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Strategies for Overcoming Depression
By Jane Framingham, Ph.D.
~ 4 min read
There are a lot of articles on the
Internet about overcoming depression. They suggest things such as changing your thinking, changing your mood, and voilà!
— changing your life. But overcoming depression is not something you do in the blink of an eye. And no article is going to tell you how you can simply “overcome” depression in a few minutes of reading.
Depression is a serious mood disorder that affects millions of people each year. Sadly, most people who suffer from depression never seek treatment for it, fearing about what others may think of them or not having the courage to face change on their own. There remain a lot of misconceptions
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