Surviving Depression
Depression is one of most powerful human emotions.It is one of those emotions if you leave untreated, could lead to something more serious for those suffering from it severely.
Everyone has moments of feeling unhappy.That is normal. But clinical depression is something much more than that. It is a disease. But it is treatable.
I would like to offer some advice and tips that I have gained from my experience as a therapist in San Diego.
So when is depression clinical depression?
First off, the person may feel as if they are hopelessly sad.When a person feels as if there is no point to anything.Or life isn’t worth living. Which might lead to suicidal thoughts and feelings.
This usual lasts for two weeks or more. When you have depression that lasts that long, you are moving into the clinical depression state.
And when you hit that tipping point, you need to seek out a therapist.Don’t hit that point and leave this condition untreated. Believe me I know with all my experience as a depression counselor.
So once you do hit that point, you need to do several things. Because chemistry in your brain or imbalances in your body can cause depression, you might have to go the medical route to treat it.You would use antidrepessant drugs to treat it.
Of course as a counselor, I prefer to treat it through depression counseling. A counselor can help a person get to grips with the root of their depression.
They can also try other forms of therapy like cognitive behavior therapy which addresses how you think. The goal being to question your negative thoughts and turn them positive.
A counselor can also help with relaxation techniques. If the depression is caused by stress, using relaxation will help combat that form of stress.
Most of all a depression counselor will be the most effective person to find out what is causing the depression.
They are good in finding out if there was something that happened recently that may cause this.They can look and see if there is something in the past that is causing this.Or they can try to see if something is going in your body that is causing it. Whether it is some physiological change.
Depression is a condition that is treatable.But when the cause is not known, there is no way to treat it.This where finding someone that is a good counselor or therapist will help tremendously.
Written by woohooyeh on June 16th, 2009 with
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