“I Have No Real Friends”: A Lie Depression Tells Me Is True
Sometimes I feel like I have no friends. Or, let me clarify, no real friends. It’s not that I don’t have nice conversations with other people, or get invited to hang out in groups with...
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Treating Teen Insomnia Could Prevent Mental Illness
It is usually assumed that disturbed sleep is a symptom of depression. But health-care professionals are starting to think that maybe that idea is putting the cart before the horse, especially with adolescents. For...
Keep Calm and Listen to White Noise
I grew up in the country in a two-story house that had no air conditioning. When June rolled around and the steamy weather arrived, my dad would go down to the cellar and bring up our...
How To Love Your Body In Bikini Season
Ah yes, it’s summer. The time for short sleeves, tiny denim cutoffs, and swimsuits. While many people may think of summer as a time to post cute Instagram pictures on the beach, to stay out...
Anxiety—An Under-Diagnosed Phenomenon Among Adolescents
The summer 2018 issue of Behavioral Health News has an interview with Francis S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., who is the Mortimer D. Sackler Professor and Vice Chair for Research at Weill Cornell Medical College’s...
Hobbies Help Keep Away the Summer Blues
Summertime is something students look forward to all year. But some people develop the “summer blues.” For these people, the summer’s brutal heat, bright light, and long days can contribute to depression. Also, when...
Can Fame, Success, and Money Cure Depression and Anxiety?
We all know Michael Phelps, right? He’s the most successful and most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps was only 19—still an adolescent!—when he went to the Olympics...
How to Make Our Summer Worthwhile
For many people, the word summer brings excitement, joy and anticipation. Everyone waits all year round for summer vacation and the long-awaited, well-deserved break from school. In my school, people start discussing their summer plans...
Coping with Social Anxiety
Have you ever gone to a party or had to talk in front of others and felt sick to your stomach with anxiety about the prospect? Have you ever felt so nauseated and shaky about others...
Turn “I’m Perfect” Into “Imperfect”
I was diagnosed with anxiety for the first time in third grade. Before that, my parents thought that I was just a shy, overly-rule-abiding young girl. I don’t think they thought that my nervous...
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