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Erin Weatherhogg

Nov 18, 2019
4 min

Dear Diary: Depression is a Constant Mental Dichotomy

The voices in my head are in a constant battle for dominance, and somehow the obnoxious one always seems to win.

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Erin Weatherhogg

Oct 28, 2019
3 min

Three Things Never to Say to Someone With Major Depressive Disorder

These are three things that might immediately leap to mind when you hear someone lives with MDD--but for the love of God, don't say them.

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Erin Weatherhogg

Oct 26, 2019
4 min

Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Seasonal Affective Disorder: What are GAD and SAD?

Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Seasonal Affective Disorder are two conditions with similar abbreviations, but very different symptoms.

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Erin Weatherhogg

Oct 21, 2019
3 min

Dear Diary: Every Twenty-Eight Days, Everything Sucks

That's PMDD. Getting your period can feel like getting the flu--or at least mean a comparable level of feeling crappy. Every. Month.

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Erin Weatherhogg

Oct 18, 2019
3 min

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: It's Not Just Really Bad PMS

PMS can vary from woman to woman, month to month. A disorder is diagnosed when symptoms are super-severe every month.

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Erin Weatherhogg

Oct 16, 2019
4 min

Major Depressive Disorder: What It Is and What It Does

MDD is one of the most debilitating conditions in the world, with severe depression rated in the same disability category as terminal cancer

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Erin Weatherhogg

Oct 14, 2019
3 min

Depression May Be Lonely, But You're Not Alone

What I do want to say is that in real life mental illness is way different than you may be picturing it. It is often invisible.

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Author ~ Novelist ~ Blogger

Erin Leigh Weatherhogg

Dear Diary: Depression is a Constant Mental Dichotomy

Three Things Never to Say to Someone With Major Depressive Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Seasonal Affective Disorder: What are GAD and SAD?

Dear Diary: Every Twenty-Eight Days, Everything Sucks

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: It's Not Just Really Bad PMS

Major Depressive Disorder: What It Is and What It Does

Depression May Be Lonely, But You're Not Alone