Steps Toward Recovery for Depression
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- Hi! My name is Lochlan, and today I am going to be teaching you a little bit about depression
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- First off, what is depression?
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- Depression as you probably know is feeling sad. But depression is a bit different from being sad, its a deeper sadness.
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- Depression has multiple traits. First is loss of interest, you begin not enjoying the things you used to.
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- Decision making, making daily decisions more difficult. Even deciding where to eat may becomes difficult.
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- Isolation, people start isolating themselves from family and friends. This causes their other symptom's to get worse.
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- Loss of appetite. Majority of people lose their appetite, but some people eat more to help them cope with depression.
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- Low energy, depression also lowers your energy and motivation, making it harder to get out of bed or do anything.
- Guilt and self criticism, you feel guilty and disappointed in yourself. Often blaming themselves, and easily convincing yourself its your fault.
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- Lastly and the most severe are thoughts of death and suicide. People end up having so much self hatred, and feel so worthless they believe life isn't worth living.
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- Now that we know the symptoms of depression, how do we diagnose it?
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- ONLY a trained professional can diagnose depression reliably
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- Now we know the symptoms, and how to get diagnosed, but how do we recover?
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- Second would be changing your mindset. Shifting the way you think in your day to day life to become less stressful and more positive.
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- Something that helped me a lot is accepting the situation your in and focusing on what you can control. This reduces the stressors in your life allowing you to focus on the positive.
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- I hope I was able to teach you a little bit about depression, and if your dealing with depression maybe help on your steps towards recovery.
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- First speak to a trained professional like a therapist. This is because everyone's road to recovery is different, and a therapist can help you construct your road to recovery.
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