Okay....first and foremost it is important to understand that depression, even the most severe cases, is a highly treatable disorder. Depression can be treated with hypnotherapy, medicine, or a combination of therapy and medicine. For some quick tips on how to start feeling good now click here and banish the blues.

Some facts about Depression.

Depression is an illness in which factors such as genetics, chemical changes in the body and external events may play an important role.
Depression is not something you can just “snap out” of.

Depression is very common and affects as many as 1 in 8 people in their teen years.

Depression is a strong mood involving sadness, discouragement, despair, or hopelessness that lasts for weeks, months, or even years.
Depression isn't just bad moods and occasional melancholy, it is a serious illness, but it can be successfully treated.
Depression is often not recognised or treated.
Depression is a serious medical illness  - up to 20% of the population experience depression.
Depression is a disorder that affects your thoughts, moods, feelings, behaviour and even your physical health.
Depression is often the result of an unhappy event such as the death of a loved one.
Depression is abnormal when it is out of proportion to the misfortune or unduly prolonged.
Depression is treatable and needless suffering of those who experience it can be alleviated.
Depression is not only emotionally debilitating - a new study has found it's more physically damaging than many chronic diseases.

Up to 80% of suicide attempts are in people suffering from depression.

There is 10 times more major depression in people born after 1945 than in those born before.
This clearly shows that the root cause of most depression is not a chemical imbalance, as
Human genes do not change that quickly.

Treatment is safe and usually effective even for severely depressed people. Without treatment, symptoms of depression may persist or get worse.

Medications generally are not seen as substitutes for therapy, but work best together with therapy not only to relieve the depressive symptoms but to enhance the person's understanding of the depression and expand his or her coping strategies for dealing with the conditions that led to depression in the first place. Medication will not "fix" everything, but it may help lighten your mood and help you to function so that you can begin working through other problems.

Treatment using hypnotherapy can give fantastic, satisfying results!

Important: With depression it is always important to see your Doctor first!

Site Map

Anger	Contact	Depression	Driving Test	EFT	Fear of Heights	History	Home	Myths	IBS
Lose Weight	Audios	Panic Attacks	Phobias	Phone Hypnosis	Public Speaking	Regression	Online Shop	Sports	Stop Smoking
Stress	Uses of Hypnosis	Insomnia	Relax