Honorable Mention vol. III – Mental Health
Hello and welcome to Street Saint’s third Honorable Mention. Once again, I have received content from bloggers all over the place and chosen all of the best and most relevant articles and placed them all here. In fact, I received so many submissions this time around that I wasn’t able to go back through and provide snippets like I usually do. 
This month is “Mental Health March,” so all of the articles were on the topic of mental disorders, depression, anxiety, and everything in between. And since there were so many great submissions this time around, I’m going to have the same theme for April as well! I’ll have to think of a catchy alliteration for it. “Anxiety April,” sounds too depressing…
In any case, my picks are bellow! Enjoy! Read More…
April 1, 2010
Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Recovery Posted in: Honorable Mention 
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Emotional Paralysis
One of the issues I struggle with is something I call socially onset emotional paralysis. At first I thought I was the only one with this problem, but I’ve found in talking to others, that this is more common than I originally thought. Emotional Paralysis occurs most often in introverted people and many people also link it to depression, but I believe anyone can have this “condition.”
There are many different ideas about emotional paralysis and how to define it; however, it is most commonly associated with the inability to form or express one’s emotions. It is associated with depression because depressed people often have trouble showing or feeling emotion. Socially Onset Emotional Paralysis (we can call it S.O.E.P) is similar to this, but refers to a more specific disposition. Read More…
December 12, 2009
Tags: Dating, Depression, Emotional Paralysis, Introversion, Relationships Posted in: General No Comments
Depression
Sorry for the delay in getting this published, but I think this article was worth the wait. It is an analysis of depression and how it effects the lives of those who are depressed as well as their friends and family. The article addresses the struggle in helping depressed people and suggests ways to do so without making their condition worse.
November 19, 2008
Tags: Depression, Health, Life, Mental Health Posted in: Articles No Comments