Archive for the ‘Depression’ Category
reating Depression – Instruction Manual!
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
To initiate recovery you first need to realize and accept, if you already haven’t, that depression, as any mental disorder, has its biological causes and therefore you should not blame yourself or your brain for feeling the way you do when depressed, but rather focus this effort into resolving and addressing the problem. Acknowledging this will enable you to move forward from the stuck, pessimistic, tenacious attitude inherent to depression more easily. Of course your depression will not disappear by just understanding and accepting it, again because of the biological causes which work independently of your conscious decisions, but it certainly will benefit from such an approach. (more…)
Getting Out of Depression
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
I am not a therapist trained that can solve a depression. I am not certified in helping depression patients or anything like that. All I had was a mild depression experience and that’s it. The thing is when I’m in it, I didn’t know that I’m in a depression until I was out of it.
The scary thing about depression is that you don’t want to get out. You close yourself up to everyone. For some it may be avoiding the topic that got them into depression all together. There will also be a group who wants to get out but don’t know how to. Some others wants to get out but find reasons how come they can’t get out. They continue to spiral downwards into a deeper hole. (more…)
Postpartum Depression Treatment
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Are you a new mom looking for help in adjusting to your new, stressful situation? Feeling unsure of your skills at caring for a newborn? Sad? Weepy? This article will provide some tips and guidance to help you cope and there are links at the bottom of this article to direct you to a website that can provide more detailed postpartum depression treatment options.
Postpartum Depression (aka — post natal depression or ‘baby blues’) affects new moms usually within the first few days or weeks after giving birth. It is a form of clinical depression and can last for a week, months or even a year in some cases. (more…)
Women With Gluten Intolerance More Likely to Suffer From Depression
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Celiac disease and gluten intolerance are becoming increasingly common in many households throughout the world. Each is an autoimmune disorder affecting millions across the globe. In order to understand this disease in more depth, extensive research is being carried out but much is still unknown. Results from one such research has documented that women suffering from celiac disease or gluten intolerance are more likely to experience depression as well as eating disorders. The research has also stated that women experienced bouts of depression even when they were put on gluten free diet. (more…)
Depression Symptoms
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Depression symptoms can be experienced in both adults and children and may be experienced for weeks, months or years.
In adults they include:
1. Feeling sad- when one is depressed, there are always long periods of sadness. They may pretend to be happy but in most cases it is not long lived because it fades away quickly. It is very easy for one to realize that the person is depressed more especially if they are people that they have been living around with for sometime.
2. Loss of interest in usual activities- there is a decreased interest in things that a depressed person used to do. For example one who liked sports will start avoiding it because he/she is overwhelmed with what he/she is going through. Others include sex and even meeting friends. (more…)
How You May Feel During Therapy
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
The typical talk-therapy session lasts 45 to 50 minutes and involves a conversation, usually with the therapist guiding the patient with skillful, probing questions. Watch what one patient says she gets out of her treatment.
Patients often say they feel worse during the beginning stages of therapy. “This occurs because our natural inclination in dealing with negative feelings is to avoid them,” says William C. Sanderson, PhD, professor of psychology at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (more…)
How to Recognize the Symptoms of Depression
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Everybody feels down for a day or two. But one in 14 American adults—15 million in all—has clinical depression each year.
Depression is a complex condition characterized by profound sadness, lethargy, feelings of worthlessness, and a loss of interest in social activities. These feelings can last for two weeks or go on for decades. The difference between the blues and clinical depression is one of length and severity of symptoms.
“If you’ve gotten to the point where you’re looking up depression on the computer, then there’s a good chance it’s a real depression, not the blues,” says Tracey Lipsig Kite, MSW, a licensed therapist in private practice in Evanston, Ill. “If you really are to the point where you think you might need therapy, you’re probably right.” (more…)
Need Help? Seek Out the Humble
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Arrogant people are less likely than humble people to offer help to someone who needs it, new research finds.
Although personal factors (such as previous time commitments and feelings of empathy or distress) and outside influences (such as how many people are watching) come into play, humility is the biggest factor in whether someone decides to lend a helping hand, according to the study published online Jan. 2 in the Journal of Positive Psychology.
“The findings are surprising because in nearly 30 years of research on helping behavior, very few studies have shown any effect of personality variables on helping,” the study’s lead author, Jordan LaBouff, who collaborated on the research while a doctoral candidate at Baylor University, said in a university new release. (more…)
Virginia Man Won’t Let His Mental Illness Define Him
Sunday, January 1st, 2012
Then a sophomore studying physics at an Ivy League university, Booda had struggled with feelings of anxiety and depression for years. He said he’d self-medicated by drinking and smoking marijuana. But then he tried LSD, and all of the demons that had been gnawing at his soul for years burst forth and took over his life.
“The LSD basically brought out all of the symptoms of mental illness that I’d grown accustomed to,” said Booda, now 52 and living in Arlington, Va.
He eventually was diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder, an illness that combines psychotic symptoms with mood disturbances. (more…)
Eating Disorders Can Last Well Beyond Teen Years
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are typically thought to be diseases of young women and men. But researchers are finding that the personal demons that drive a young person to an eating disorder may linger into adulthood.
More and more middle-aged and older people are coming forward to receive treatment for eating problems that began in their youth and have been reignited by adult stress or personal crises.
“Some had actual eating disorders” when they were younger, and “others had aspects of an eating disorder but were never fully treated,” said Dr. Ed Tyson, an eating disorders specialist in Austin, Texas. “Then something happens later in life that stresses them to a point where the eating disorder becomes engaged.” (more…)