Overcoming seasonal affective disorder
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder that occurs during late autumn and winter. It is characterised by lethargy, low mood, anhedonia, fatigue, and…
5 signs of depression and what to do about them
What depression is This article explores the five most common signs of depression in its early stages. The advice given here relates to situational depression related to adverse life events.…
2 Empowering ways to break depression
The basis of depression Clinical depression is defined as a mood disorder. In which changes to brain chemistry lead to anhedonia, low mood, lethargy and tiredness. However, these changes in…
7 keys to unravel depression
What is depression? Clinical depression is a mood disorder in which there are significant changes in brain chemistry. Specifically, reduced levels of the neuro-transmitters dopamine, serotonin and noradrenalin. Common symptoms…
How exercise reduces depression
Exercise versus anti-depressants This article explores how exercise reduces depression. When working with clients who have clinical depression I ask them to do some hard exercise at least once a…
Four main causes of depression – and what to do about them
What is clinical depression? The first month of 2011 has come and gone and statistics show that January is the most depressing month, in that more people will seek help…
Moving beyond depressed thinking
Is depressed thinking a good thing? One very strange result of studies on depression is that depressed people are a lot more realistic than most. Their judgments about what they…