{"id":661,"date":"2018-03-04T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/?p=661"},"modified":"2018-03-03T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T02:09:14","slug":"recognizing-the-signs-in-yourself-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/04\/recognizing-the-signs-in-yourself-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing the Signs In Yourself (Depression)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/little-old-lady-comedy\/im-not-depressed-but-66a36f129ccc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/little-old-lady-comedy\/im-not-depressed-but-66a36f129ccc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I happened upon the above link and it resonated with me quite a bit. Coming to understand depression is not easy. You start to come up with excuses for all the things you&#8217;re feeling, your behaviors. It&#8217;s difficult to recognize the signs and seeking help to address it.<\/p>\n<p>Humor was my principle mask, one that I don&#8217;t use as often these days. While there&#8217;s certainly a macabre humor that surrounds depression culture, it&#8217;s important to remember to keep your eye on the reality of the situation. If you find yourself exhibiting symptoms of depression for a prolonged period, seek out professional help. Try to make adjustments to your diet, exercise.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/depression\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20356007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Depression Symptoms (Mayo Clinic)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While it might be comforting to laugh at the black humor, don&#8217;t let it distract you from facing the very difficult challenge of addressing your depression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/medium.com\/little-old-lady-comedy\/im-not-depressed-but-66a36f129ccc I happened upon the above link and it resonated with me quite a bit. Coming to understand depression is not easy. You start to come up with excuses for all the things you&#8217;re feeling, your behaviors. It&#8217;s difficult to recognize the signs and seeking help to address it. Humor was my principle mask, one &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/04\/recognizing-the-signs-in-yourself-depression\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Recognizing the Signs In Yourself (Depression)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,2],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-slice","category-depression","tag-depression"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PG4O-aF","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662,"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vraxx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}