Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Here's What I Found About Depression And Treatment

By Don Pedro

Many people are not readily aware when they become depressed; however as soon as you are able to identify the syndrome, you should look for a way out immediately. The best way is to think deeply and try to identify why you are depressed. As soon as you know that, solve the problem.

Depression sometimes gets to the point of psychosis. When such symptoms hit you, they indicate that you have gotten to an especially severe point of the illness. Even sessions with a shrink alone might not suffice to cure you; you might need to be committed, at least for a while. At such moments, only YOU can help you by working to steer your mind, deliberately, from negative thoughts to positive and more empowering thoughts. Trust me, it works!

A depressed person could sometimes have trouble looking themselves in the mirror. To them the mirror appears to reflect ugliness and repulsion. Scratch the surface and you could find that they are perhaps kicking themselves for some trivial thing that they would have passed up.

Depression gets bad when it is neglected. Ordinarily when there are rough times and something bad happens you could feel sad, and if you stayed that way long enough, you become depressed. However, you have to snap out of it too, otherwise it could destroy you.

Depression is an illness that may come on slowly, especially in younger folks. Many are not even aware that it is happening to them. People who are older sometimes expect it, but the younger they never see it coming. They could have had it for years before they ever get to know it.

A sufferer from depression often sees themselves as being phony or guilty of having deceived others in one way or another. However, a conversation could reveal that no such thing has happened. That's when their mind begins to play tricks on them. Yes, it's all always the mind playing games with us. If this happens to you, fight it. Don't allow your mind to take you over, instead take it over and dictate the pace.

Depression hits you in a way that makes your work no longer adequate to distract or occupy you. But that is only the smallest part of it. In essence, even their pleasure trips, and activities that used to bring them pleasure are no longer good for it. In simple terms, depression is more than hell on earth; it's hell living in your heart. Don't let it. Drive it out NOW!

Some famous men have worked on depression and issues pertaining to it over the years. Sigmund Freud is one, the Austrian physician, neurologist, and first psychoanalyst. American psychiatrist Aaron Beck was another. And then you have names like Carl Jung, Max Weitheimer, and a host of others. Thankfully their works have helped many modern day psychologists make headway in dealing with depression. - 15437

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