Tag: depression
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Can Affect Your Relationships
If you’ve ever had a partner who suffers from any kind of depression, you know that it can be extremely difficult to maintain a relationship. It can be just as challenging when it changes with the seasons. Approximately 14% of Americans experience some degree of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Typically it’s not as intense in…
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Are Smartphones Making Your Teenager Depressed?
How many of you remember feeling down and depressed when you were a teenager? During my time as a teen, we didn’t have smart phones. Cell phones were becoming the norm, but they were still the Zack Morris type. Hardly worth using unless it was an emergency. Many people believe that teenagers are just moody…
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Let’s Talk About It: Ending the Stigma Around Depression.
Yesterday was Bell’s “Let’s Talk” day in Canada. An initiative designed to open the dialogue about mental illness, and to eliminate the stigma. The initiative began in 2010, and has grown into a social media exercise. For any Tweet (or Instagram post) that uses #BellLet’sTalk on January 25, Bell will donate 5 cents to the initiative.…
