Depression is a common but serious mood disorder that can present with symptoms that can cause negative distress to the quality of life for an individual. On occasions, depression symptoms can also be linked to anxiety. Depression can be described as feeling down, constantly feeling miserable, having no interest or pleasure in doing things. Anxiety …
Exercise! It may be the last piece of advice you want to hear from others when you’re feeling low and unmotivated. It is indeed a real struggle for someone with depression to even get out of the bed in the morning, let alone going for a jog, walk or get oneself off to the gym. …
Do you find that you blow up often? Do you keep regretting saying mean things to people that you love? Does having 24/7 access to the news cycle constantly make you feel outraged to the highly emotionally charged messages? Well, realistically we have all become unhinged at some point in time. However, if ‘losing it’ …
A person who is alone may not be lonely. However, a person who is lonely might feel alone even when they are in the physical presence of others. This means that loneliness is an emotional state where a person feels unsatisfied with the amount or quality of intimacy and social contact they receive and as …
Divorce is always a dreaded outcome for any married couple. However, things get tougher and messier when children are involved. When you’re a parent who has decided to part ways with your partner, it can be heart-wrenching to see confused children make sense of the situation and find meaning to “why” and “what’s going to …
Many anxiety disorders are linked to depression. If you have suffered from an anxiety disorder such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), post-traumatic stress (PST) or social anxiety disorder, which if not diagnosed correctly and treated professional, anxiety can lead to depression. As experienced Melbourne CBD psychologists, Counselling in Melbourne’s psychologists will be able …
Grief and Loss are fundamental emotions and experiences of human life. In a harsh way, grief is the price to pay for having loved and making a connection or an emotional bond to people, animals, possessions or projects. The loss of a loved one is always painful. As time goes on, most of us recover …
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Many people, especially couples who are separated and have children, love playing psychological mind games. Why? People play these games on a social or psychological level over and over as these games are subconscious habitual patterns and unintentional methods of behaving (interacting/transacting) and make it possible to conceal their actual motivations to achieve a well-defined …
“When a spouse is depressed, a marriage can become depressed”… When a spouse suffers from depression, the associated emotions and feelings can be difficult to grasp and to comprehend from the other partner’s perspective, which can cause emotions to spiral out of control and put additional strain on a marriage. As specialists in depression counselling …
Do you find it hard to enjoy life? Are you easily irritable and have trouble concentrating? Do you often feel low on energy? Do you experience trouble remembering trivial information? Do you lack motivation or are plagued by a feeling of hopelessness? Do you often feel that things aren’t in your control? Is it hard …
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