Jesse McClelland
Why Are People With Disabilities at Risk for Depression?
It’s well-known that people with chronic illnesses or disabilities face greater challenges than most individuals in their day-to-day lives. From everyday tasks that most people take for granted to more significant challenges, people with disabilities often work harder than others just to get by. They may have trouble completing simple tasks, caring for themselves, or connecting with their peers. As
Does Your Mood Change with The Seasons?
Sometimes, the feelings of depression and fatigue don’t add up this time of year. When the streets are lined with twinkling lights and holiday fun, why is your mood just now taking a turn for the worse? It’s not uncommon for a sense of gloom to settle in as the days grow shorter and the weather colder. It’s like, no
Feeling Overwhelmed With Life? Here’s What To Do!
There’s nothing quite like feeling overwhelmed. It’s the sinking feeling you get once you realize that you’ve bitten off more than you can chew. Or like there is more beyond your control than what’s within it. Sometimes you want to curl up in a ball and make it all go away, but you can’t. You have to keep going, even
How Single-Tasking Can Boost Productivity
You’re at work, and you’ve got a lot on your plate. You’re answering emails, talking on the phone, and typing up a report simultaneously. It seems like you’re getting a lot done, but are you really? In our fast-paced, constantly-connected world, it’s no wonder that multitasking has become the norm. In some situations, it seems unavoidable. You might be up
5 Tips To Help Manage A Short Temper
When you’re quick-tempered, it might be hard to believe that most people can relate. But anger gets the best of us (of all of us), and it brings out the worst in us. One minute you’re calm and in control; the next, you’re yelling or throwing something into a wall. When everything feels like it’s spinning out of control, it’s
Stop And Smell the Roses by Tapping Into Your Senses
Have you ever had someone in your life remind you to “stop and smell the roses”? Perhaps this particular phrase had an impact on you. Maybe it inspired you to slow down during a time in life where you were moving too quickly. As you reflected on all the days you had spent confined in your busy reality, you had
Drifting Away From Hope? TMS Therapy Can Help
When you suffer from an advanced mental health disorder, ‘hope’ can become an overused term over time. Maybe you started out looking for hope. But now, you are just looking for solutions. You know that it’s important to have hope, but it isn’t easy because you only find more of the same in your search for solutions. Perhaps at one
Can You Be Depressed And Not Know It?
You could know a lot about what depression looks like yet fail to recognize it in yourself. For one, depression can look quite different from person to person. Your symptoms can develop gradually and at different times, and some might not seem like depression. But the truth is, depression doesn’t always manifest as constant, immense sadness like we tend to
A Gentle Reminder That Having A Preference For Tidiness Is Not The Same As OCD
When was the last time you were with your friend as they reorganized their closet, remarking how they are “so OCD about cleaning”? Knowing how rigorous they can sometimes be about tidiness, chances are you both laughed off this cute quirk about them. As with many other situations, conditions, and disorders in life, unless one has personal experience with or
Why Is It So Hard To Move On In Life?
We all experience emotional pain and heartache in life that is difficult enough to endure, so why is it that we continue to relive that pain? Why is it so hard just to let go of the past and move on? Whether it’s a past relationship or a failure that you continue to play over and over in your mind,
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