5 New Year’s Resolutions For Depression

When you look back at the past year, what stands out? If the answer to that is depression, feelings of despair or hopelessness, you shouldn’t have to go through that for another whole year.    The stress of the holidays is fading. You’re leaving last year behind and a fresh start awaits. This is a new year. It’s a great time to start working towards managing...

5 Ways to Survive Holiday Parties When Anxiety Is Your Plus-One

By RENÉE FABIAN Braving crowded stores to find the perfect gifts, busy irregular schedules and traveling and decorating and wrapping presents and preparing food, and, of course, don’t forget the office or family holiday party. ’Tis the season … to be anxious. With all these holiday activities to worry about, for many people, a party may seem like a blip...

Finding True Happiness In Your Life In The New Year

You may search high and low, you may search far and wide, and you might come to the conclusion that you can’t find happiness anywhere. But maybe you’ve just been looking in the wrong place… True happiness isn’t something that comes to find you. It’s something you work for. It’s something you create for yourself. Finding Happiness In Relaxing Stop cheating yourself...

Mood Disorders - Seasonal Affective Disorder

With leaves changing and the amount of daylight hours shrinking, it can feel draining. Read below to learn more about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and how you can support yourself and other's who may be experiencing SAD. Definition To define Seasonal Affective Disorder, it’s helpful to know what Depression is first. Depression is a type of mood disorder. It is a serious illness characterized...

‘Get the help you need’

By Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer Wednesday, September 19, 2018 6:24 PM EDT The difference, they say, is like night and day. For Jane and John (not their real names), their progression out of depression and homelessness meant a choice to pursue a brighter future despite being in dark times. But they didn’t do it alone, so they’re telling their stories in the hope of helping others....

Walking and talking to defeat depression

By Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer Wednesday, September 19, 2018 5:28 PM EDT A new walk in Belleville in October will help young people to outpace depression and develop important life skills. The Belleville Defeat Depression Walk and Talk for Mental Health will be held Oct. 13 at West Zwick’s Centennial Park. Seventy per cent of proceeds will support Belleville-based Youth Habilitation...