Your Depression Needs Professional Attention
Experiencing depression can be very debilitating to your daily life and personal relationships. It is estimated that about 10 percent of adults in America experience symptoms of depression every year. Depression can cause family troubles, loss of productivity, and general difficulties and misery for the individual experiencing the condition and those around them.
Seeking out professional help is a good idea if you are experiencing depression, especially if the symptoms are severe.
Create a New Path to a Life You’ll Love
At Somatic Psyche, we provide depression therapy with long-lasting and impactful results. Warm, compassionate conversation and treatment are provided to help you feel hopeful and inspired as you start to master your internal dialogue with self-soothing tactics.
When you work with a Registered Clinic Counsellor, you'll have a go-to consultant for your mental health. We'll discuss your current routines, habits and strategies you employ in your day-to-day. You can feel relaxed in a conversation free of judgement and focused on customized treatment plans. When your depression needs professional attention, you can work with Daphne Georghiou, MFT, RCC to develop strategies to help you better regulate your emotions and face life's challenges with confidence and vigour.
Together We Can
Many people with depression or depressive symptoms feel invalidated, and a professional can help you find your authenticity and an unwavering inner strength. With a professional counsellor, you can lean on their years of experience assisting individuals to overcome their inner conflicts and emotional traumas from the past.
When your depression is in need of professional help, you can rely on Somatic Psyche to provide grounded and proven approaches to help you manage your psychological pain and duress in real-time situations. A Registered Clinical Counsellor is like a trusted advisor, a partner to help you fully understand how your brain operates and how to challenge negative thoughts and feelings.
But, there are many other non-professional treatments that an individual can participate in to help alleviate their symptoms of depression. Many professional therapists and doctors give out advice for their patients to do things we will mention in this article, in conjunction with getting counselling and/or taking medication.
These are some ways that someone experiencing depression can participate in self-help which can help them defeat or reduce the symptoms that they are feeling.
Get out and exercise
There are a lot of studies out there on depression that have discovered that exercising can be pretty effective when it comes to relieving mild or moderate symptoms of depression. Exercise has many positive benefits, even further than helping alleviate depression symptoms. For example, exercise helps improve cardiovascular health, helps increase weight loss, and reduces the risk of individuals developing chronic diseases.
But, it can be a big challenge for people to feel motivated to exercise when they have feelings of depression. The best thing to do is start small and choose activities that you find enjoyable. For example, you can start by taking a short walk every day, or by participating in ten minutes of bodyweight exercises at home, or even putting on some music and dancing can be suitable for helping reduce symptoms of depression.
Exercise alleviates symptoms of depression because it helps you increase the levels of endorphins in your brain. Even just a couple of minutes of exercise each day can help you improve your mood by helping your body increase levels of endorphins.
Learn to challenge your negative thinking
When an individual becomes depressed, they are usually consumed by negative thoughts. They might start to think of themselves as a failure, that nobody likes them, or that they will always feel as emotionally down as they do in this present moment. These are typical internal dialogues for people who are dealing with depression. When someone is caught in an endless cycle of negative thoughts, it will become a habit that is unconscious which results in reinforcing depression.
A straightforward way to help with this is to remember to challenge any negative thought that comes to mind by using positive thinking. For example, if you think you will always feel negatively, you can challenge that notion by reflecting on a time, place, or event you felt unadulterated joy or contentment.
Eat healthy foods regularly
When an individual is experiencing depression, they will most likely find it challenging to make healthy choices with their food. Eating salty snacks and sweets can bring a sense of comfort, but these foods can cause you to gain weight, spike your blood sugar levels and instigate bad moods.
A Path Forward
When your depression needs professional attention, it's best to book a consultation and start an initial conversation that has the potential to change your life. Learn how to better communicate, how to constructively process past trauma and negative emotions, and re-frame values and beliefs with a new perspective. At Somatic Psyche, Daphne Georghiou approaches her client work with a holistic strategy and helps restore individuals from a state of emotional and psychological fragmentation. Book a free consultation with Daphne today, and pave a new path forward towards a happier and healthier emotional future. Visit somaticpsyche.squarespace.com to book, or call +1-778-985-6670 today!