FINDING TRUE HAPPINESS with depression therapy
Depression is a dark pit. It can shackle you and hold you prisoner. The deep, negative feelings of sadness, rejection, regret, sorrow and misery have the power to take control of your life.
The good news is depression is not a constant. For those that take the courageous first steps toward healing you can experience life with better feelings and emotions.
Do you feel like you have lost control of your life? Can you resonate with...
Feeling like you have immense sadness or a depressed mood?
The loss of interest or pleasure in activities you once enjoyed?
The feelings of being worthless or overly guilty about yourself?
Physical symptoms that are noticeable, like changes in appetite, lack of energy, inability to relax, and trouble sleeping?
Are you thinking more about death, or thought about harming yourself?
The symptoms of depression vary from mild to severe. However, there is no case that is beyond repair. More treatments are available for anxiety and depression than ever before.
Revolutionizing The Way Depression Is Treated
Depression is treatable. It also does not have to exist in a standard clinical setting where one is prescribed a medication and told to hope for the best.
Though that method is practical, and completely acceptable in many cases of depression it is not the only source of treatment for healing.
Holistic psychotherapy for depression, along with an assortment of other mental health challenge is gaining a lot of traction within the medical community.
The balanced approach to healing is finding that the mind can only get healed when the body, and other portions of the holistic based psychotherapy approach are examined.
This multifaceted approach to managing depression is working for others, and it can work for you too!
Signs and symptoms of Depression
Depression is very debilitating. While most people only associate it with a mental health condition, it also negatively impacts your physical and emotional well-being too.
The common symptoms of depression include:
Physical Symptoms
Headaches
Dizziness
Body aches or pain
Lack of appetite
Swings in body weight
Lack of energy
Issues with staying relaxed
Irregular sleeping habits
Inability to sleep
Agitation or problems staying still
Cognitive Symptoms
Negative thinking that frequently controls your thoughts.
Trouble concentrating or completing tasks.
Easily distracted or forgetting things frequently.
Speaking slower than usual or trouble processing things.
Frequent suicidal thoughts or considering harming yourself.
Emotional Symptoms
Extreme sadness
Feelings of guilt or shame
Feelings of anger or frustration
Notably irritable
Depression therapy can offer a solution
Unfortunately, the way that depression was managed in the past was largely incorrect. You may have been told to “suck it up”. You may have heard the expression that you’re just facing “the blues”.
There are several stigmas associated with depression.
Life is hard. Relationships are complicated. There is help and support for every situation. The bottom line is there is absolutely no need to suffer in silence.
Do you want a life where…
You can feel physically, emotionally, and mentally better?
Where negative thoughts and feelings do not control your existence?
Where you can recapture joy and satisfaction doing things you used to enjoy?
Become more productive working and concentrating on other tasks again?
Where you can love yourself for who you really are and not feel guilty about it?
Improve relationships with friends and family that may have been hindered by depression?
Holistic and Somatic therapy Can Help with Depression
If you are seeking relief from symptoms of depression and want to gain tools to create a life you love, our holistic therapists can help.
Life by Design Therapy is committed to helping you build a new future, one that is founded on happiness and peace of mind.
Our holistic and somatic therapists in Berkeley and Richmond have helped those dealing with depression for the first time find help. We have also provided a place of refuge for those that struggled to get answers from other sources in the past.
If you’re ready to work on your depression with one of our holistic therapists, contact us today.
