The Connection Between Depression and Stress
Stress is a concept that we're all familiar with, and a reality we've all adapted to, more or less. We get stressed routinely – you had a hard day at work, but there's a laundry list of to-do's waiting at home for you; your commute to school took longer than anticipated and so you're late to class; your gas bill was higher than last month and you have to rearrange your finances to cover the difference. All these situations in and of themselves are stressful, but you might not expect them to result in symptoms of depression. However, when stress [...]