PrairieCare mental health experts say Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that typically tends to ...

Everyone feels down sometimes. Bad weeks happen — disappointments pile up, energy drops, and life feels harder than usual. But when does normal sad or down feelings become clinical depression? The ...

Have you heard the phrase, “Not all who wander are lost?” Well, not all who are depressed feel sad. Some feel nothing or empty. They feel blah or numb. Some even feel constantly restless. Those people ...

In the fall of 2023, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Dr. Ruth Westheimer, then 95, New York’s Loneliness Ambassador. Long recognized as America’s most famous sex therapist (she ...

Loneliness is a growing mental health challenge that millions experience in silence. Even with constant access to email, DMs, group chats, and social media, many still feel emotionally distant and ...

Have you ever felt completely exhausted and drained, as if you’ve been carrying an invisible weight on your shoulders all day? Depression feels exactly like that! It feels like a constant battle ...

Beyond feeling sad, depression can leave a person feeling hopeless, apathetic and worthless. Some people deal with major clinical depression all of their lives, while others suffer from situational ...

Depression can strike at any age, but new data highlights its significant impact on older adults, where it is the most common mental health condition. Around one in five people in later life ...

James Baldwin has a quote about the greatness of art that describes the experience of feeling alone in your depression and then realizing — through reading — that Dostoevsky felt that same depression.

When you read the descriptions above, what do you think? Someone who is depressed? Someone who is living with the effects of childhood emotional neglect? Or both? The inner experience of someone ...