This week I’ve had a really bad cold and during that time, while lying there suffering with a very evil sinus congestion that medicine didn’t seem to help, I found that my depression seemed much worse than it had been in a bit. I had nothing else to do (except write articles for websites) and so I started to ponder why that is. Now I don’t have millions of dollars to conduct a study into this phenomenon, but I thought I’d share my observations. ...

You know, they say that Christmas is hard and the family holidays, but one of the hardest I think is Valentine’s Day, especially if you have recently lost someone or just simply don’t have a love at the moment. It can be a day of self-reflection and loathing, which is magnified by the depression. But it doesn’t have to be. There are ways to combat the added blue of the reddest of holidays and I will share a few things with you. ...

I am trying very hard not to be a bit snarky over this study, but I’m having a difficult time. It is a pet peeve of mine that people actually study what is pretty much known by the general population already. That working long hours for little pay, struggling to make ends meet or have time with family, causes stress and later on depression. ...

Back in the 1960’s, psychedelic drugs as they were called, were all the rage and many of these “trips” were created by ingesting what some called Magic Mushrooms, a particular type of fungi. By eating these naturally growing items, users would experience hallucinations and other mental journeys. The reason was because of a substance called psilocybin that had significant impact on the brain’s normal functions. Some scientists had surmised that they had a long term effect of causing panic attacks, depression and paranoid delusions. But a new set of studies are questioning whether these could actually be useful in alleviating the symptoms rather than creating them. ...

Anything that is part of the human condition is up to debate as to why evolution would have a need for that particular element. Of course, some have easy answers like why is it necessary to have two eyes. We all know that the two eyes give us depth perception which helps us to avoid running into things and helps us understand how far we are from a particular object. But when it comes to mental disorders, the answer is not always so clear. ...

Here it is, about a week before Christmas now and I’ll be honest, I’m starting to feel more like the Grinch than the joyous person everyone says I should be. But just because it’s a holiday doesn’t mean that all of the problems in my life just goes away. I wish I could ask Santa for that, but I think I’d be sadly disappointed on Christmas morning. But even though I miss the life that I had, I still think there is some good in all of it and I’ve been trying to get into the Christmas spirit and so I thought I’d share a few things that I’ve done to help with that. ...