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Overcoming Depression
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We hear so much about Depression these days. Sadly it is a reality of life that Depression affects many of us at some point, whether that is through our own experience or the experience of someone close to us.
Depression is often described as a numbness – a complete lack of feeling. There is certainly no joy or laughter, but equally no anger, no hurt. If there are any feelings at all, they will often be feelings of hopelessness and helplessness.
Feelings of Depression occur when there are chemical changes that affect the function of the brain. The brain is a wonderful message-sending mechanism. Depression happens when the chemical messages between the brain cells aren’t delivered correctly and communication is disrupted.
Many things can trigger debilitating Depression. If Depression is the result of a specific situation such as a tragedy or a major negative event in your life, there can be an awareness that things will improve, given time. Short bouts can be handled and overcome with therapy and strategies to work through the periods of Depression.
Often feelings of Depression can’t be explained, or can’t be attributed to a single situation, and there can be many external and internal factors that go towards the reasons for Depression. Indeed, there are many different forms of Depression.
Helpful tools like learning how to turn around negative thinking, learning how to relax and learning different ways to handle stress will go towards preventing feelings of Depression recurring in the future.
- Helen Everingham
Additional Information
Helen suggests reading "We were born Special. Beautiful and Wonderful, What Happened?" - by Bert Weir.
The Centre Within course is a two-day practical course in effective living teaching tools and techniques to relax and de-stress, helping you to change negative patterns into positive strategies to achieve what you want out of life. You can read more about this two day practical workshop here.
Useful Links
The following websites may help in understanding more about depression.