Tag: depression

Gratitude can build peace of mind, reduce stress, and ward off depression. But it's most powerful when it accompanies us ...

A new paper in the Journal of Pain Research suggests that low-carb diets can help amputees manage a range of ...

Depression stemming from diabetes-related amputation is very real and potentially very dangerous. That’s the conclusion of a multidisciplinary study published ...

Hiding negative emotions behind an artificially positive facade is supposed to be bad for you. But when I did this after limb loss, ...

After losing his left leg below the knee in a 2022 motorcycle accident, Randy Layman carved out a unique niche ...

Studies suggest that emotional and psychological factors play significant roles in driving diabetes-related amputations. Yet few doctors address psychological factors ...

The constant stream of awful news in world affairs can give rise to feelings of hopelessness. Here are a handful ...

For amputees, adapting to life in a wheelchair life is quite different than adapting to life on prosthetic legs. Here's ...

Clinical trials are now underway to investigate psychedelics’ effects on phantom limb pain, depression, PTSD, opioid addiction, and other amputee ...

We all experience grief. But whether it’s sparked by the loss of a loved one, a relationship, a cherished goal, ...

Elayna Alexandra's "Life Raft" is a set of tools that keep her above water when the whirlpool of negative emotions ...

Septuagenarian strives for independence after amputation

By Tony Phillips Amputation is much more than a physical loss. It is a permanent alteration of one’s natural body, ...

Don’t Let Amputation Lead to Isolation

How Pain Can Steal Your Life—and the Tools to Take It Back