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Depression not only isolates a person from other people, it also shreds your words and cuts them off from you. Words become hollow descriptors. They can’t capture the despair and pain you feel. How can words connect with depression? I remember when I started writing my journals and then my book. The words got stuck…

Dysthymia is more commonly known as mild depression. The symptoms aren’t as extreme or strong as the ones for major depression. But they are real and do affect you just as badly. With dysthymia, you constantly feel in a low mood, and it never seems to end. Sometimes, people with dysthymia also experience major depression…

  Ever had that feeling you forgot something? Or someone is speaking to you, but you can’t follow the conversation? Brain fog affects everyone one time or another. But the foggy depressed brain is different. It’s a constant fog surrounding memory and attention. Negative thoughts keep running through your head, and they are all you…

  Many friends and family have asked me, “What does depression feel like?” Well, there’s no simple answer. Depression has elements common to many people, but its also a very individual experience. My few descriptors of what depression feels like are just a sampling of the terrible darkness. It’s not a full list by any…
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