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 may call it, feeling depressed does not feel good at all. The most common types of depression are:
Major Depression, which is characterized by a sad mood, Insomnia, and a depressed appetite. Often when an individual is in a major depression, the person feels a total lack of motivation and drive and the sufferer does not want to do anything in life. Some people are severely disabled by depression, and some individuals even contemplate suicide.
Dysthymia: This is a less severe type of long-term depression that usually does not completely 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 called double depression.
Manic Depression is also known as Bipolar Disorder. This type of depression is not as common as major depression or Dysthymia. It involves cycles of the Manic state, alternated with the depressed state. This is often a long-term chronic disorder. Sometimes the mood swings are very rapid. But generally speaking, they tend to be gradual.
There are numerous variations of depression; the types described here are only the most common.
Some symptoms of depression are:
Pessimism; sadness; anxiety; insomnia and sleep disorders; feelings of worthlessness; guilt; restlessness; weight loss; pain; fatigue; headaches; and thoughts of suicide.
Sources of Depression:
As previously stated, there are several types of depression: Major Depression; Manic Depression; and Dysthymia being three of the more common forms.
Some types of depression run in families. Living in a stressful environment can precipitate a depression. A traumatic experience such as a serious loss, problems in a relationship, or financial problems can also precipitate a depression.
Women are twice as likely to become depressed as men are, but scientists do not know why.
If you suffer from depression, you will want to seek the advice of your physician. He may prescribe medication for you. But you should keep in mind that every drug causes side effects.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could control and eliminate your depression just by having certain thoughts? I know that this sounds too good to be true, but quite frequently, many types of depression are simply caused by having persistently negative thoughts.
Don't believe me? Then try it out! It's really quite basic and simple. Just imagine something that you find very troubling or sad. Go ahead, think about it right now! Then come back to this article.
What happened? If you really focused and visualized the sad situation, you started to feel sad and a little depressed. And the more you permit yourself to remain in that pattern of thought, the sadder you'll feel. As you continue having negative thoughts and continue feeling sadder, you lead yourself into a gradually deepening depression.
The good news is that if you think about a happy thought, then you'll supplant that depression and sadness and have happy feelings instead.
Please pay close attention now, because here are the solutions to ending your depression: Our persistent thoughts spring forth from our unconscious. These are the thoughts that we find ourselves repeatedly thinking about throughout the day.
If the persistent thoughts that are continually popping into your mind are about your sad experiences or problems, then you raise 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 can rapidly alter the way that you think, feel, and behave. The good thing is that the same techniques that work for stress management also work equally well for eliminating depression!
Listen to me now, because I'm going to tell you exactly how and why it's going to happen. Hypnosis is a natural state of mind. Specifically, it's the Alpha state of consciousness. We go through the Alpha state as we are falling asleep at night. And we go through it again as we wake up from sleeping. We also enter the Alpha state when we are imagining and daydreaming.
The unconscious is the seat of our emotions, and it's similar to 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 from negative thinking, and towards positive thinking. It's a tool that allows you to bypass the consciousness to create positive expectations, which will then generate positive feelings. You can beat your depression through using hypnosis therapy.
About The Author: Alan B. Densky, CH is an NGH certified hypnotherapist. Since 1978, he has helped thousands of clients. He offers CDs for hypnosis therapy for depression. Visit his Neuro-VISION NLP website for the hypnosis article library, or watch his free video hypnosis collection.
