Depression can sometimes be nearly impossible to spot. Covert depression and high functioning depression are well-hidden, yet can be even more devastating because it takes longer to get help. Here’s how to spot some of the signals, and what you can do to help someone going through depression.
Category Archives: Sadness
Dealing With Depression: Practicing Radical Gratitude
A walk through the forest leads me, step by step, to a form of radical gratitude that helps me be where I am.
Dealing with Depression: Cultivating Joy
In the dark, little moments of joy can be the lights that help guide the way to a better tomorrow.
The Horror of Uncertainty (and its Hidden Invitation)
We often think we have a pretty good idea of the future ahead based on our experiences of the past. But sometimes, that future becomes really unclear. How does that make us feel? And how can we respond?
Healthy Relationship Practices: Tackling the Taboo Topics
Some topics are hard to talk about, even with our partner, or especially with our partner. Most couples have ‘relationship taboos’ that are never discussed. But discussing the undiscussable may just be the next right thing for you!
Why is Hitting the Pause Button So Scary?
What makes pressing that pause button so difficult? What does it trigger? And why should we take that dreaded break?
10 Quotes To Guide You Through the Dark
Some beautiful words that may help guide you through a difficult moment or two… Or so they have done for me.
What Stops Us From Taking Care of Ourselves? (And What Happens When We Don’t?)
When have you worked enough? When have you ‘earned’ the right to take some rest? Are you weak if you just can’t manage to keep up with the day-to-day rhythm? I was forced to look at some of these questions, through my own very personal lens.
Some Seasons Take a Little Longer – How Nature Adjusts
Somehow the plants around us seemed to adjust to a wet summer much better than we did. What can we learn from them?
Dealing With Your (Self-)Destructive Tendencies
Over time, I’ve come to recognise some of the signs that precede depression. Last week I noticed myself feeling angry, a lot, for seemingly no reason. My therapy session yesterday helped uncover a bit of what was underneath.
Unscrewing Myself 