Each year around five percent of the United States population is affected by seasonal affective disorder, commonly known as seasonal depression.
SAD can manifest in a multitude of ways, including depression,...
Check on the college students in your life during this pandemic and economic recession. We’re not OK.
In fact, (at least) half of the country isn’t doing OK.
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found...
If I were a tree, I would be very befuddled.
There are a number of reasons I would be befuddled. First of all, why have I become sentient? I am a tree and should not have thoughts.
Also, why is someone...
The general rate of suicide in the U.S. hit a peak of 14 out of 100,000 standard population from the years 1999 to 2017, which is why organizations like the Semicolon Project exist.
The Semicolon Project...
Go to bed.
I understand that you probably have a lot on your plate, but just go to bed.
Adults aged 18-25 are supposed to get between 7-9 hours of sleep a night. I want you now to think about the last...
Within the last decade or so, lots of research has come out drawing a correlation between depression, anxiety, and short-term memory loss.
Of course, this isn’t the case with everyone’s depression....
I was recently told by someone that my mental illnesses are “all in my head” and that if I tried hard enough they would go away.
First, I would like to say that that comment is completely false,...
After years of struggling with mental illness herself, Tilly-Ana Ceriser wanted to return to her alma mater, Eastern, to help others who might be experiencing the same challenges.
Ceriser talked about...
Depression is an illness that hits people really hard sometimes.
Some people are more affected than others, and it can be very serious.
I have suffered from clinical depression since I was 13 years old.
At...
