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Allison Abrams

Allison Abrams, LCSW-R, is a licensed psychotherapist, mental health advocate, author and contributing writer for Psychology Today, Huffington Post and GoodTherapy, and media expert for outlets such as USA Today, Women's Day, Reader's Digest, Prevention, Elite Daily, and Livestrong. Allison is passionate about empowering men and women to overcome adversity and gain the confidence needed to thrive and achieve success.

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5 Myths About Depression We Need to Shut Down Immediately

Originally posted on Psychology Today. Depression, like art, can never be adequately described in words alone, though Andrew Solomon comes close in his memoir Noonday Demon. In it, he writes: "I felt as though I had a physical need, of impossible urgency and discomfort, from which there was no release—as though I were…
Allison Abrams
February 5, 2018