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How you feel is directly related to how you percieve life. How you percieve life in controllable. Most of that chemical imbalance talk is not applicable.
It's no character flaw. Its purely chemical in nature.
It can result in changes in behavior, and these can be self-defeating when there are extenuating circumstances - chronic stress with no action to alleviate or modulate or otherwise remove its contribution - that can worsen the depression and result in a downward spiral of general health. For instance, a lack of fresh air and time spent in the outdoors even on cloudy days, can result in a shortage of naturally produced vitamin D3. This can contribute to sleep problems and worsen a shortage of dopamine or serotonin, or both, that feed back in the chemistry of depression. Thus, the actions under depression can be debilitating unless an adjunct therapy, like CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) is used.
I am beginning to think that this might be a very good idea for you, Jon.
that's unfair to say. Most grow up without ever being depressed, so the general undepressed person can say that. But if you've never suffered from it, you wouldn't understand what it's like.
also, I'm not talking about the occasional "BLUES" here. Everyone gets those.
I'm still undecided on what exactly it is. Physical? or Mental?
I have days where I'm depressed for unreasonable reasons. And deep down, I know this...........but as hard as I try to think positive, I just can't snap out of it. It's as if my brain won't allow it. This is why I think it's a physical illness.
It has everything to do with character. The character influences action. No character isn't the right word...more like conciousness.
I see your point, but you must know this: your personality is the sum total of billions of brain cells, with their electochemical circuitry and reactions that feed what we know as consciousness - our perceived reality.
Agreed, but these electochemical circuitry and reactions work just fine in the VAST majority of people if you let them.
Unless you are a Jedi master then we may have control over the complexity electric circuitry of the human brain. I mean through meditation and relaxation we can alter certain chemicals, but if they binding to the receptors or not that is something that can be altered through proper nutrition or drugs. One can have all the neurotransitters they want but if they are not docking they are not bioavailable
There's a good book called "I don't want to talk about it" by Terrence Real if your interested in learning more. I'm depressed to, have been most of my life. I just started seeing someone about it 2 weeks ago. I highly recommend talking to someone qualified about this.
It's no character flaw. Its purely chemical in nature.
It can result in changes in behavior, and these can be self-defeating when there are extenuating circumstances - chronic stress with no action to alleviate or modulate or otherwise remove its contribution - that can worsen the depression and result in a downward spiral of general health. For instance, a lack of fresh air and time spent in the outdoors even on cloudy days, can result in a shortage of naturally produced vitamin D3. This can contribute to sleep problems and worsen a shortage of dopamine or serotonin, or both, that feed back in the chemistry of depression. Thus, the actions under depression can be debilitating unless an adjunct therapy, like CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) is used.
I am beginning to think that this might be a very good idea for you, Jon.
I can't afford that.
Google search: free online cognitive behavioral therapy.
http://www.jmir.org/2002/1/e3/
This article proves that this approach, in use now for >5 yrs, works. The website http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/ is one of many such programs available on the web.
No valid excuses left, Jon; Just Do It.