Music and Mental Health

Music has been proven to help with your mental health and overall health. Singing, songwriting, listening to music and playing an instrument are all things that you can do deal with your mental health. Ways Music helps: Connects you with your feelings Gives you a way to express yourself Boosts your mood Makes you dance Forms …

Guest Post: 5 Ways to Combat Depression by Ken

Feeling depressed can be debilitating. It can make you feel as if you are in a void. Covered by a cloud of darkness and surrounded by a wave of emptiness. What makes it all the more abhorrent is that you cannot always differentiate that thought process from real life. When I experience a depressed mood, …

How to Be and Stay Optimistic

It is easy, especially when you are depressed, to see the negative in pretty much everything. This is obviously not healthy. There are things you can do that takes care of your mental health and one of those things is to look at things optimistically. Here are some things you can do to stay mentally …

Accomplishment: A way out of Depression

Have you been putting something off because you are depressed? Have you been procrastinating because it is easier to stay in bed than take that first step forward in getting something done? Would accomplishing something feel better? When you are depressed it is easy to just put things off by just staying home or in …

A Driving Force Behind Depression and What can Be Done About It

There are many causes of depression, and many things that play a role in preventing it from getting better. Avoidance is one of those things that is a driving force behind depression and prevents someone from getting better. While depressed, it is easy to simply deal with it by avoiding it altogether. It starts with …

Depression Tips Re: Wake Up Routine

If you are struggling with depression, a great thing to try is to change your morning routine. First, it starts with brisk awakening. The key is to get up at the same time every morning. Then, establish a morning routine. Lastly, engage in an energizing activity. Brisk awakening helps concentration, energy, depression, insomnia, alertness, and …

My Two Sides of Depression

One side is when you are around people and pretend like nothing is wrong. You act like you have everything together. You smile, but deep down you are hurting. This is depression, but people have no idea that you are struggling because you don't let them in. This is dangerous and can lead to suicide. …

Depressed? Do Something Small and Make a Difference

Actor Will Smith said, “If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you’re wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.” Therefore, if you sit at home all day oftentimes unable to get out of bed, you are able to still say nice things to others on the phone, …

The Power of Positive Thinking in Mental Illnesses

Being diagnosed with a mental illness  may not be a positive thing. However, if you look at the diagnosis in a positive way, you most likely will do better than someone who takes the diagnosis in a negative way. It is not fully understood why a positive attitude helps people recover more quickly from surgery …