Depression is a real disease, not just an emotional disorder. I’ve been there before for short period while I was pregnant. Thank god my family helped me a lot. But for some, people its not easy to get out of it. Here are some of my favorite honest thoughts from talented bloggers.
Battling My Mother : by I shared on my twitter account this post, but I believe that I should share it again with you. This young blogger shred her struggles with anxiety and negative thoughts. And how a depressed parent can affect their kids, its honest, real, and worth reading.
My Life With Anxiety by : This pots also by a talented bloggers, she discussed the misconceptions about anxiety. She mentioned how hiding anxieties was hard for her, because most people think anxiety is not real. she believe that anxiety affect the quality of life, and we should accept it, and conquer instead of burying deep into it.
of stormy weather: how to bring out the sun This mother wrote her experience with postpartum depression. It hits the mothers after delivering the baby, and can last very long if it didn’t treated well. She mentioned how a depressed mother, can go far with harmful thoughts of not being able to live, because everything becomes meaningless.
Doing the thing I fear and hate to do by Doug this whole blog is about dealing with anxiety. Loved this post because of this simple sentence that means a lot. “feelings are not facts.” He explained how what you fee,l is not necessarily what is happening in reality. This is very powerful saying.
Could depression actually be a form of infectious disease? this research is so promising that the cause of depression not only emotion distress but bacteria or virus. This will change the way we treat depression and hopefully decrease the incident of depression.
Have you ever suffered from episodes of depression? How was it like? Please share your thoughts in the comments below!
