What's this depression thing all about? Just people in a bad mood, right? You can just shovel yourself out. Right?
One of our contributors learned first hand:
"I understood two things: mental illness existed (for real) and medicine helped. I was a smug survivor. “You’re sick, you take medicine, you get better. There.” How tidy. How easy. How vastly I underestimated the layers and nuances of the many diseases that fall under the umbrella of mental illness. " Read the full article HERE.
And with more (and more and more?) snow and frigid weather on the way, some may even be suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Yeah, that's real too.
One of our contributors learned first hand:
"I understood two things: mental illness existed (for real) and medicine helped. I was a smug survivor. “You’re sick, you take medicine, you get better. There.” How tidy. How easy. How vastly I underestimated the layers and nuances of the many diseases that fall under the umbrella of mental illness. " Read the full article HERE.
And with more (and more and more?) snow and frigid weather on the way, some may even be suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Yeah, that's real too.