Loving Someone with Anxiety and Depression
When you love someone with anxiety and depression, your daily life often feels like navigating a complex emotional landscape with shifting terrain. Depression may manifest as a heavy, immovable cloud of exhaustion and withdrawal, while anxiety acts as an intrusive, high energy state of fear and restlessness. This combination, known clinically as comorbidity, presents unique […]
How to Find Mental Health Family Support Groups?
Living with a mental illness can make you feel isolated and alone. You often feel misunderstood and that the world around you is fraught with anxiety. While dealing with mental illness can feel overwhelming, you are not alone. Mental health family support groups are invaluable tools in helping you get and stay better. Hearing the […]
What to Say to Someone You Love Who Is Struggling With Depression
Supporting a loved one through depression is a delicate balancing act. You want to help, but you may feel as though you are walking on eggshells, afraid that the wrong word might cause them to withdraw further. While you cannot simply talk someone out of a clinical depression, the language you choose acts as a […]
How to Care for Yourself When Your Significant Other Has a Mental Illness
If you’re in a relationship, your spouse’s mental health effects that. A mental illness can result in extra stress, extra chores, taking on that person’s responsibilities, or even dealing with emotional ups and downs. That remains true whether they’re struggling with depression, borderline, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. While most of us will initially take […]
