Managing Depression: Pt 6
Welcome the final in our series about Managing Depression written by 21 year old Bethwyn. Bethwyn has taken us from signs and symptoms, to treatment and how to help a friend who may be suffering from depression. We want to say a big thank to Bethwyn for sharing her story as one of our Youth Content Producers and giving hope to many and letting us know that we are not alone that depression can be managed and treated. Enjoy this final blog in the series.
Hi everyone. This will be the final installment on my blog series about depression. I hope that what I have written here has helped some people with their concerns and problems – whether it be for a friend, family member, for yourself, or even just to learn more. I love writing and this is such a wonderful way to get my writing out there – by talking about my own experiences and offering some small place of information for those dealing with something I have gone through.
In this post, I’m just going to talk about my own experience a little bit more, and also about how I’m doing now. This is a little hard for me, so please forgive me if my writing becomes a bit disjointed or confusing – it’s the way my thoughts are sometimes!
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Managing Depression Pt 5
Hi and welcome to the fifth installment on depression!! This post is directed towards those people that may not be suffering from depression themselves, but may know someone who IS suffering.
Sometimes it can be bewildering to know that someone in your life is dealing with this and not knowing much about it at all. There is a certain amount of understanding that comes from experiencing the symptoms yourself, but that doesn’t mean you can’t understand if you haven’t experienced them. It just takes a lot of compassion and a bit of research. So, if there’s someone in your life experiencing depression and you’d like to learn how to be of help, I hope this post will give you a bit more of an idea.
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Harassment In The Workplace
The workplace should be a safe environment. A place where you come to do your job and a place that you should feel comfortable around your co-workers, managers/superiors and customers.
The workplace is a place where you should be free of harassment and a place that you should feel confident in at all times. That is why workplace harassment is not tolerated.
Harassment in the workplace can take any of the following forms from physiological to physical, to verbal and cyber to blackmail and so on. In fact it is where a person is subjected to behaviour, other than sexual harassment, that 1:
- is repeated, unwelcome and unsolicited
- the person considers to be offensive, intimidating, humiliating or threatening
- a reasonable person would consider to be offensive, humiliating, intimidating or threatening.
These behaviours can cause the victim to suffer from stress, depression, anxiety, fear and can make the workplace an uncomfortable and unenjoyable place to visit.
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Managing Depression Pt 4
I’ve had a bit of a break for the holidays, but welcome back to this blog series on Depression! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. It is important to remember that, while these times are often full of joy and togetherness, they can also be an especially hard time for anyone experiencing mental illnesses like depression. Unfortunately there isn’t just a switch to get rid of depression – it doesn’t just go away when we want it to. I must admit to experiencing problems with my own depression during the holiday break, but I am lucky enough to have many supportive people in my life, as well as experience with dealing with depressive ‘episodes’
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The Dollar Dilemma
Money, it can be your best friend or your worst enemy. It comes in coins and notes in plenty or few, but no matter what, it is a necessity that every person needs in order to make a living. As young people of society (and as young people in general) we like to have fun and make the most out of what comes our way, we like to socialise and most of us like money, no matter what shape or size it comes in.
Money is fun to spend, is good to have but money isn’t everything. As they say, “The best things in life are free” and with memories and Kodak moments one can be happy and content with their life. But in order to have a future and in order to provide for a family, or even just yourself, you need money. That is where savings come in!!!
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Sibling Wars
I am 16 years old and I already have 3 brothers and 2 sisters. If anyone has a sibling they will know what it feels like to compete with your brothers and sisters on a daily basis. Whether it be silly things like who gets to have a shower first, or who gets to sit in the front seat, or serious things such as who has to do the household chores or face up to your parents when you break something or are in trouble. The competition never stops, it just keeps going and going and going; like a broken record.
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Rethinking your New Year’s resolutions
As soon as 1 January ticks over, we commit to exercising more, quitting smoking and getting better grades.
It seems positive, so why do most people abandon their New Year’s resolutions before the month is out? Here are a few tips for making sure that your resolutions last past February.
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Christmas Craze
For me Christmas is the most wonderful time of year. It is a time that inspires people to be ‘merry’ and joyful towards everybody in the workplace, in their social network and sometimes even to complete strangers. The excitement of Christmas can be seen on children’s faces and even on parent’s faces as they buy gifts to give to their loved ones during the festive season. Decorations fill the streets, the shops and Christmas lights illuminate residential areas, showing participation by the community and local businesses.
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Managing Depression Pt3
Welcome back to this series of blogs on depression (and, to a lesser extent, anxiety!). This time I’ll be talking about getting diagnosed and who to reach out to for help.
Now, as I mentioned in my last post, reaching out for help can be the most difficult part of having depression. Sure, the ‘having’ of depression is no walk in the park (unless that park is infested with every scary creature imaginable and the sun and moon don’t exist..), but reaching out to someone and just saying ‘I think something is wrong’ can be unimaginably difficult. I include myself in this. The reasons for this difficulty are many and varied – they really depend on the individual person.
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The best things in life are worth waiting for
Texting, Skyping, Facebooking all helps - a bit
Only one month and 17 days left till I can hug and kiss my hunnie back home in Tassie. At the moment, I am visiting my family at my home-home where I grew up in America, New Jersey to be exact. I am really enjoying catching up with friends and getting to hang out and with my cute Mommy and Daddy who I miss so much when I’m gone, however, missing my boyfriend of two years totally sucks!
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LGBTI young people of Australia, It Gets Better!
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It Gets Better - You Are Not Alone
As a LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, intersexed)[i] young person, have you ever had such a hard day, or week, or year that you thought things couldn’t possibly look up? Ever been in a hole and rather than wanting to climb out, you wanted someone to shovel the dirt in?
The ‘It Gets Better’ Project was created to show young LGBTI people the levels of happiness, potential and positivity their lives will reach, if they can make it through their teenage years. The project is focused on reminding young people that things can and will get better. I really hope that after seeing some of the videos on the website, you’ll feel less alone and more able to push through and keep going!
ok thanks i learnt alot thanks again
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