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Surviving Depression
By plrprousers | June 30, 2009
Depression is one of most powerful human emotions. It is an emotion if left untreated, could lead to more serious consequences 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 you can treat it.
I would like to offer some advice and tips that I have gained from my experience as a therapist in San Diego.
So when does depression become clinical depression?
First off, a person can feel hopelessly sad. Where a person feels everything is pointless. Or life is not worth living. Which can lead to thoughts and feelings of suicide.
This can last for 2 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, from my experience as a depression counselor I know.
So once you are at that point, you have to do certain 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 good counselor helps a person understand and come to grips the the causes of their depression.
They can use another form of therapy such as cognitive behavior therapy which addresses how you think.The objective is to confront those negative thoughts and turn them around to a positive.
A counselor can also help with relaxation techniques.If the depression is stress related, a good way to fight stress is relaxation.
Most of all a depression counselor will be the most effective person to find out what is causing the depression.
They are good at looking and seeing if a circumstance like a loss in the family is the cause. They can find out if it is caused by something that happened in the past.Or they can try to see if something is going in your body that is causing it.Whether there was some physiological change.
Depression is a treatable condition.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.
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