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When you are clinically depressed, it means managing the symptoms of your condition on an ongoing basis. Unfortunately, life can’t be put on hold for your depression, and this can be particularly stressful at work. You want to be as successful as possible at your job, but when you are dealing with depression symptoms such as fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and low mood, it can feel impossible…Read More

Picture a person with depression and what they might be feeling. Chances are, you see someone curled up into a ball, crying. While extreme sadness is one symptom of depression that many people experience, this condition does not manifest in the same way for everyone. As a result, depression often goes overlooked until it starts to interfere with daily life. Educating yourself on the lesser known s…Read More

Detecting and Treating Depression in Children and Adolescents When we think of depression, we often consider it a disease that only affects the adult population. We rarely attribute the symptoms to adolescents, and even more rarely to children. However, depression, in all of its forms, can affect any age population. Unfortunately, because we’re so accustomed to believing that adults are the only…Read More

So often we see on social media, or hear in movies and TV shows, the overblown and very hyperbolic statement, “[insert innocuous thing here] I’m so depressed now!” More often than not, someone claiming to be “so depressed” in their social media posts is doing so to be purposefully dramatic for effect, when they are not, actually, depressed at all. They may be sad, melancholic, bummed out…Read More