November Welcome for Newbies and Returning Members 🤗

Welcome newcomers to the Depression Support Community 🤗 We're so glad to have you. This is a safe space where you can share your experiences with depression!

To the returning members of the community we're also so glad to have you here. 🫂💓

Quote of the Month : “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” - Mary Anne Radmacher 💗

Here's this month's prompt! 

Share what your rose(s) and thorn(s) were for October and what your bud is for November.

Upcoming event this month : World Kindness Day (November 13th)

Here are some fun facts about World Kindness Day! :

1) The date of November 13 was the opening day of the first World Kindness Movement conference in Tokyo in 1998 and the 35th anniversary of the Small Kindness Movement of Japan. 🇯🇵♥️

2) Being kind increases oxytocin which benefits the heart and cardiovascular system. 🫀

3) Biochemically, kindness has been shown to increase levels of natural opioids in the brain which increase dopamine to produce a natural high. 🧬

4) Acts of kindness also produce endorphins, which are our natural painkillers. 💓

5) Research has also shown that committing acts of kindness lowers the blood pressure. ♥️