Many people use “depression” as shorthand for feeling low, while others dismiss depression as “just sadness”. Here, we explain the difference using clinicians’ cues: Trigger, duration, functioning, ...

Winter can impact mental health in subtle ways like seasonal depression. Understand what’s normal—and when to seek support to ...

You may not particularly enjoy feeling sad. You may prefer experiencing other emotions. But if you try to avoid the emotion all together, mental health professionals want you to know not to. People ...

Ever have a downright terrible day? You’re concerned about financial problems at home, and your boss is pushing you to get that project done earlier than expected, then your car breaks down and you’ve ...

’Tis the season for recognizing seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Just don’t expect to find SAD in diagnostic handbooks. As a memorable term, SAD “stuck in the general public, and to some extent ...

December is Seasonal Depression Awareness Month, and it's little surprise why. The days are short (the winter solstice on Dec. 21 is the shortest day of the year, in fact), the weather is cold and ...

For most people, losing daylight is not a part of the holiday season we look forward to. Following the time reset courtesy of daylight saving time ending, many of us working a traditional 9-5 end our ...

Ice cream, swimming pools, barbecues and beaches – summer has many positive associations. But some people feel more anxious and depressed during the hotter months and may suffer from a type of ...

Sadness is normal during hard times. Source: Aliyah Jamous/Unsplash These are heavy times. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the globe and has reached unprecedented numbers in America, we ...

There was a time when sadness was fashionable, which is something difficult to imagine nowadays, given our current cultural reliance on mandatory positivity and happiness. The time was the beginning ...

We are midway through the month of November, and the annual fall and winter reality of living in western Washington is setting in. The days are getting shorter and the nights, longer. Add in a series ...

Tough times are just as much a part of our lives as happy moments. While we'd all prefer smooth sailing over stormy seas, you can't have sunshine without a little bit of rain. Sadness is a universal ...