Depression and Mood

Signs of mania and depression, bipolar I vs II, and how medication and therapy combine.

Start in early fall: guard morning light, keep moving, plan fun, and line up talk therapy.

Community, animals, volunteering, mindfulness, and therapy: small steps toward connection.

Phelps, Gaga, Springsteen and more in their own words: success doesn't prevent depression.

The two-week line between baby blues and postpartum depression, and how CBT and IPT help.

Small steps like sipping water, one hygiene task, opening a window, or texting one person.

Short, dark days can bring on seasonal depression: symptoms, what helps, when to act.

Lower expectations, refocus on what's going right, stay present, and don't go it alone.

Telling postpartum depression from normal new-parent exhaustion, and where to get help.

Skewed thinking tied to low self-esteem or anxiety feeds a negative loop. How to break it.

Self-awareness, self-regulation, drive, empathy and social skills, and ways to grow them.

Lonely with your partner? Find the cause, talk honestly, and know emotional abuse signs.

Diet can't cure depression. Mood-boosting foods like fatty fish, and the foods to avoid.

How antidepressants work, what they can and can't do, and the pros and cons to weigh.

NPD goes beyond self-absorption to low empathy and manipulation. Key signs and what to do.

Depression can shift your reality, spark anger, make you withdraw and affect your body.

Symptoms that set it apart from the baby blues, and groups offering screening and support.

Excellence isn't perfection. Habits to ease self-criticism and the fear of failure.