Depression Hurts…

When I was a kid I remember seeing the commercial for Cymbalta. The tagline went as such, “Depression hurts, Cymbalta can help.” I remember feeling so confused. What was depression? Why does it hurt? Why do people need to take medication for sadness? Other commercials I remember seeing featured cartoon people with rain clouds overContinue reading “Depression Hurts…”

Accepting Sadness as a Common Emotion and Learning How to Cope with it

Sadness is one of the most common, yet most underrated emotions there are. Sadness can be accompanied with the loss of a loved one, missing an important event, missing someone or something, letting go/moving forward and more. Sadness can be defined as “an emotional state where there are feelings of unhappiness, low mood, and isContinue reading “Accepting Sadness as a Common Emotion and Learning How to Cope with it”