By: In Between Meds, Searching for a Diagnosis, Richard Dadd, and Compassion for Your Self - JANE’S MENTAL HEALTH SOURCE PAGE

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:39:48 +0000

[...] I was struck when reading Isabella’s 8 points of “emergency preparedness for winter depression” by how big a part “human-to-human interaction” plays in staving off depression. Having some form of daily interaction with another human being makes a big difference in depression no matter what season, at least that’s what I’ve personally found. And no – instant messaging doesn’t count… Skype may be OK, because you get to verbally interact with someone, but nothing beats a real life, interpersonal interaction for the richness of stimuli (sound, sight, smell, even touch) your neurons gain. In fact, human interactions by way of social connectedness has been observed to play an important part in your immune system, as I’ve written about in another weblog. [...]

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