Dear friend,
If you would like to regain control of your life by overcoming depression I urge you to read this.
You see the importance of this?
Here's what this is all about:
Five years ago, at the age of 42, I was diagnosed with Major Clinical Depression after the passing of my father and 2 close friends within a period of few months. I was devastated, feeling lost, hopeless and helpless.
The actual depressive episode was not a shock to me, what threw me out of base was the realization that I had been depressed since I was a child. So I knew I needed help desperately.
I then realized that I didn't know how to be other than a depressed person. I had not idea of what not being depressed what's like.
I started asking myself: what does it feel not being depressed?. It was like having to learn to walk or speak all over again.
Was it scary?, you bet it was. Would I make it? was the constant question lingering in my mind.
When a person is depressed the last thing she thinks is, am I depressed?. Sad feelings and emotions make it very difficult to seek for help because your logical mind gets clouded and a lot of times it takes family and/or friends to pull you out and take you to the doctor.
What threw me out of base was when the doctor told me that I had been depressed pretty much for my entire life, based on my clinical history.
Is there a possibility that I had never been happy or that I just forgot what it feels because of my depression?
Once I got diagnosed I accepted the fact that it was the first step towards recover and a life richer and fuller.
Getting better became my daily mantra.
I will share with you my journey on all the ways I got depression help for over 5 years.
This is my intention, to share with you the ups and down of this debilitating disease and let you know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Is it easy, no it isn't. I would not dare to insult your intelligence. Remember I've been there.
You can do it, I know.
Of course and this is big disclaimer, I am in no way suggesting to take my advice to the T and not seek professional help for your depression. My recovery occurred because of the outstanding support from health professionals and alternative medicine providers.
If you would like to regain control of your life by overcoming depression I urge you to read this.
You see the importance of this?
Here's what this is all about:
Five years ago, at the age of 42, I was diagnosed with Major Clinical Depression after the passing of my father and 2 close friends within a period of few months. I was devastated, feeling lost, hopeless and helpless.
The actual depressive episode was not a shock to me, what threw me out of base was the realization that I had been depressed since I was a child. So I knew I needed help desperately.
I then realized that I didn't know how to be other than a depressed person. I had not idea of what not being depressed what's like.
I started asking myself: what does it feel not being depressed?. It was like having to learn to walk or speak all over again.
Was it scary?, you bet it was. Would I make it? was the constant question lingering in my mind.
When a person is depressed the last thing she thinks is, am I depressed?. Sad feelings and emotions make it very difficult to seek for help because your logical mind gets clouded and a lot of times it takes family and/or friends to pull you out and take you to the doctor.
What threw me out of base was when the doctor told me that I had been depressed pretty much for my entire life, based on my clinical history.
Is there a possibility that I had never been happy or that I just forgot what it feels because of my depression?
Once I got diagnosed I accepted the fact that it was the first step towards recover and a life richer and fuller.
Getting better became my daily mantra.
I will share with you my journey on all the ways I got depression help for over 5 years.
This is my intention, to share with you the ups and down of this debilitating disease and let you know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Is it easy, no it isn't. I would not dare to insult your intelligence. Remember I've been there.
You can do it, I know.
Of course and this is big disclaimer, I am in no way suggesting to take my advice to the T and not seek professional help for your depression. My recovery occurred because of the outstanding support from health professionals and alternative medicine providers.
About the Author:
Dr. Arturo Ovies is a Health Professional who has lived with Depression and Bipolar Disorder since childhood. Over the past five years he has dedicated his entire attention to the research and teaching of how these debilitating mental illnesses can be for the patients themselves and their families. He has developed an easy to read and follow guide to Depression Recovery on his website.
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