i think ihad dysthimia(sp?) since i was a toddler, then the depression kicked in hard when i was in 8th grade. i JUST turned 32 (8/4/06) and i wonder if this ever gets better.
2006-08-04 18:48:59 · 13 answers · asked by 296.33 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
medication is helpful, but there are 2 forms of therapy which have been shown to help decrease depression in people.
1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - The therapist will help you explore your thoughts and feelings and how they are connected to depressive thoughts and mood. You can work on changing these thoughts through talking to the therapist, practice, and homework. It is a very practical way of dealing with depression.
2. Interpersonal Therapy - The therapist helps you choose an interpersonal problem area (grief/loss, interpersonal deficit, conflict, or change in role) that is related to depression. By working through this problem with the therapist, you will feel less depressed.
There is also an exciting new treatment called Mindfullnes Based Cognitive Therapy, which is a group format where people are trained to deal with negative thoughts in a positive manner. I am not giving MBCT justice through my explanation, but it is a wonderful treatment program, designed specifically to deal with the chronic nature of depression and to help prevent relapse. Research has shown that people who are trained in Mindfullness are less likely to experience a relapse of a depressive episode. You may have to deal with low grade depression for the rest of your life, but I think Mindfulness is a good way to decrease the chance the depression kicks in hard again. In addition, mindfullness can help you cope better with negative thoughts, relax, and experience more feelings of well-being and contenetment!
2006-08-04 19:32:06 · answer #1 · answered by hersh108 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chronic? Severe? Major? were you dx by a doctor?
My Dad was a manic depressive all his life he still raised 11 kids. Back then there were no meds and you just did not talk about it. Just to say Daddy's having another bad day. He died at age 83 still sad and depressed.
I hope you have a strong family/friends support system. My Dad did, us & my Mom.
With all the health problems I have, blindness, diabetic, dialysis I have been soooo depressed, my grand kids are my best anti depressive althrough xanax helps too.
Try helping others in some way go work at a soup kitchen or work with animals at the local ASPC. I do this & I feel at the very least Im doing something worth living for.
2006-08-04 19:24:25 · answer #2 · answered by omapat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over the last five years I had begun to have increasingly withdraw into a downward spiral of depression..
But now with the method I can fully focus my energy and thoughts into a decisive line on how to make my life better constantly. And it works like magic! I'm beginning to attract people to me once again and things have just been looking up since then.
Helping you eliminate depression?
2016-05-14 22:27:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I often wonder if all the people outlining depression and anxiety as their problem, are all referring to the same type of experience or, is it just a throw away or convenient system of saying, they are feeling sorry for themselves.. Is just too common an occurance for it to have the same meaning for everyone... Further, what does one have to be thinking about to become anxious????? Or depressed... Can only be one thing... the big "I"... in relation to some imaginary dire situation. Continually being exaggerated by that same imagination.
2006-08-04 20:48:56 · answer #4 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chronic anything means long lasting even depression.So if your 32 (happy birthday) it;s time to go talk to your family doctor or Mental Health Professionals,You are not alone and will be so Happy too finally feel (So Called )Normal I would/t change having the courage to do something about my depression and if I have to live on my meds the rest of my life SO BE IT!!!
2006-08-04 19:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by barcan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not likely but it could as long as you do things like eat right exercise, work at a job that is meanigful but not too stressful and have a good support system. all the things that are challenging when you are depressed but also important.
and the medication too. people tend to stop taking their medication when they are depressed but it is important to stay on it.
often people start to level out in their 40s with mental illnesses. and also they come more to terms with it which takes away some of the stress.
2006-08-04 18:55:17 · answer #6 · answered by Justme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is always hope it will. They are discovering things every day. And now that they are getting the genes down pat, there may be a lot of cures for a lot of stuff. These are wonderfull times we are living in......
2006-08-04 18:57:12 · answer #7 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunately it doesn't but having the right medication prescribed by a physciatrist and staying on it regularly helps with the symptoms, also having a councillor can help alot
2006-08-04 18:59:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does, counselling in conjunction with medication, lifestyle and 'reframing' the way you perceive things. They have all helped me.
Good luck and be kind to yourself.
2006-08-04 18:53:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depression goes away... then bites you in the a** when you aren't looking.
2006-08-04 18:56:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋