Depression
Depression is one of those terms that become popular in our society. Someone may say: “I’m so depressed over that C, I got on the chemistry test.” Because they are used to setting the curve and earning perfect marks.
One disappointment in life does not make one depressed. A person maybe down and may have trouble bouncing back up, but depression is a difference in brain chemistry. This difference can be over the span of a lifetime, repeating or one incident.
Types of Depression
Clinical Depression
This is a mental health disorder characterized by a persistent negative mood or loss of interest in regular joys, impacting work, relationships, and activities of daily living.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
S.A.D. happens when your body is affected by the lessening of sunlight and cooler temperatures. It can be a lack of vitamin D and other vitamins.
Major Depressive Disorder
This is depression that lasts for more than 6 months and beyond a year without completely receding.
Postpartum Depression
This is due to the chemical changes in a woman's body after the birth of a child. Sometimes called failure to bond. This is not a failure on the mom, it’s a chemical imbalance.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
This is literally a chemical change in the brain due to the changing hormones for menstruation. As the estrogen and progesterone drop, the happiness hormones are inadvertently affected to a larger degree. PDD causes irritability, mood swings, anger, and marked anxiety or tension a week to 10 days before menstruation begins.
My Approach
My hope in listing several types of depression, you, the reader see that depression is not your fault and it’s not something to just push through. Depression can be biochemical, genetic, enviromental, or trauma induced.
If you think you’re experiencing depression, get professional help.
I work to be a secure base for my clients where they feel safe to talk about anything and everything. I start where my clients are. Research has shown that some forms of depression are the body's way to recuperating after intense stress. Therefore, I gradually encourage my clients to make slow and steady changes --doing only one uncomfortable thing week. Then, we celebrate the wins, no matter how small together. Slowly, we increase the uncomfortable things in a week with success and only with success. However long it takes, I will hang in there as the secure base for my clients. Set backs happen. No matter how much we wish the earth will stop turning so we have the time to heal, she doesn't. I utilize assessments to show growth over time. I utilize the appropriate brain based techniques depending on my client's specific neurology.
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