April 24, 2020

Can we grieve something like normality? And what does normality even mean?If in March of 2019 I had told you that a year from that time the world would be battling a pandemic, you would be under a social isolation order and had to wear face masks to go shopping, you would have probably told

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April 17, 2020

​Kids are experiencing Covid-19 anxiety as well Covid-19 is new for everyoneThings changed quickly when the Covid-19 “lock-downs” started. Some of us felt a bit unprepared as new realities like closed daycares and schools threw us into new realities very quickly. As the quarantines are starting to loosen, however, new changes are coming again. And

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April 10, 2020

​Music therapy for happy thoughts? How music therapy can change your lifeIt’s interesting to consider that before recording technology was invented, certain music was a single event that you had to attend in person to enjoy. Chances are that you then had to remember it for the rest of your life because you’d never have

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April 3, 2020

Uncertainty and future depression Sometimes our fear of the future can trigger depression and anxiety.Fear of the future or “chronophobia” used to be something specific that affected some people with anxiety or depression. With the way Covid-19 has changed our world, I feel like I’d be hard-pressed to find someone who wasn’t experiencing at least

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March 27, 2020

​Can depression affect the immune system? Immune system suppressionWhen I was struggling with the worst of my depression, I was constantly sick. I seemed to have a permanent cold. I suffered from various other conditions like digestive problems, migraines, and even ear infections. My constant state of being sick had a detrimental effect on my

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March 20, 2020

​When science fiction meets reality in quarantine depression Here’s a new one for you – quarantine depression.At the beginning of this year, we were all just starting to understand the scope of the Covid-19 outbreak. We only started to feel the tingle of uncertainty of how this was going to affect our lives. We heard

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