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Depression with Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy at 1066 Hypnotherapy
Depression is the UK's most common mental/psychological health problem with an average of 10% of the population being affected in any one year.* It is thought that as many as one in five people will be affected by depression in their lifetime. We all feel sad, low, down-in-the-dumps from time to time usually as a reaction to upsetting or difficult events and experiences in our lives but these feelings generally pass after a time. When these feelings do not pass, or if they are so intense that they interfere with your everyday life, then you can be considered as suffering from depression. But what does being depressed mean? Depression usually involves a mixture of feelings including; hopelessness, worthlessness, sadness, low self esteem, lack of confidence, anxiety, loss of interest in work, hobbies etc, feeling stressed, tiredness, lack of interest in sex, and even physical aches and pains. In some cases, depression is due to anger being turned inwards on yourself and anger can also fuel depression. When you are depressed these feelings last long enough or are strong enough to have an effect on your day to day life. In some cases depression seems more prevalent in the winter months and then it is often called Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD for short. Depression is most often a secondary condition where there are usually other issues present, primarily low self-esteem but also others such as: anxiety, or a specific fear or phobia, or suffering panic attacks, or a lack of confidence, or having unwanted, uncomfortable thoughts and feelings about yourself, or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and so on. In other words something which can be said to be "inside of you but outside of your control" and so you feel really low at not being able to cope with life as well as you would like and/or because life for you is really not how you would like it to be. These other issues are usually, in themselves, bad enough to have an effect on your everyday life so depressed feelings usually follow. As the low self-esteem, anxiety, fear, phobia, panic attacks, lack of confidence, unwanted thoughts and feelings, OCD (or whatever) persists, so does the depression. Depression can of course also occur as a reaction to emotional distress or a distressing life event, such as the loss of a loved one, redundancy, divorce and so on but research** has also shown that, if you have other problems, in particular with low self-esteem, the impact of such events is likely to be worse for you. Medical opinion on depression often attributes it to a chemical imbalance in the brain, most often being low serotonin levels, which is entirely possible but a chemical imbalance is also a symptom and therefore has something else causing it - contemporary research is showing that the chemical imbalance is, in most cases, being caused by underlying emotional or psychological conflict, anxiety and low self-esteem to name but two. Based on the above medical opinion, a significant number of people with depression are prescribed anti-depressants (in an attempt to "correct" the chemical imbalance and so control your symptoms) which can sometimes work well to alleviate severe depression in the short term and give you time to assess your options but for mild to moderate depression and for long-term changes and resolution, you need to resolve the underlying issues causing the depression.
Unlike Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), traditional psychotherapy or counselling, any one or more of which most of my clients have tried at least once, 'Pure' Hypnoanalysis can resolve the underlying causes of your depression and so can bring about permanent relief rather than just a control or understanding of your problems. Please click here for more information on 'Pure' Hypnoanalysis. CHANGE YOUR LIFE Call me now on 07722 783490 or 01424 772392 to book your free initial consultation. *Singleton
N, Bumpstead R, O'Brien M et al. Office for National Statistics: psychiatric
morbidity among adults living in private households 2000. London: The
Stationery Office (2001).
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