It's Not Always Depression: A New Theory of Listening to Your Body, Discovering Core Emotions and Reconnecting with Your Authentic Self

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If you’re prescribed antidepressants, you should see your GP or specialist nurse regularly while you first start taking the medication – every week or two for at least four weeks. This is so your treatment provider can see how the antidepressants are working. Everyone has spells of feeling down, but depression is more than just spending a few days feeling sad or unhappy. Depression can make you feel persistently sad and down for weeks or months at a time.

Grief is a natural response to losing someone or something we love. This often includes experiencing a low mood. How long this lasts will be individual to you. This period of feeling low is referred to as bereavement.

Great book. Its Not Always Depression is based on Diana Fosha’s, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). Catatonic depression is a subtype of depression characterized by not speaking or responding to things for a prolonged period. READ MORE CBT helps you make sense of your thoughts and behaviour and the affect they have on you. Part of it’s recognising that past events may have played a part in making you who you are, but the main focus is changing how you feel, behave and think now. If you have severe depression and other treatments, like medication, haven’t worked, ECT might be recommended for you.

Drowning your sorrows” is actually a bad idea when it comes to depression. Alcohol is categorised as a “strong depressant” which can make depression worse, and drinking or taking drugs to cope can lead to a downward spiral by having a negative affect on other parts of your life.

What causes depression?

blank. He couldn’t look me in the eye. Yes, he seemed extremely depressed. But knowing he had been treated for depression for years without good results, I wondered about the diagnosis. Alcohol and recreational drugs can both contribute to depression. Some of us may use them to make ourselves feel better or distract ourselves. But they can make us feel worse in the long term. In an openhearted state, we are calm; curious about our mind, the minds of others, and the world at large; connected to our body and to the hearts and minds of others; compassionate to ourselves and to others; confident in who we are; courageous in our actions; and clear in thought. Emotions and parts of us still exist and are noticeable, but they don't overtake us. With the right support and treatment, most people recover fully from depression. Do I have depression?

Support is also available if you're finding it hard to cope with low mood, sadness or depression. Symptoms of a low mood Often friends, relatives, or carers have to seek help for a person with psychotic depression. This is because people with psychosis often don’t know they’re acting and thinking strangely.

St John’s Wort is a herbal treatment that you can buy from pharmacies and health food shops. Some people take it for depression. There’s some evidence that it can help the symptoms of mild-to-moderate depression, but doctors don’t recommend St John’s Wort because the amount of active ingredients change depending on the brand and batch. This means that you can never be sure what kind of effect it will have.