#depression – Men’s Health Week 10-16 June 2013 #mhw13 #timetotalk

This one has crept up on me but now it is time to spread the WORD! Week of the 10-16 June, leading up to Father’s Day is Men’s Health Week.Focus this year is men’s mental health and the promotion of mental well-being and help-seeking in men. It is spearheaded by the Men’s Health Forum YouContinueContinue reading “#depression – Men’s Health Week 10-16 June 2013 #mhw13 #timetotalk”

#drepression – Men and Depression Help – Royal College of Psychiatrists – #mhw13

Having just found this ‘leaflet’ I thought it best to share it’s content and raise the profile further regarding men and depression, read, digest, learn and put to use… Depression and Men About this leaflet This leaflet is for: any man who feels depressed anyone whose husband, partner, brother, father and male friend seems depressed. MenContinueContinue reading “#drepression – Men and Depression Help – Royal College of Psychiatrists – #mhw13”

#depression – Inspiration – Theodore Roosevelt, President

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better… The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; whoContinueContinue reading “#depression – Inspiration – Theodore Roosevelt, President”

#depression – Knowledge Base – Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Synopsis (What it is all about…) When looking at depression it is worth getting an understanding for what lies beneath the surface. What aspects of who we are can lead us into a depressive phase and vice versa. One area worth knowing about is Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Maslow described the pattern that ourContinueContinue reading “#depression – Knowledge Base – Maslow’s hierarchy of needs”

Depression – Aide Memoire

Would an Aide Memoire for tactics in dealing with depression be useful to you? I have been wondering for a little while now whether sharing a bit of an aide memoire of the tactics I have used to fight and combat despression might be useful to others? If you think a simple and easy toContinueContinue reading “Depression – Aide Memoire”

#depression Self-Esteem

Ok so we all know that we hold thoughts and beliefs about ourselves and how we fit into the world around us. Some of these thoughts will be positive and some negative. I know from my experience that these positive and negative thoughts can change over time. Events can happen that make us question ourselvesContinueContinue reading “#depression Self-Esteem”

#depression The long wait for the professionals

One of the biggest challenges the depressive faces is the long wait for the professionals. Since being diagnosed it has been a month and a half of waiting for a CBT spot. So what to do in the mean time… Get proactive. Start working to take action to help yourself. The last thing anyone wantsContinueContinue reading “#depression The long wait for the professionals”