When you see typically energetic employees begin working at a sluggish pace, do you assume that they have suddenly become lazy sloths? Don't rule out the idea that your workers may be suffering from depression or another emotionally crippling illness. Fortunately, mental sicknesses are just as treatable as physical ones - it just takes time and a little bit of understanding from people like you. Here are the top 10 ways to assist an employee who...more
Clinical depression (also called major depressive disorder, or unipolar depression when compared to bipolar disorder) is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living. A person suffering from depression may feel tired, sad, irritable, lazy, unmotivated, and apathetic. Clinical depression is generally acknowledged to be...more
There are a lot of mental disorders that you should watch out for and if possible, make sure that you do not have. One such mental disorder would be severe depression. There are hundreds of thousands, if not, millions who suffer from this mental disorder due to a great number of reasons. These reasons may be because they have experienced traumatic instances in their life or probably because it is a genetic condition that they carry in them. Because of this disorder, severe depression treatment is an apparent necessity.Severe depression affects different people in different ways; this means that there are different symptoms for severe depression that you will need to watch out for. People, who suffer from this mental disorder, as mentioned earlier, are usually down in mood. They usually feel self pity for themselves. They also experience guilt and feel very worthless. The feeling that there is nothing good happening for them anymore, even if the reality is that there is good all around them. They also suffer from lack of appetite at levels that are already hazardous to their health.Severe depression treatment is not something that you should take lightly. This kind of therapy has...more
The National Institute of Mental Health reports that more than 20 million people in the United States, aged 18 and above, experience clinical depression every year. Aside from clinical depression, there is also what is considered as everyday depression or the blues. Massage therapy has been found to be effective in preventing and even treating...more
Depression is one of the most gruesome threats for the human society world wide; although apparently look innocent, it may lead toward lots of psycho-physical disorder for its victims. Severe kind of depression may lead toward alcoholism, drug addiction, and more intense conditions and ultimately toward a complete negative view of life developing a...more
Even though the effects of depression might be all too real in your life, depression is not real. If you're suffering from depression, you're only imagining it because depression is the direct result of your subconscious mind's obsession with useless thoughts that were impressed upon it during your formative years. I know that this may seem completely unreasonable to anyone who is trapped in the dark by depression - or, indeed, to anyone whose life is deeply affected because a loved one or family member suffers from depression. But it is a psychological fact. Not only that, it's the way every single person's mind works. In other words, it's normal for your subconscious mind to focus on the past - everyone's does - it's just that the psychological snapshots that your subconscious is focused on are more negative - and the subconscious mind loves negative. This is not your fault - it's the way we're all wired. Nor is it your fault that you're carrying more negative baggage than someone else. Your subconscious mind was impressed with those thoughts by others, people and events that made you feel bad, guilty, useless, upset or traumatised during your childhood years.Now,...more
"Am I ever going to want to hold and nurture my baby?""Do these feelings mean that I'm a bad mother?"Paradoxical emotions amalgamate as motherhood emerges. The convergence of biological changes, a shifting identity, and a lifestyle metamorphosis...more
Two new studies have found that the Transcendental Meditation technique is an effective approach to reducing the symptoms of depression. The studies were presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in Seattle,...more
Depression, even in serious cases, is highly treatable. As with many other illnesses, the earlier a person seeks treatment, the better, and the greater the odds of preventing future occurrence.The two most common methods of treating depression are...more
Dean Raffelock, D.C., L. Ac, CCN, DACBN, DIBAKHyla Cass, M.D.Postpartum depression (PPD) Postpartum Anxiety (PPA) have become a national epidemic in the United States, affecting 15%-20% of all new mothers, or about 600,000-800,000 women annually. (1)...more
Overcoming Depression with Visualization TechniquesIt is perfectly normal for you to feel frustrated, angry, and sad, even all at the same time. However, if it goes on for a much longer period—and accompanied by headaches, anxiety...more
Most people think they know the signs or symptoms of depression, but you would be amazed by how difficult factor get. You may be depressed for a long time without even understanding it. The most apparent symptoms of depression, of...more