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Everything About Depression: Learn Identify Manage
The word ‘depression’ is so commonly flung at us these days.
It’s almost become the part of our casual vocabulary.
I think I am in Depression?
Let us Understand
What is Depression?
Let us talk about Anita. She is a 27 year old who has had a break up with her boyfriend of 5 years.
Now She Feels sadness
Also She Cries a lot
But She is Well Otherwise
Her thinking about herself or others has not changed
Nor have her Behaviors Changed
Anita is Sad rightfully
But she is Not facing Depression
Now Let us Talk About Shamina She is a working mother. Post Delivery when she started working, few incidents made her believe she is not the same effecient worker anymore.
She Started Having Negative Automatic Thoughts About her Abilities
She felt miserable and totally useless
These Thoughts & Feelings have started affecting other life issues. She has started to think she is not a great mother either
She cannot Sleep Well, her eating pattern has changed, she is finding difficult to work. Her Behaviors and Actions are getting affected.
Shamina is not just Sad
She is Battling Depression
because her Thoughts have altered, her feelings are out of control and her behaviors have changed
We are Sure now you could understand clearly how Depression works. Depression Alters our Thoughts, Our perceptions, Our Feelings and Our Behaviors and it is so automatic that any reason can feed into the Depression Monster
Depression Rightfully is a
Symptoms of Clinical Depression
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How common is depression Among Indians?
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Suffer from DEPRESSION MONSTER
Why The Pink Gender Suffers More?
Social conditioning which leads to low self-worth Issues
Contextual factors which include being Stuck in an unhappy marriage, Emotional crisis, Difficulty to Support their own Parents & Lack of Consistent Support for Career
Who is at More Risk ?
There are certain risk factors that make you prone to depression.
These include
Why is Treatment a Must for Depression
It is A Myth that Depression Can go away on its own
It WON'T!
The individual suffering from depression feels hopeless, helpless and worthless. With these thoughts in mind, he/she feels it’s better to end one’s life.
When treatment is sought Immediately, this terrible end can be avoided!
Even without suicidal ideation,
Depressionwill causes loss of normal life
Impacting
Social Life
Work Life
And Personal Life
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Tips if your Loved One is Displaying Signs of Depression
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Treatment & Management of Depression
Depression is treatable and early intervention helps.
Works Like This
After taking history of the client, we go on to do the clinical assessment to ensure the presence of
Take Charge Take Control
Show Courage & Seek Therapy
That is the onlu way to Defeat the
Monster that is Depression
