Depression
Depression
How Do You Experience Depression?
Depression can be a mild unhappiness or severe enough to cause self-harm or suicide. Women tend to experience depression as sadness, worthlessness, or guilt. Men are more likely to experience depression as fatigue, irritability/ anger, losing interest in pleasurable activities, or sleep problems.
Don’t wait another day to change your life. You can overcome depression.
Depression Therapy Program
Depression is a medical illness and not a sign of weakness. Depression is treatable and rarely goes away without treatment. Research shows that the combination of medication and psychotherapy is usually the best treatment for depression. With that said, medication may only have short-term effects whereas therapy and counseling has been shown to have more long-term effects and prevent depression from recurring.
Address at least these 10 areas of your life:
- Physical Health
- Motivation and Enjoyment
- Unhealthy Thinking
- Unhealthy Behaviors
- Decision Making and Problem Solving
- Family and Relationships
- Past Scars and “Baggage”
- Future Worries
- Coping with Emotions
- Losses
With a Depression Therapy Program you will:
- Understand why you have depression
- Recognize the signs of depression
- Discover how depression affects different areas of your life
- Learn tools to improve your mood and keep depression from recurring
- Understand how to improve your self-esteem and confidence
Will I be cured?
As with most things in life, there are no guarantees, and this too applies to therapy since everyone is different and there are many factors that affect the outcome of therapy. However, our clients report feeling better after their first session and improvements after a few sessions.
Depression Help Tips
Depression is difficult, you don’t just “snap out of it” or “will” your way through it. You need to actively fight against your depression. Here are some tips to get started. Please note: These tips are not intended to be a cure for depression or a substitution for therapy or medication. Furthermore, if you are having thoughts of hurting yourself or have an emergency, then call 911.
1. Exercise:
Become physically active, just taking a walk can help.
2. Get Active:
Engage in a fun activity, maybe something you used to enjoy.
3. Stop Isolating:
Participate in social or religious activities.
4. Talk About It:
Spend time with other people that you can talk to.
5. Realistic Expectations:
Do small tasks as you can rather than all at once.
6. Find Hope:
Set goals for yourself and plan events and activities to look forward to.
7. Change Your Stinking Thinking:
Try to change your negative thoughts into positive ones.
8. Relaxation:
Take deep breathes, listen to music, take a bath, find what works for you.
9. Self-Care:
Get out of bed, shower, put on clean clothes, brush your teeth, do your hair and/or make-up, and any other self-care tasks. You’ll feel better about yourself and have a routine to start your day.
10. Healthy Habits:
Along with self-care, you need to eat and sleep right. Eat healthy food at least three times a day and sleep eight hours. Go to bed and wake up at regular times each day.
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