Rebound relationships can often help people stop missing their exes. When a person starts dating someone new, their success in having found another appealing person to date can help them feel better about their romantic prospects. — Samantha Joel Ph.D. For someone who’s serious about her romantic relationships, nothing would be more painful than the […]
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How Accepting Rejection Benefits Your Mental Health
The pain you get from being rejected is, at times, unbearable. You may have been rejected by someone you like or by your dream job. You can’t but feel helpless under such situations, as if it’s already the end of your journey for you. However, life doesn’t end there; rejection is a process we all […]
How Can You Help When One Family Member Is Depressed
He started to hear voices telling him to kill himself; suspicious of people around him; no interest on things he used to enjoy; inability to sleep at night, easily agitated, looks superficially happy but, feels sad. It’s truly tragic to see someone knowingly choose to maintain an unhealthy relationship when you know in your heart […]
Cutting Ties: Recovering From A Toxic Friendship
Having a group of friends whom you can count on for love and support is a necessity in life. These people are not only there for the fun times, but they also have a significant impact on improving our lives. However, not all friendships can last as healthy relationships. Sometimes, your friends can cause you […]
Infect Others With A Smile
Lots of people walk through life trying to hide their depression. Some people with hidden depression can conceal their depression like pros, masking their symptoms and putting on a “happy face” for most others. — John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Have you ever encountered problems that you cannot paint your face with a smile? Is it too heavy […]
Powerful Mantras To Help You Move On
Love dies. Relationships end. These statements are difficult to accept, but they constitute people’s daily lives. Heartbreaks are extremely painful since you invested time and effort into a relationship. For better or worse, in most of today’s Western cultures we have immense freedom to follow our hearts’ desires when it comes to love; however, this […]
How Depression Can Take Over Your Life After A Breakup (And How You Can Combat It)
It’s normal for us to need some time to ruminate and go over the break-up in minute detail when we feel like we were the one who was dumped. Break-ups can definitely qualify as traumatic events and telling and re-telling the break-up story is a relatively normal reaction if it was traumatic for you. — Suzanne […]
Why Rejection Hurts
Rejection happens to nearly everyone. It occurs whenever someone refuses to be our friend, or whenever we don’t get picked into groups. This inner voice tells us we are unworthy of being accepted by others, even ourselves. It tells us we don’t have a right to even take up space in the world. — […]
How To Survive A “No Commitment Relationship”
At first, there is the pain, or the relief, the anger, sadness, etc. But as time goes by, people often end up drifting back together — they start talking, having sex, spending time together, and soon they’re a couple again, even if unofficially. — Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R The addiction of love blinds people. Some […]
“We are Fuckin’ Perfect”–Pink
Mostly, songs that discuss depression and suicide released in recent memory have meant well. With this song, Pink directly confront depression and suicide. She doesn’t dance around the subject matter, but she cuts right through the euphemism and candidly faces the topic. In her music video, she graphically interprets the song well