Author Archives: Precious Life Suicide Prevention

Sadness isn’t the same as depression. Constantly feeling sad for more than 2 weeks can be a symptom of depression. But not everyone with depression experiences sadness, and it’s just one potential symptom.  Sadness, as an emotion, will generally pass on its own after a few minutes, hours, or days. Depression, on the other hand, isContinue reading “Is Being Sad the Same Thing as Being Depressed?”

We all experience sadness from time to time. Some people may describe it as feeling “down” or feeling “blue.” People can feel sad for many reasons, but sadness happens most often after a loss like a breakup or losing your job.  Sometimes people who feel sad may wonder if they have depression. Sadness can feelContinue reading “Why Am I So Sad All the Time?”

The holidays can be stressful for almost every age group, and each age group experiences holiday stressors differently. Children feel anxious about stressed-out parents. Older students worry about exams. Young professionals juggle overbooked work, social, and family calendars. Parents may fret about finances, gift lists, in-laws, logistical arrangements, and more. Although they often have fewerContinue reading “Mental Health & the Holidays for Seniors”

The holidays are often thought of as joyful times of the year, filled with sights and sounds of seasonal cheer. Yet for people struggling with the death of a family member or other loved one, the holidays can be a difficult time. The season may be full of reminders of the loss in our lives.Continue reading “Grief During the Holidays”

You can’t fix your friend’s problems, but there are other things you can do You’ve noticed some changes in your friend that concern you. You’re not sure if it’s depression or just a bad few days, but you want to help. So where do you start? Clinical psychologist Adam Borland, PsyD, gives some strategies that canContinue reading “6 Do’s and Don’ts for Supporting Someone Who Has Depression”

Anger is a normal emotion that everyone experiences from time to time. However, if a person feels unable to control their anger, it can cause problems in relationships and at work. It might also affect their quality of life. Anger is an integral part of the body’s “fight, flight, or freeze” system, which helps protectContinue reading “Why Am I So Angry?”

Are psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression truly different from each other? Or might they be part of the same syndrome? A recent paper, by David Barlow and colleagues from Boston University, published in the October 2021 issue ofCurrent Directions in Psychological Science, suggests some psychological disorders (or “emotional disorders” as they call them)—such as anxietyContinue reading “A New Way of Treating Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma”

Saturday Night Live recently aired a brilliant sketch titled “Man Park.” In the sketch, a young man waits anxiously for his partner to return from work. He has few if any friends, and has had little social interaction all day. She listens, barely managing to feign interest in his data dump about the series ofContinue reading “The High Cost of Men’s Loneliness”

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction, as well as restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), 1 in 54 children in the U.S. has ASD. Over the years, many organizations have advocated for the month of April to be designated asContinue reading “Moving from Autism Awareness to Acceptance”

Some people may assume that psychopaths are born from traumatic childhoods and depraved households, but a neuroscientist with 15 years of brain-research experience says her findings suggest that’s not the case. During a virtual seminar from the Science and Entertainment Exchange, an organization that connects the entertainment industry with science professionals, Abigail Marsh, a Georgetown University psychology professorContinue reading “4 Defining Traits of a Psychopath”