Hi everyone! Today’s topic: ways to overcome depression. For the past few months in Spain, I’ve been working, traveling, and focusing on my future by studying for my LSAT. However, as exciting as the future can be, I want to reflect on the past and how far I’ve come. Learning how to manage my depression […]
Living under lockdown in Spain during COVID-19 has been hard. The strict national lockdown lasted for almost 7 weeks. For 47 days we were unable to leave our homes, unable to see our friends and family, and unable to exercise. Now, it is May 6th: Day 5 of being able to exercise outside and Day […]
The coronavirus epidemic is undeniably challenging our mental health. Lockdowns and social-distancing change the way we socialize and restrict us from seeing our friends and family. We’re unable to go out for dinner, socialize at the bar, or join a family gathering. Social relationships enrich and give meaning to our lives. The lack of these […]
Depression is frustrating. Why? Unlike a broken arm, depression is an internal battle, and you’re its only witness. There’s no one there to validate your illness and there’s no physical evidence to prove that you’re sick. To make matters worse, depression doesn’t have a single set of symptoms. Typical symptoms associated with depression, like being […]
I created my blog was to raise mental health awareness by writing about depression. In this blog, I share my personal experiences with mental health and offer my thoughts on various issues through a mental health lens. Despite all my posts and writing about depression, I haven’t really posted as much as I’d would like […]
As I mentioned in my earlier post, I have accepted and deferred my admissions to Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. While WashU was never on my radar, I applied because I received a waiver fee and had read about WashU’s generous scholarships. Amazingly, when I was accepted to their law school, WashU […]
Hi there! A lot has changed and happened in the past few months. Between making life changing decisions and rearranging my personal priorities (all of which I’ll get into in my future posts), I have been MIA on my blog. After so many months of LSAT and law school preparation, I needed to decide where […]
Depression is a fickle, heavy, but ultimately tameable beast. As many times as I have talked about depression on my blog, it’s important to repeat that you aren’t your depression. You are bigger, bigger and capable of so much more than what your depression allows you to believe. Depression is hard to define, and in […]
It’s that time of year again. The time of disintegrating fallen leaves and earlier sunsets. The cheerful glow of nature is replaced with the bitter cold of winter. While the wintertime in Malaga, Spain (where I’m now living!) is not particularly harsh, its negative effects are evident. People smile a lot less, are out a lot […]
As a mental health blogger, it’s important for me to not only share my own experiences with depression, but to also offer outside resources that could be helpful to my readers. Deciding to go to therapy is a big step forward in addressing your mental health issues. There is no shame in asking for help. […]
