Cure Depression Naturally: A 10-Step Program To Understand & Overcome Any Form Of Depression
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If you found this book, you're on the search for something. You are here because you know that being clinically depressed is not the way you want to live your life. You know deep in your heart that there is a way for you to overcome it. Yet that solution eludes you simply because no one has been able to show you the process of overcoming depression one step at a time.
You may have spent years looking for me, but I have spent the better part of my entire life looking for you to tell you this – You are “stuck” in your depression because ineffective anti-depressants, mundane psychotherapy and wishy-washy “self-help books” have allowed depression to take control of your life. Depression has been your experience so long that you have begun to believe it is what you are. But depression is a disease you have — just as for example, one has “liver disease”. You are more than your depression.
You may have even achieved great things, but with constant struggle rather than satisfaction. You may have learned to work around the depression, but relying on these workarounds to make it through every day, we deprive ourselves of true recovery, of deep joy and healthy emotion, or the feeling of being alive in this world. And ultimately, things will only get worse if the depression is not treated.
What I Guarantee This Innovative Breakthrough Method Will Do For You:
Guides you to break free from the cycle of depression, so you will stop feeding the fuel of depression which generates more negativity in both conscious and unconscious patterns of negative reactions.
Teaches you to become more engaged with your life, so you can reconnect to your feelings and enjoy activities like you used to.
Coaches you to take on any kind of challenge, so you will not fear failure and instead enjoy the pleasure of conquering the obstacles presented to you.
Makes you strong and competent again, so the thoughts of helplessness, worthlessness and self-blame will become a thing of the past.
Helps you to think and act in a powerful, goal-oriented fashion, so you can get back on track with your life goals and attain success that you’ve always longed for.
Guide you to develop a personalized plan for change, so you will overcome situations and emotions like stress that triggers depression.
Teaches you to stop avoiding social situations, so you can have stronger bonds with people who care about you — like your family, friends and even new people whom you get to meet.
Coaches you to balance different areas in your life, so you will make vital lifestyle changes that speed up your healing process.
Teaches you to avoid perfectionism and frustration, so you can solve problems effectively instead of harping the negative consequences and unable to move on.
Enables you to anticipate the likely consequences of your actions, so you can use your self-awareness to stay out of hurtful situations.
Dr. David Goldsmith
Passionate Doctor who loves helping people.
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Cure Depression Naturally - Dr. David Goldsmith
Contents
What Is Depression? 1
Symptoms And Diagnosis 4
Physical Symptoms 8
Getting An Accurate Diagnosis 9
What Causes Depression 13
Assumption 1: The Body’s Chemicals And Hormones 15
Assumption 2: Genetics 16
Assumption 3: Outside Circumstances 18
Other Causes Of Depression 21
The Main Cause For Depression 22
Different Forms Of Depression 25
Postpartum Depression 26
Major Depressive Disorder 32
Atypical Depression 32
Psychotic Depression 33
Dysthymia 34
Manic Depression 35
Other Types Of Depression 36
How Depression Affects You & Those Around You 37
Loss Of Interest 38
Constant Sadness 41
Physical Manifestations 43
Effects At The Office 45
Other’s Emotions 46
Understanding These Emotions And Effects 49
Dealing With Guilt 51
Pinpointing Your Guilt 52
Dealing With Guilt 53
Other Ways To Deal With Guilt 54
Dealing With A Lack Of Self-Esteem 57
Recognize Your Own Thoughts 57
Dealing With It 58
Judging By Your Own Standards 60
Dealing With All Or Nothing
Thinking 63
Does This Affect You 64
How To Get Past It 65
What To Do 67
Dealing With Hopeless Thinking 69
Does This Affect You 70
How To Get Past It 70
What To Do 72
Ask For Help 73
Dealing With Persistent Sadness 75
Does This Affect You 76
How To Get Past It 77
What To Do 78
Dealing With A Lack Of Interest 81
Learning New Thinking For New Behavior 87
Don’t Wait For Motivation 90
Negative Emotions 92
Lifestyle & Dietary Changes 97
The Antidepressant Lifestyle 100
Medications Explained In Plain English 130
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (Maois) 132
Tricyclic Antidepressants (Tcas) 134
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (Ssris) 135
Coping With Side Effects 137
10-Step Checklistto Overcoming Your Depression 139
1. Recognize That It’s An Illness. 139
2. Become Responsible About Addressing It And Treating It. 140
3. Recognize Your Own Particular Symptoms And Problems. 141
4. Make A Plan. 142
5. Go Through The Motions. 143
6. Be Patient. 144
7. Make A Lifetime Commitment. 145
8. Ask For Help. 146
9. Take Care Of Yourself In All Ways. 147
10. Don’t Give Up. 148
Chapter 1:
What Is Depression?
Depression has two very different meanings—depending on the context—and people mix them up all the time.
In casual, everyday conversation, depression serves as a good synonym for sadness. In this sense, it’s simply a mood state we all experience from time to time, typically after we’ve brushed up against one of life’s inevitable setbacks or disappointments. For example, I’ve heard people say they were depressed after watching their favorite team lose a big game, or even after ripping a hole in a good pair of blue jeans. Such depression
doesn’t last for long, and it rarely affects our ability to function.
In a clinical context, however, the word has a radically different meaning. It refers to a profoundly debilitating form of mental illness. (The precise diagnostic label is major depressive disorder, but most clinicians simply call it depression for short.) It’s a syndrome that deprives people of their energy, sleep, concentration, joy, confidence, memory, sex drive—their ability to love and work and play. It can even rob them of their will to live. Over time, depression damages the brain and wreaks havoc on the body. It’s a treacherous illness—a shudder-inducing foe that no one in their right mind would ever take lightly, certainly not if they understood the disorder’s capacity to destroy life.
Unfortunately, despite an encouraging increase in public awareness in recent years, confusion about depression abounds. In short, people still confuse the two vastly different meanings of the word. That’s why so many believe the disorder is no big deal, that those cut down by the illness are just making mountains out of molehills. As one of my unenlightened students put it in class a few years ago, I’ve always assumed these people are just a bunch of slackers—whiners who simply need to suck it up and snap out of it.
Over the years, I’ve found that such harsh, critical judgments usually stem from ignorance. Fortunately, once people grasp the true nature of depression, they usually develop a strong sense of compassion for those who fall under the disorder’s tragic sway. The same basic principle also applies to one’s own experience of depression: Knowledge can serve as a powerful defense against the destructive impulse of self-blame.
So, although this is a book about strategies for treating depression, I think it’s useful to pause first to reflect on what the disorder is all about, and to address the most important questions people commonly raise. How is depression diagnosed? What are its telltale symptoms? What causes people to get depressed? Doesn’t stress play a big role? What about genetics? And is depression really just a matter of chemical imbalance? It is to these questions that we now turn.
SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSIS
Loss of interest.
Probably the most common symptom and the one that affects a patient of clinical depression the most is their loss of interest in everyday activities, friends, family, hobbies, and things they even once used to enjoy. This loss of interest is usually manifest in the following ways:
It affects all aspects of a person’s life; this makes it different than just general burnout that one might experience from being in a stressful career for a long time, or when someone simply gets tired of a hobby, relationship, and so on.
It affects things that a person typically would enjoy or has enjoyed in the past, including hobbies, religious pursuits, and even things such as exercise or sexual activity.
It affects one’s relationships even with those they are closest to; they have a hard time working up interest in their children’s activities, their family members, and so on.
Mood swings.
Everyone gets moody from time to time and may experience different moods depending on where they are and what they are doing; it’s common for many to feel a bit depressed on Sunday night as they realize that Monday is just around the corner, and this mood lightens sometime around Thursday night as the weekend gets closer. But for those who have clinical depression, mood swings are a persistent and chronic part of their everyday experience and rarely has anything to do with external circumstances. They may have a hard time getting out of bed one day and then feel a sudden burst of energy the next. Or the most trivial thing can trigger their anger or a sudden outburst, such as an innocent question from a child or a preempted television program.