Intragram account? If you’re like most people, you probably use social media many times throughout the day and may even have notifications set up that prompt you to check even more often.
While social media can be fun, studies have suggested that it can take a toll on our emotions. One such study by researchers at the University of Missouri focused on the effects of Facebook on mental health. They discovered that regular use could lead to symptoms of depression if the site triggered feelings of envy in the user. A co-author of the research, Professor Margaret Duffy, noted concern about social media from the findings, “If it is used as a way to size up one’s own accomplishments against others, it can have a negative effect.”
Other studies have revealed that most people tend to edit photos and only show the ones that make their lives seem more attractive to others. That makes sense, who would post the worst pictures of themselves? However, we often forget this when we are comparing ourselves to our “Facebook friends.” It is this constant measuring of ourselves against others that causes the grief and suffering. It is the not feeling as “good, smart, pretty, wealthy, or funny” as others through comparison.
If you are wondering whether maybe your happiness has taken a hit from social media use, here are 3 signs it has:
1. You Need Positive Feedback to Feel Good
We all love feeling appreciated and valued. It feels great when a friend tells you that you look good or gives you positive feedback when you share something about your life. However, if you feel that you need to get “likes” on your pictures and posts, and only have good days based on getting that positive feedback online, you are too dependent on social media.
2. You’re an Instant Gratification Addict
With such easy and constant access to technology, we have become a society of people who seek out instant gratification. While it’s okay to sometimes want fast food and instant movie streaming, having a need to instantly feel worthy and good through social media is very harmful.
If the promise of instant gratification is driving your desire to post or share bits of your life, you may have become too dependent on social media.
3. You’re Reliving the Popularity Contests All Over Again
Adults can be just as susceptible to getting caught up in caring about how many “Facebook friends” and “likes” they get as teenagers. Anyone can struggle with putting down their phone to eat dinner or go to bed. Social media has created the opportunity to feel that we are constantly reliving the high school popularity contests. At the end of the day, are all of those “Facebook friends” really your friends?
True happiness is having authentic connections with the loved ones in your life. If you’re paying too much attention to how many online friends you have and not enough on whether or not your face-to-face relationships are healthy, you may have a problem. We all need connection, but think quality not quantity.
The next time you find yourself on your social media sites feeling jealous, envious, or somehow less than the people on those pages, remember that people tend to present very biased accounts of their lives. You “Facebook friends” are just as caught up in wanting to look good and feel that they measure up as you are. Struggling to feel worthy is something we all have in common, so see if you can take a step back to try to feel compassion for yourself and others as you watch this struggle play out on social media.
If you or someone you know is having a hard time with self-worth issues, therapy can be very helpful. I offer a free consultation session to discuss how I may be able to help.
Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Self-Esteem
Does this happen to you? You sit down with a bag of chips or pint of ice cream intending to eat only one serving, but before you know it the entire container is empty. You have no real recollection of tasting what you just ate, much less enjoying it, as your attention was focused elsewhere. Just like […]
Does this happen to you?
You sit down with a bag of chips or pint of ice cream intending to eat only one serving, but before you know it the entire container is empty. You have no real recollection of tasting what you just ate, much less enjoying it, as your attention was focused elsewhere. Just like coming home from a familiar place and not remembering the drive, you seem to have eaten the whole thing on autopilot.
This is mindlesseating is how many of us eat every meal of every day. Consuming our food without any awareness of what or how much food we are eating. This reactive, thoughtless process is part of the reason for much of overeating and weight gain in this country.
What is Mindful Eating and How Do I Do It?
Mindful eating is exactly that– it is a practice of staying present as you eat. It is noticing what and how much food you are eating by focusing on the sensory experiences of fueling your body. What are the colors in this meal? What textures are present and how do they combine in each bite? What flavors do you notice both in individual foods and bite combinations?
Mindful eating is not a fad diet which promises quick results and then sends you on to the weight and self-esteem roller coaster. Instead, mindful eating is about changing your relationship with food, so that you don’t feel controlled or afraid of it. When you eat mindfully, you practice sustaining your attention, you taste and experience food more fully, and you feel more satisfied after you eat.
If this sounds like something you’d like to try, here are four ways you can begin practicing mindful eating every day:
1. In Sight – In Mind
You know the old saying, “Out of sight, out of mind?” Well the opposite is also true – the food we see and have readily available is what we tend to want to eat. Try putting away (or throwing out) any foods that you don’t want to eat impulsively and instead put out a bowl of fruit and/or nuts on the counter for when you have low blood sugar and your body says “feed me, now!”
Mindful eating starts with being prepared by meal planning and grocery shopping. Focus on stocking your fridge and shelves with healthier foods and snacks that you will feel good about eating. Having these healthy options readily available makes it easy to make a choice you feel proud of!
2. Stop Multitasking
How often do you just eat and only eat? Most of us eat while watching TV, reading, doing homework, or checking our phone. Try making meal times a time for eating and only eating, so that you can actually be present with the process and enjoy your food. If you absolutely must work through your lunch break, try alternating between tasks so you can focus on one thing at a time. For instance, take a few bites of your lunch focusing on the look, smell, taste, and texture, then put down your fork and write and send that email that has to get out. By switching back and forth you can eat mindfully and not rush your meal while still getting some work done.
3. Slow Down
Unless you’ve entered a pie-eating contest, there’s no rush. Too many times we wolf down our food, then wonder why we feel sick or tired after eating. Take your time to notice the eating process. It might help to remind yourself as you chew, to slow down and take your time. Eventually slow, purposeful eating will become an ingrained habit, but like any habit change it takes practice.
4. Assess Your Hunger
How hungry are you when you begin to eat? Are you even hungry at all, or are you eating for another reason, like as an emotional coping tool?
Before you dive into that large pizza with the works, check in with your real hunger level. On a scale of 1-10, if your hunger is a 3, one slice should suffice. If you’re not hungry, but in a bad mood because the boss is making you stay late, then pizza probably isn’t the best solution. Instead, you might try to lift your mood with a non-food treat like a funny YouTube video you know you like or thinking of something that you are looking forward to.
Try to incorporate these tips into your everyday life. You will be surprised how mindful eating can change your entire life, from the size clothes you wear, to your health, to how in control you feel in other areas of your life.
Therapy can help if you would like support working on changing your relationship with food or the emotions that you are trying to manage with food. Feel free to call me for a free consultation session to discuss starting therapy.
Filed Under: Mindfulness, Self-Esteem
Adolescence can perhaps be best described as a time of physical, emotional, and social upheaval. Changes happen so rapidly in the teen years, that it can be difficult for the child or parent to keep up and know how to cope. Teenagers often become more detached from their family during this time. A adolescent’s peers […]
Adolescence can perhaps be best described as a time of physical, emotional, and social upheaval. Changes happen so rapidly in the teen years, that it can be difficult for the child or parent to keep up and know how to cope.
Teenagers often become more detached from their family during this time. A adolescent’s peers become their primary social connections, making parents become less important in their teenager’s eyes.
While this is a normal and healthy part of development, it is not an easy place from which to parent effectively. Parents must try to let their children grow and become more independent while still monitoring them for signs of distress that require support or intervention. It can be difficult to detect concerning instability, because some moodiness is normal during the teenage years.
Here are 5 signs that your teen may be suffering from a serious mood disruption, like depression, and asking for help.
1. Mood Swings
Thanks to the cocktail of hormones suddenly surging through a teenager’s body, it is quite normal for them to have mood swings. So how can you tell what’s normal and what is a sign of a problem that needs help? You have to trust your parental instincts here about when to intervene and when to let your child work it out. You know your child better than anyone and should be able to recognize any significant shift in mood. Particularly look for mood shifts that are severe and last more than a few days, especially if they seem to have no root cause or are a severe and persistent over-reaction.
2. A Change in Behavior
It is normal for a teenager to have a certain kinds of behavioral change. Normal changes include some challenging of authority and claiming of their independence. They may also experiment with different looks and interests. What’s not normal is for your child to suddenly start presenting as a different person to you. Not just trying on a new style, but changing core attitudes and beliefs. This can be a sign of depression or that your child is struggling in a major way and needs help.
3. Substance Abuse
A lot of teens experiment a bit with drugs and alcohol to some degree. However, red flags are if your teenager is chronically abusing substances and coming home drunk or high on a fairly regular basis. Dropping grades at school and giving up long-term activities, like sports or hobbies, are also warning signs. Talking to your child about drugs and alcohol in an open non-judgmental, but concerned way is a good approach. It is especially important to discuss your worry about chronic problems if your family has a history of substance abuse.
4. Self-Harm
Those teens who are experiencing significant emotional turmoil may choose to take their emotions out on themselves by cutting, hitting, or hurting themselves in some other manner. This is a sign that your child is overwhelmed and looking for desperate ways to manage their emotional pain. Teens can sometimes experiment with self-harm after a friend shares their experience, so noticing early and finding out if your child is really struggling or copying a behavior can be helpful in stopping this pattern before it gets established.
5. Talk of Suicide
While teenagers can definitely be prone to drama and overreacting to events, no parent should ever ignore talk of suicide. With teen suicide rates on the rise, particularly among girls, any mention or attempt should immediately result in professional help. A trained therapist, can assess your teenager’s comments and help you find the appropriate supports to keep your child safe while they learn how to manage their emotions.
If you or someone you know has a teenager who is showing one or more of these signs and would like to explore treatment options, please call to schedule a free consultation session. I would be happy to discuss how I might be able to help you support your teenager from a parenting perspective or work with them directly to learn healthy ways to manage their emotions.
Filed Under: Depression, Parenting, Teens/Children
Often the most challenging time to start a new activity is when you need it the most. When you are suffering with depression or anxiety, you might feel hopeless, worthless, irritable, and tired. You may have difficulty falling or staying asleep, and your disrupted sleep patterns will increase fatigue and negatively impact your already low […]
Often the most challenging time to start a new activity is when you need it the most. When you are suffering with depression or anxiety, you might feel hopeless, worthless, irritable, and tired. You may have difficulty falling or staying asleep, and your disrupted sleep patterns will increase fatigue and negatively impact your already low mood. Your depression or anxiety will have you believing that there’s no hope in sight, but help may be right outside your front door.
How Sports Can Help
When you’re feeling low and irritable, the last thing you want to do is to get out and move around or spend time with people, and yet, that might be the very thing to get you moving towards health. Participating in sports will not only help you get some much-needed sunlight, fresh air, and exercise, but you’ll meet new friends and have fun doing it.
Improved Mood
Exercise can be an effective treatment component for people with depression or anxiety. Along with the many physical health benefits provided by regular exercise, your mental health will also be supported. Regular exercise releases the body’s endorphins, which help to relieve pain while inducing feelings of pleasure or euphoria. Exercise also improves your mood by reducing the activity of the stress hormone cortisol, which, when in excess, can make you more susceptible to stress and impairs your brain’s ability to function properly.
Better Sleep
According to the National Sleep Foundation, just 2.5 hours of moderate to vigorous activity a week will cause you to have a deeper sleep. Better sleep will improve your mood during the day and cause you to feel more alert with increased concentration.
Social Interaction
Depression and anxiety can often cause you to withdraw from friends and family, isolating yourself. We all have a profound need to connect with others and feel a sense of belonging, even though we may feel like hiding. Making the effort to interact socially through a sports activity can help distract you from your worries while you have fun and make new friends.
How to Get Started
Think back to when you were a kid and the fun activities you used to do to find inspiration for sports you’d like to participate in as an adult. Check out activities like yoga, water aerobics or workout classes, or sign up for a neighborhood softball, basketball or flag football league. You can also look into dancing classes or dance groups. Check the sports category on Meetup.com to find a sport that’s fun and familiar, or new and unique. You can even make a post on your neighborhood app (like Nextdoor.com) to start a group of your own!
Get More Support When You Need It
While exercise is a great way to start moving and connecting, you may need support to get started or work on other aspects of your depression or anxiety issues and therapy can help. Feel free to contact me today to schedule a free consultation session.
Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression
If your child seems to have more intense emotional reactions, shows a high level of sensitivity to other’s emotions, and easily overwhelmed by changes or transitions, you may have a highly sensitive child. Parenting any child is demanding, however, parenting a highly sensitive child can present additional challenges. With a few simple strategies, you can […]
If your child seems to have more intense emotional reactions, shows a high level of sensitivity to other’s emotions, and easily overwhelmed by changes or transitions, you may have a highly sensitive child. Parenting any child is demanding, however, parenting a highly sensitive child can present additional challenges. With a few simple strategies, you can support your child to better manage everyday problems and create a more peaceful home for the both of you.
Change Your Viewpoint
First, it’s important to check in with your perspective and assumptions. It’s easy to want our children to be “normal,” so your initial reaction might be to see your highly sensitive child’s special needs as a problem, rather than an asset. However, highly sensitive children tend to be more creative, insightful, and empathic. With proper guidance, understanding, and patience you can support your child to grow into a successful and happy adult.
Encouragement and Praise
Your highly sensitive child will maintain sensitivity into adulthood. Therefore, it’s very important that your child learns to embrace and manage emotions. Feeling shame about sensitivity could cause your child to develop anxiety and depression later in life.
Validate by encouraging your child to express how they are feeling and really listen when your child speaks. Encourage your child to manage emotions, rather than suppress them. Don’t ask or expect your child to “toughen up,” rather to understand their emotions and make choices about how to handle these “big feelings.”
Your sensitive child will also benefit from praise on a job well done, as this will help to develop confidence. Even better than telling your child that you are proud, encourage your child to make choices that make them feel an internal sense that they are doing the right thing. Building a strong internal sense of integrity and self-worth will help your child prosper, even in the face of challenges.
Help Them Prepare
Sensitive children can become easily overwhelmed by new environments and people, so a little preparation can be helpful to both of you. Help your child by physical or mental exposure to the new situation. This may mean going to a new school and walking around before classes start or imagining with your child what new situations they may face and coming up with coping strategies to prepare. Reassure your child that it’s natural to feel anxious with change, and that the other children are nervous as well.
Create a Safe Space
It’s often important for highly sensitive children to retreat to a quiet place to calm and sooth. Having a cozy area for your child to read, draw, or snuggle with stuffed animals can be helpful. Some children respond well to certain sensory soothing items, so you might try giving clay, kinetic sand, or a weighted blanket to help your child sooth. Having a smaller version of their soothing items to take out of the house may also be helpful, like a soft blanket, stuffed animal, or silly putty. You can redirect your child to use these items when they are overwhelmed and need help calming down.
Get Involved
If you notice that your child tends to isolate or have great difficulty in social situations, try volunteering for field trips or as an occasional recess or lunch monitor. Encourage your child to participate by interacting with the other children. When your child sees you having fun, they might join in and you can help coach them in social interactions. You might also be able to advocate for support from the school staff to help with encouraging your child in appropriate social interactions and helping to understand and manage any conflict.
With love and gentle guidance, your highly sensitive child will develop a confidence and self-acceptance that will carry into adulthood. I often work with adults and older teens who started as highly sensitive children and did not always get the support they needed, leading to developing anxiety, depression, and/or relationship issues. If this sounds like you or if you are parenting a highly sensitive child and would like some support, feel free to call me for a free consultation.
Filed Under: Anxiety, Parenting, Teens/Children
As teens struggle through the tough transition period of childhood to adulthood, it can be difficult to know how to support them. Are the over the top emotions and behaviors your teen is exhibiting normal for this age or is it something more serious? According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in 2016 approximately […]
As teens struggle through the tough transition period of childhood to adulthood, it can be difficult to know how to support them. Are the over the top emotions and behaviors your teen is exhibiting normal for this age or is it something more serious?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in 2016 approximately 3.1 million adolescents between the ages of 12 to 17 experienced at least one episode of major depression. Depression is a serious mood disorder that, if left untreated, can cause serious short and long-term mental and physical health problems. Of course, the most serious is that depression increases the risk of suicide.
Below are six signs you can look for to determine if your teen could be experiencing depression.
1. Excessive Crying and Sadness
While emotions tend to run high in most teenagers, excessive crying and sadness that persist for more than two weeks could be a sign of depression.
2. Loss of Interest and Motivation
When a teen is depressed, they may have trouble concentrating and staying in positive emotions. This will cause them to lose motivation and interest in activities they once enjoyed.
3. Problems at School
The loss of concentration and motivation could also result in problems at school. Skipping school, plunging grades and a lack of participation in school and extracurricular activities are all signs that could be pointing to teen depression.
4. Changes in Weight or Eating Habits
Has your teen’s eating habits changed? Are they skipping meals or eating larger portions more frequently? Eating more or less, as well as dramatic increase or decrease in weight, is one of the signs of depression.
5. Withdrawal
Depression causes people to isolate themselves. It’s not uncommon for a depressed teen to begin to withdraw from friends and family, choosing instead to spend time alone or locked in their room. If your teen is depressed, you may notice them begin to avoid spending time with friends and loved ones.
6. Suicidal Ideation
Thoughts or expressions of death or suicide should never be taken lightly. Threats or even jokes about suicide are a cry for help from your teen. If your teen expresses thoughts of suicide, react calmly, and then seek immediate help. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
If you suspect that your teen is experiencing depression, it’s important that you seek professional help from an experienced mental health professional that specializes in treating teens. I specialized in working with teens who have anxiety often along with depression. Call me today to set up a free consultation session to discuss your needs further.
Filed Under: Depression, Parenting, Teens/Children
Dealing with grief is one of the most devastating things in life that we must unfortunately experience. The finality of losing someone we love can cause us to feel angry, depressed, or anxious. When dealing with grief, it may feel like you can’t move forward, or you don’t know how you can continue living in […]
Dealing with grief is one of the most devastating things in life that we must unfortunately experience. The finality of losing someone we love can cause us to feel angry, depressed, or anxious.
When dealing with grief, it may feel like you can’t move forward, or you don’t know how you can continue living in a world without your loved one in it.
To help deal with these intense and overwhelming emotions, turning to meditation can help. Meditation is a practice of calm and silence, where the frenetic thoughts and worries in your mind are quieted for a moment of reflection or mindfulness. Through meditation, you can begin to calm your emotions, assess your feelings, and come to a place of acceptance and peace.
A Meditation to Cope with Grief:
Try this meditation any time you feel the need to do so.
There are apps you can download for your smart phone or tablet to help guide you through different meditations; just search for “meditation” in the App Store. You can also search YouTube for “meditations for grief” and try the guided meditations available there for free.
There is no one way to grieve; everyone grieves differently. There’s also no time-table or deadline. The journey of grief is a very personal one, and the only way to get through it is to deal with the emotions you’re experiencing as they come.
If you’re having trouble moving forward after losing someone you love and would like some help, please give me a call today so we can set up an appointment. I offer a free initial consultation session and I often use Mindfulness and meditation in my practice.
Filed Under: Grief, Mindfulness
Low self-esteem has become an epidemic in this country, and one that negatively impacts our quality of life. Feelings of being unworthy can begin at a young age and build up over time leading to depression and anxiety for some people. Finding ways to feel better about ourselves and our abilities is important part of […]
Low self-esteem has become an epidemic in this country, and one that negatively impacts our quality of life. Feelings of being unworthy can begin at a young age and build up over time leading to depression and anxiety for some people.
Finding ways to feel better about ourselves and our abilities is important part of enjoying life. Here are 5 ways to increase your self-esteem:
Negative self-talk is a common issue for people with low self-esteem. If you’re one of those people whose inner critic is constantly beating them up, it’s important you learn to turn the volume down or change the channel. The first step is to have awareness of the negative comments and then see if you can re-frame them to neutral or positive. For example, “I’m so stupid, I never do anything right” would feel better as “math is challenging for me, so I need to give my self more time and ask for help if I need it.”
Also, work on resetting the balance on where you put your attention. We naturally tend to focus more on weaknesses, so make an effort to focus on your strengths and abilities.
We are all so unique. Sadly, instead of celebrating what makes us individuals, many of us spend time comparing ourselves to others. Then, in the areas where we find we don’t quite measure up, we feel inadequate. When you recognize that all people have strengths and weaknesses, you can stop comparing yourself to others and instead concentrate on being the best version of you that you can be.
Being human means being imperfect. We all have flaws, we are all works in progress, and that’s okay. Striving for the impossible is futile and exhausting. Even Hollywood’s A-listers are often photoshopped and many have been treated for depression and addiction. They are human and struggling like anyone else.
Stop setting yourself up for failure by trying to be perfect. Instead set attainable goals for yourself and let yourself feel successful!
Many people struggle with body image issues. Much of it is because of the perfectionism and photoshopping I just mentioned. It’s hard to love your body when you are expected to look like the people who grace the covers of magazines.
Instead of focusing on what you don’t like about your body, focus on being healthy. Be grateful for what is working and nurture you body and mind with healthy choices that make you feel good.
Social media has its good points, but it can also set unrealistic expectations regarding relationships and lifestyles. It’s important to remember that online, people tend to only post images that make their lives seem awesome, but that’s only part of the story. How many of us post the picture that made us cringe when we looked at it? Spending too much time looking at other people leading fun lives can lead us to spending less time enjoying our own.
If self-esteem issues have become a serious problem in your life, leading to anxiety and depression, consider working with a therapist who can help you work through your memories and emotions. If you or a loved one is interested in exploring treatment, please contact me today. I would be happy to speak with you about how I may be able to help in a free initial consultation to discuss your needs.
Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Self-Esteem
When talking about depression, a lot of people forget that depression is an illness that requires proper attention and treatment. If you’re depressed, it can be incredibly frustrating to hear things like “Just get over it”, “You’re being really dramatic”, “You have to be strong”, “Learn to deal with it”, “Happiness is a choice”. You […]
When talking about depression, a lot of people forget that depression is an illness that requires proper attention and treatment. If you’re depressed, it can be incredibly frustrating to hear things like “Just get over it”, “You’re being really dramatic”, “You have to be strong”, “Learn to deal with it”, “Happiness is a choice”. You might start to think of things like ‘Why can’t I just get over it’? We can stop ourselves from doing destructive things like putting our hand in a fire, but when it comes to depression, it’s a bit difficult to just ‘stop’. There are a number of reasons why ‘get over it’ statements like this don’t help. Here are some of the best reasons why.
Depression is real and painful. Just because you can’t see or touch it doesn’t make it any less real. If you suffer from depression or know someone who does, working with a therapist is a good start to overcoming your depression. I am available to help. Contact me to book a free consultation session.
Filed Under: Depression
