Dear friend,
If you need to overcome depression and regain control of your life I encourage you to read this.
That's how important this is.
I'll tell you what's this about:
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 6 months. I was devastated, feeling lost, hopeless and helpless.
The diagnosis was not a shock to me, what threw me out of base was the fact that I had been depressed since I was a child. So I knew I needed help desperately.
How do you overcome something that's been part of your entire life. I realized that I didn't know how to be other than a depressed person, it was so ingrained in my psyche that I couldn't fathom the thought of not being depressed.
I started asking myself: what does it feel not being depressed?. It was like having to learn to walk or speak all over again.
Did I know what to do?. No at all, but when my doctor's help and lots of soul searching the answers started to come up
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.
Based on my clinical history it turned out that I have been depressed my entire life. Not good news.
Is there a possibility that I had never been happy or that I just forgot what it feels because of my depression?
After "sleeping on it" I came to understand what Dr. Phil says: "you can't change what you don't acknowledge". Knowing that I was depressed was the first step towards recovery.
Then, all I had to do was to focus on getting better. I know, easier said than done, but doable. A lot of work though.
The past five years have been the most challenging of my life and that's why I am writing about it. It's been a long, hard journey.
You will succeed the same way I did. It's hard work but hey, you are worth it.
Remember I have been there, I know is not easy but doable.
You will make it. I know.
Of course and this is big disclaimer, I am in no way suggesting to take my advice literally and not seek professional help for your depression. My recovery occurred thank you to the outstanding support from health professionals and alternative medicine providers.
If you need to overcome depression and regain control of your life I encourage you to read this.
That's how important this is.
I'll tell you what's this about:
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 6 months. I was devastated, feeling lost, hopeless and helpless.
The diagnosis was not a shock to me, what threw me out of base was the fact that I had been depressed since I was a child. So I knew I needed help desperately.
How do you overcome something that's been part of your entire life. I realized that I didn't know how to be other than a depressed person, it was so ingrained in my psyche that I couldn't fathom the thought of not being depressed.
I started asking myself: what does it feel not being depressed?. It was like having to learn to walk or speak all over again.
Did I know what to do?. No at all, but when my doctor's help and lots of soul searching the answers started to come up
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.
Based on my clinical history it turned out that I have been depressed my entire life. Not good news.
Is there a possibility that I had never been happy or that I just forgot what it feels because of my depression?
After "sleeping on it" I came to understand what Dr. Phil says: "you can't change what you don't acknowledge". Knowing that I was depressed was the first step towards recovery.
Then, all I had to do was to focus on getting better. I know, easier said than done, but doable. A lot of work though.
The past five years have been the most challenging of my life and that's why I am writing about it. It's been a long, hard journey.
You will succeed the same way I did. It's hard work but hey, you are worth it.
Remember I have been there, I know is not easy but doable.
You will make it. I know.
Of course and this is big disclaimer, I am in no way suggesting to take my advice literally and not seek professional help for your depression. My recovery occurred thank you to the outstanding support from health professionals and alternative medicine providers.
About the Author:
Dr. Arturo Ovies is a Medical 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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