How To Beat Depression Naturally
Some people call it the 'blues' and some people call it the 'pits' and some call it 'feeling down in the dumps'
. But whatever you call it, it does not feel very good at all. The most common types of depression are:
Major Depression, which is characterized by a sad mood, Insomnia, and the lack of desire for food. Often when an individual is in a major depression, there is an utter lack of drive and motivation and the sufferer does not want to participate in life. Some people are completely disabled by depression, and some even contemplate suicide.
Dysthymia: This is a less severe type of long term depression that usually does not totally disable the individual. But it prevents the person from feeling motivated and functioning at optimum levels. Sometimes people who are struggling with Dysthymia are also afflicted with Major Depression, and when this occurs it is referred to as double depression.
Manic Depression is also called Bipolar Disorder. This type of depression is not as common as the first two. It involves phases of the Manic state, alternated with the depressed state. This is often a long term recurring disorder. Sometimes the mood swings occur suddenly. But generally speaking, onset tends to be gradual.
There are a number of variations of depression; the types described here are only three of the most common.
Some symptoms of depression include:
Anxiety; pessimism; sadness; insomnia and other sleep disorders; feelings of worthlessness; guilt; weight loss; fatigue; restlessness; headaches; pain; and thoughts of suicide.
Sources of Depression:
Some types of depression are linked to genetics. Living in a stressful environment can precipitate a depression. A trauma such as financial problems, a serious loss, or problems in a relationship can also lead to depression.
Women are twice as likely to become depressed as men are, but we do not yet know why.
If you suffer from depression, you will want to seek the advice of your physician. Your doctor may prescribe drugs for you. But keep in mind that every drug has side effects.
Wouldn't it be amazing if you could control and eliminate your depression just by having certain thoughts? I know that this sounds too good to be true, but very often, many types of depression are caused by having persistently negative thoughts.
You can see this for yourself at this very moment. It is really quite basic and simple. Just use your imagination to think about something that you find very sad or troubling. Go ahead, think about it right now! Then come back to this article.
What happened? If you truly got into it and visualized the sad situation, you began to feel sad and a little depressed. The more you allow yourself to stay in that thought pattern, the sadder you'll feel. As you keep having sad thoughts and keep feeling sadder, you lead yourself into a gradually intensifying depression.
The good news is that if you think about a positive thought, then you'll supplant that depression and sadness and have happy feelings instead.
Listen carefully now, because here are the solutions to ending your depression: Our persistent thoughts emerge from the unconscious. These are the thoughts that we find ourselves naturally thinking about during the day.
If the persistent thoughts that are continually popping into your mind are about your problems or sad experiences, then you increase your levels of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Now here is the 'Light at the end of the tunnel': Since hypnosis can be used to change our unconscious thoughts, NLP and self hypnosis stress management programs will quickly alter the way that you think, feel, and behave. The best part is that the same exact techniques that help reduce stress also work equally well for eliminating depression!
Now I will tell you exactly why and how it is going to happen. Hypnosis is a natural state of mind. Specifically, it is the Alpha state of consciousness. We pass through the Alpha state as we are falling asleep at night. And we pass through it again as we awaken from sleeping. We also enter the Alpha state when we are imagining and daydreaming.
The unconscious is the seat of our emotions, and it is like a computer; the input controls the output! Hypnotherapy is a wonderful tool for reaching directly into the unconscious and reprogramming it to automatically divert you away from negative thoughts, and promote positive thinking. It is a tool that allows you to bypass the consciousness to create positive expectations, which will then create positive feelings. You can overcome depression through hypnotherapy.
by: Alan Densky
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