The Latest News on Depression
Depression can be completely cured thanks to the method of dream interpretation discovered by Carl Jung. I greatly simplified his method for you, and today you can immediately understand the meaning of all dreams. This simplification was based on new scientific discoveries that clarified the origin of all mental illnesses.
You can find relief and understand on what is happening to you by analyzing the meaning of your own dreams. You don’t need to go anywhere or pay anything to your doctor. You doctor is the wise unconscious mind that produces your dreams in order to save your mental stability.
After mastering the dream language like my students, you will clearly understand what is really causing your depression. The unconscious mind is a doctor who gives you explanations and answers, instead of asking you questions like ignorant human doctors do.
Carl Jung was a real genius, but his method of dream interpretation is too complicated and obscure. This is why until today it was not recognized as the only correct method. My work gives Jung the merit he deserves. He was the only one who did manage to discover the mysterious meaning of the symbolic dream language. He also discovered the extraordinary healing power of dreams.
You will immediately understand what is going wrong with your life when you translate your dreams. You will also understand what you should do in order to overcome your depression.
The unconscious mind shows you truths you ignore, by analyzing your past and your present life. You will be surprised to discover the reason why you are suffering today was originated a long time ago. The problems you are facing today wouldn’t torture you if you had the right attitude. However, you made many mistakes for being influenced by your wild nature. You couldn’t understand what was happening to you. Today you feel the burden of all the mistakes you made, and of their consequences.
You may believe that you didn’t make any mistake, but you certainly did. You have inherited too much absurdity in your anti-conscience, which is your primitive conscience that didn’t evolve like your human side. This primitive content keeps invading your human conscience and bothering you. You don’t have the chance to think logically because your conscience is influenced by the craziness imposed by your anti-conscience.
On the other hand, you are ignorant. You may believe that you know many things, but you ignore too many things that you should be attending to. The unconscious wisdom will show you everything about your inner-self.
You will also find out how to change your life. This point is basic if you want to feel fine. You cannot stop suffering if your life is marked by painful situations or bad relationships.
You may believe that you suffer because of various factors that you cannot change. However, the unconscious wisdom will show you how to modify what you dislike. You will also learn how to discover new alternatives in life. There are many solutions for all problems.
The positive news on depression should be encouraging. Now you don’t need to accept the human ignorance and try many different therapies, without understanding anything. The unconscious psychotherapy will give you many explanations and practical solutions. You will also become more intelligent with everything that you’ll learn.
Healing Depression
Countless millions suffer from different mental disorders such as bipolar, anxiety, stress, and depression that drastically affect their quality of life. These mental conditions rob people of the joy of living, damage the quality of their work and the success of their careers, lead to friction and ill will among friends and family, result in physical disorders such as high blood pressure, and insomnia, and can even lead to death or suicide. Many people face additional suffering from a perceived social stigma of mental disease, hiding their daily suffering and torment beyond a false façade of normalcy.
Available treatments through conventional medicine are expensive, ineffective, and can have damaging side effects. Some people are reduced to taking a host of medications each and every day to try and make their life livable while at the same time taking additional medications to combat the side effects of the first. Others see therapists or counselors for years without a definitive relief of their condition. Both methods require yearly costs of thousands of dollars and with little hope or no hope of real recovery.
For the people who suffer from mental disorders, meditation provides a ray of light and hope to illuminate their dark situation and transform their pain and anguish into happiness and joy.
Meditation works on different levels, treating each person as individual with different causes for their conditions. The first step is to provide immediate relief and clarity through the Esoteric art of Energy Transmission and the Secret Code.
The compassionate, healing life energy, provided by the Holy Master during meditation classes has the effect of calming the mind, relaxing it and providing the clarity that students need to reflect on themselves and find their way out of their condition. This energy can also mitigate their physical conditions, lowering their blood pressure, chronic pain, and allowing them to get a good night’s sleep.
The initiation of the Secret Code connects the meditator with the collective consciousness of the cosmos, allowing a new stream of thought and reflection to occur in their minds, opening them up to new perspectives and cathartic realizations that can transform their mental landscape.
Those suffering from depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders, upon attending a meditation class can come away with a new feeling of happiness, peace, and joy that can lift them temporarily out of suffering and give them the sustenance and hope to practice the daily meditation that will keep them energized and connected, and ultimately let them escape entirely their mental suffering and replace it with ever deepening level of joy, freedom, and realization.
How a Psychotherapist Can Help Ease Depression
If you are suffering from depression, and/or anxiety, you know how it can quickly take over your world. Your family and loved ones also suffer, as they feel helpless and don’t know what to do.
With the help of a psychologist, you will be able to identify the source of your depression, if you haven’t already. You will also be able to come up with some solutions and answers that may indicate why you are prone to this illness (genetics, etc…). Addiction is closely related to depression, and this may be your way of coping, or ‘self-medicating’ yourself. You are actually doing more harm than good when you add drugs or alcohol to your problems.
There are different types of depression, from mild (think of the February ‘blahs’) to much more serious types like manic-depressive or bi-polar disorder. The effectiveness and length of treatment will depend on the severity of your depression.
It is a good idea to book appointments for the same day and time if possible; this will create a routine, and will probably become something you actually look forward to. A psychologist will engage you in conversation so you can come up with some of your own answers and solutions. They know the most effective questions to ask, in order to get you thinking and remembering.
Psychologists don’t just bombard you with questions; that is not the entire reason they are there. Based on your unique situation and lifestyle, they will come up with techniques and tips to use in your everyday life to help you deal with your depression. They may recommend certain breathing techniques, or even some books to read. They will provide you with strategies on how to deal with certain situations. They may even recommend that you join a local support group: this is extremely beneficial if you’ve suffered the loss of a loved one, and that is the cause of your depression.
Many times, you are able to tell your psychologist things that you would never tell the people that are close to you. They provide an objective view of your life and your situation. Loved ones and friends can be harsh, and even though they are trying to help, can make things worse.
Meet with a few psychologists in person to get a feel for how you get along. You’ll need to be completely at ease with them, so you need to meet with them first. Ask about their credentials, how long they’ve been in business and what their rates are.
What Is Depression?
Wikipedia defines depression as a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person’s thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. There may be a loss of interest in activities that once were pleasurable. There may be a change to appetite – a loss of appetite or over-eating. There may be insomnia or excessive sleeping. There may be loss of energy and unexplained aches and pains. There may be contemplation of self-harm or suicide. For all these reasons, it is important to understand that depression is real – it is a medical condition.
For me depression has always been quite physical. A weightiness. A darkness. And a familiarity such as you might feel with a loved animal come to share your lap.
But what is depression really? Perhaps it would be easier to eliminate what depression is not.
Depression is not about having a bad day, a ‘blue’ day. That is actually just normal life! The difference is how long those feelings last. Because they shouldn’t last for days or for weeks…. or for months. And if you suffer from depression, they do indeed last for long, long days…
Neurotransmitters in the brain help nerve cells communicate. These neurotransmitters are called serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine. And these substances can change and get out of balance. Why? The reasons are many. It could be an illness. It could be hormonal changes. It could be medication. It could be ageing. It could be the result of an injury.
Or, it could be a reason which is not so easy to understand. A failed business venture. The death of a loved one. The ending of a relationship.
Whatever the reason, the change in the way that the nerve cells communicate, the change in the balance of the chemicals produced in the brain, results in what is called depression. The imbalance is a chemical one. The condition is real. And whether it has been triggered by something tangible or something not quite so tangible, it is diagnosable and treatable.
Depression knows no boundaries and has no favourites. It affects people of all ages, genders, races and socio-economic background. Is it reaching epidemic proportions? Consider this – by 2020, it is believed that depression will be the second most common health problem in the world.
So if you suffer from depression, know that you are not alone. And know that there is excellent help and plentiful resources available to you now.
Can Reiki Heal the Root Cause of Depression?
Depression is a mental or psychological disorder that changes the emotional state to doom and gloom and affecting how a person physically functions and interacts socially. Different types of depression include major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder, postpartum depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and atypical depression.
Having mentioned all the types of depression, medical research and studies have been conducted to determine what causes depression. The pharmaceutical industry has a pet theory that the brain’s deficiency of serotonin is the source of depression or in a more general/basic term, a chemical imbalance in the brain. This theory was created when depressed people are found out to have a reduced amount of monoamines (i.e. serotonin and norepinephrine), which is a certain type of neurotransmitters. Unfortunately, this chemical imbalance is more of a symptom than a cause. To appreciate it better, a simple explanation is that these low serotonin levels is a result of carrying out more negative contemplation and seldom participating in activities that gives an individual self-contentment or happiness. In this regard, there really isn’t any study yet that has conclusively confirmed or substantiated the exact or precise root of depression.
Others perceive depression as a biological disorder but it is not nor is it a virus that can be acquired or passed on by others. In the 2003 book edition of “Human Givens” by J. Griffin & I. Tyrrell, it was often repeated and emphasized that depression is not a disease neither a chemical imbalance. They have described depression as an individual’s spontaneous response to specific emotional introspection. In the absence of a defined or a clear cut explanation and understanding of the cause of depression, people somehow stick to the closest or nearest medical explanation there is.
Recent statistics about depression is very alarming showing that there are an estimated 70 million people who suffers from its symptoms that includes but not limited to uselessness, having a hard time sleeping, feeling of moroseness, lack of energy, and poor attitude toward life. These and other symptoms lead to destruction of oneself starting from being pessimistic, lacking enthusiasm and having no initiative. As a result of these negativities, the body and mind receives and also sends out negative energies. Illnesses, disease and other medical conditions are sometimes a result of this situation. Other consequence may be despair, irrational or thoughtless decisions and actions which the individual later on regrets.
As alarming as it sounds, each individual must take heed to lower the figures and to prevent it from increasing it more. While the cure is different for each depressed individual, the common goal is to reverse the condition and give back the normal life that each and every one of us deserves. With its different causes, there are spiritual ways that will help pull the depressed people up from the situation they are in and be able to live a vibrant, happy and full life.
As explained earlier, depression is not a chemical imbalance. It is not a cause of depression but merely a symptom. Having said this, some people say and believe that it is all in the mind or it is a state of mind. The individual being in a state of depression has lost connection to what eternity, bliss and knowledge is really all about as part of quality of life. No medication or science can really be a solution to changing and overcoming depression because the point here is that attitude and behavior are the ones in question here.
To see a more holistic view of depression, the following should be taken into consideration as causes or part of the cause of depression:
a. Medical Factors – Physical or health factors can trigger a person to have a different perspective in life or mental disposition in life. They are starting to feel and think negative thoughts and eventually stop trying to feel positive about their condition. Hormonal imbalance, improper diet, weak nervous system can hamper one’s positive outlook in life.
b. External Factors – Social status, culture, system, traumatic experience or as simple as the weather can be causes of being depressed. People do sometimes get sad and depressed when it’s cloudy or raining. There is just something in the weather that attracts melancholy.
c. Emotional or Psychological Factors – Mistakes that one can’t get over with are also a cause of depression. When a person tends to dwell on guilt and mistakes that can’s be undone, surround themselves with negative people, holds grudges, jealousy and envy will likely to have depression.
According to an associate professor (Harold Koenig, MD) at the Duke University Medical Center, spiritual force and holistic healing plays a significant role and cannot be ignored as a variable in helping patients cope with depression. Studies have revealed that strategies which include spirituality or religion provide a better result as acknowledged in the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting conducted last 2002.
This remarkable result paved the way to see spiritual support in a different light. One should then pay attention to a patient’s beliefs and spiritual practices to better find the right solution or cure for them. Although spirituality is not the sole answer to depression it is indeed a great help if not curing it 100% then at least making it in a lesser degree and eventually solving it.
Here are some ways and tips on how spirituality can uplift a person from the depressed state of mind:
Analyze the root cause of the problem – To determine the real cause, one has to reflect and spend time over the concern. It may even take days and it would be helpful to take note of thoughts and have someone who can help you find the root problem.
Right cure for the right problem – Once the root problem is determined then one can already address and find the right solution. If the problem is physical or health-related then you can go and see the doctor to resolve the difficulty or the pain that triggers the depression. Exercise, nourishing diet or strengthening the nervous system by relaxation or regular prayer can help out in giving you the energy for a more refresh and invigorating physical and mental individual that aids in overcoming the weak body and depressed mind.
If the problem is external, emotional or psychological, one should avoid habits that are undesirable. Try to live a simple, pure and righteous life by associating or surrounding yourself with the right group of people or friends who has the same values, spiritually inclined and has only positive outlook in life. These people will help you face your difficulties and problems to be free of the negativities that you have been holding on to.
How Losing Weight Can Provide Help for Depression
Did you know that help for depression can come from something as simple as losing weight? A review of thirty-one studies on weight loss by American researchers presented evidence that depressed obese or overweight individuals who shed pounds also end up shedding symptoms of depression, as well.
Lest you think it takes the loss of significant amounts of weight to improve your mental and physical well-being, studies show noticeable improvements can be achieved by losing even a small amount of weight.
Even though most research into weight loss doesn’t usually take subjects who are suffering from depression into account, it is a well-known fact that obesity presents an increased risk factor for depression.
Researchers were interested in what the 31 studies documented about depression symptoms prior to, and after subjects lost weight. The total amount of weight loss, along with which weight-reducing methods were used, were also analyzed.
According to their findings researchers learned that improvements in symptoms were greater with programs based on healthy eating and exercise than even medication. This finding remained true no matter how much weight was lost. Experts believe the reason for this may be a built-in threshold level of weight loss that’s sufficient to improve your mental state without the need for additional weight loss.
Additionally, it is a well-recognized fact that exercise stimulates the release of endorphins which increase serotonin levels. This brain neurotransmitter is known for regulating mood. It is also thought to play a role in the prevention of negative thoughts and to provide a natural shield against stress.
One point the authors of this study wanted to make clear was that any help for depression achieved by weight loss should never be used as a substitute for treatment in cases where individuals are seriously depressed. However, in some instances, the research indicated symptoms of depression can be eased by losing weight.
An individual who achieves a fitter, slimmer body through weight loss often experiences a positive impact on their physical and psychological well-being. This can translate into increased confidence and optimism for their lives.
Nowadays, people looking for the most effective ways to lose weight have a vast array of methods to choose from. A wide variety of gastric surgeries, special eating and exercise programs, as well as, behavioral therapy to understand deep-rooted issues with food, allow the obese person to choose a program which is best suited to their particular needs.
Discover the Role of Diet in Depression
Is it possible that your diet is causing you to be in depression? Or is that just one more thing to be depressed about?
Did you know that recent research has revealed a strong link between depression and yeast overgrowth, especially amongst people who have had long courses of antibiotics, experience persistent, unresolved digestive problems, and often experience yeast infections such as Thrush.
How could this be? Are they related in any way, and if so, which comes first, the depression or the yeast overgrowth symptoms.
First it is important to say that current science is not in agreement that there is a direct causal link between the two conditions. But, let’s follow the possible pathway to see if it feels familiar for you or someone you know.
The symptoms of yeast overgrowth, or Candidiasis, are not always obvious to begin with, and you may simply be feeling not quite well, suffering some mild form of the conditions we’ve come to learn indicate a yeast problem. Simple discomforts as bloating after eating, minor aches and pains that don’t go away, perhaps, mild diarrhea, all of which are a good indicator of Candida overgrowth. Not recognised for what they are, they only get worse, and the resultant craving for more sugar and more carbohydrates is the worst thing for your body.
Because you don’t realize what is going on your diet is most likely to get worse as you feed your cravings, and before long you are developing nutritional deficiencies leading to changes to your hormonal system. These changes further weaken your immune system, as well as producing a flood of brain chemicals, which eventually disturb the normal balance of your mood-regulating chemicals in your brain.
So, on top of not feeling your best physically, your brain is operating in an increased state of anxiety and depression. Does this mean if you have Candidiasis you will also suffer depression? Not necessarily. Latest genome research has identified a specific gene related to depression. If you have the gene, then under the right conditions, you are likely to be depressed. If you don’t have the gene, you may have less of a depressed reaction. The important issue is that an overgrowth of candida yeast can very quickly create the right conditions for significant changes in the functioning of your brain.
This may not be exactly how your traditional doctor views depression and yeast. You would most likely be told that there’s no scientific connection. But the evidence of individuals who suffer from both yeast overgrowth and depression is overwhelming, and in most cases the experience of these people is that there depression is relieved once they begin an anti-yeast regimen.
The best part about yeast as a possible cause, is that there are no downsides to tackling yeast overgrowth. You will feel physically and emotionally healthier within weeks. So what is there to lose?
Bipolar Depression – Description, Diagnosis And Treatment
Bipolar depression, as what the name implies, is the periodic alternation in a person’s behavior. This is characterized by two mood extremes: mania and depression. A person may experience a period of mania- an intense feeling of being “high”, elated, invulnerable, and unlimited energy. This is usually followed by a period of despair, gloominess, and hopelessness that are all characteristics of depression. The intense swinging from highs and lows may occur in as short as a few days apart, or they may occur stretched out over a period of years. The depression periods are usually longer than those of mania.
A lot of creative individuals are rumored to have bi-polar disorder. It is said that the elation and motivation that they felt during manic stages are responsible for producing their most unique and creative outputs. The painter Van Gogh is one famous example. Another one would be Robert Schumann, a 19th century composer, whose musical outputs showed that he was at his most prolific during bouts of mania.
Symptoms differ from person to person. A person’s manic periods may be less extreme than another’s, the same goes for depressive periods too. Even mental health experts have troubles diagnosing it. Some may even experience having manic and depressive episodes occur simultaneously! Bipolar disorder is then further divided into types depending on the number of manic episodes. However, the definitive lines between these types still remain unclear.
To diagnose bipolar disorder, one must have experienced the aforementioned alternation of depression and mania, to be attested by family, friends, and those who are in close contact with the person. The symptoms should be verified by a psychiatrist, or a clinical psychologist before one would have the confidence to correctly diagnose with bipolar disorder and receive treatment.
If left untreated, bipolar disorder can have a profound negative impact on the person afflicted with this disease. It takes the right motivation and positive thinking to know that even though bipolar disorder is a lifelong condition, it can still be controlled.
Lots of people who are bipolar have lived useful and creative lives. Treatment ranges from psychotherapy, support from loved ones, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychoeducation. Medication such as lithium carbonate can help stabilize the moods. Another is sodium valproate which is also an anti-convulsant. It usually takes a combination of therapy, medication and support for bipolar disorder to be effectively controlled. Also an overhaul of one’s lifestyle choices, like more exercise and eating healthily, were found to be quite effective.
The most important thing to do if you or someone you know is experiencing bipolar symptoms is to seek help immediately.
Surviving Grief and Moving on With Your Life
It is difficult to live a life without some form of regret. By the time that you reach adolescence, you probably have developed a substantial list of things you wish you hadn’t said, hadn’t done, or failed to say or do. Then by the time you reach your middle age years or even later in life, that list seems to be almost encyclopedic in size. Furthermore, we often have others – who may think that they are well-meaning – who communicate by telling us that the reason that we need to do or say something is to satisfy others. And, if we don’t, we will be sorry later. Yes, parents, teachers, and preachers show their concern for us by installing the most damaging and long-lasting feelings of guilt.
People who live with excessive guilt are missing out on life. They are not living in the present – and they have very little idea of the excitement that the future may bring. They are stuck and are certain that they will never be happy. Incidentally, this normally means that they define their happiness by the actions of others – rather than realizing that they have a choice.
I rarely see a guilt-ridden person without finding out about the long list of other problems in their life. These come in the form of addictions – such as smoking, pornography, or drug abuse – and self-soothing behaviors as manifested in excessive body weight or rather self-centered behavior. They may not see themselves as being self-centered, but believe me, others will see it quite readily.
If you live your life with guilt-ridden patterns, most likely the learning process started early in life. Your brain develops in stages, with the frontal areas not completing development until you are around 25 years of age. So, as an infant or child you did not possess the ability to intellectualize disturbing events or the efforts of others to manipulate your behavior by making you feel guilty. Therefore, those parts of the brain that were already available to you – such the emotional areas in its center – coped by triggering reactions to stress and fear. These patterns then continue through life and well until your senior years – that is, unless you seek counseling or other treatment to escape the bonds of a life with guilt.
It is possible for those suffering grief to get hope and some respite from the physical and emotional difficulties associated with guilt. While some people will need professional guidance, I realize that for many people the situation is bad enough that they need some help, but not enough to justify the expense of therapy – if it is even reasonably available.
Cannabis in Anxiety and Depression
Medical use of marijuana can be very beneficial in chronic pain management, cancer, AIDS, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis, but smoking weed? Not a good idea, especially if you suffer from anxiety and depression.
There are numerous studies into effect that marijuana has on us, but the results are contradictive. Some of them say that weed can have an antidepressant effect, some that it may cause your anxiety and depression, panic attacks or even paranoia, psychosis and schizophrenia. The opinions also vary between claiming that cannabis can have a sedative effect or be a stimulant.
The information is so confusing because cannabis is very individual drug with individual side-effects. Here are just some of them:
– It affects short-term memory, concentration and motor function;
– Impacts limbic area of the brain which is responsible for your emotions and behaviour;
– Distorts perception;
– Cause difficulties in problem solving;
– Makes you more susceptible to infections, affects your heart and respiratory system;
– Lowers the frequency of your alpha brain waves which usually allows you to go into state of light relaxation.
Although it’s unclear if marijuana causes mental problems, worsens them or helps with them, there are some facts that we know and can draw conclusions from:
– at least 10% of young smokers of weed develop psychosis;
– marijuana increases your risk of psychiatric disorder by 30%;
– cannabis predispose you to schizophrenia and can cause a relapse in those who are already schizophrenic;
– cannabis are linked to anxiety and panic attacks, paranoia and depression.
OK, now we know some of the side-effects and some of the studies results, and it looks like marijuana use is definitely not good if you have anxiety problem or experience panic attacks. Paranoia? Psychosis? Predisposition to schizophrenia? Distorted perception and difficulties in problem solving? Definitely not a good combination for your anxiety. Reduced frequency of alpha waves responsible for your ability to relax also doesn’t help. So if I were you I wouldn’t touch cannabis if you think you are suffering from this particular mental health disorder.
What about its effect on depression?
Well, in depression your brain chemistry is already messed up so as your emotions and motor functions according to the list of common depression symptoms. Although there is no prove that marijuana causes or worsens your depression, it looks like it doesn’t help too. You basically add up to the problems you already experience so you have to work twice as hard to fight your depression.
What do you think of this? Please, share your thoughts and experience!