Depression, Despair or Hopelessness

Symptoms

• You may have lost your enthusiasm or interest for activities, work, study or friendships.
• You may be feeling hopeless, bored, apathetic, alone or helpless.
• You may be feeling self-hate, ashamed, useless or have a lot of negative thoughts about self or the world.
• You may be feeling numb, irritated, or have difficulty with making decisions or concentrating.
• You may have lack of energy or often be tiered.
• You may have disrupted sleep or be sleeping too much.
• You may have a loss of appetite resulting in weight loss or eating too much resulting in weight gain.
• You may just want to hide in your bed and wish the world would just go away.

Remedies

• With some exploration of your situation, life stage, recent events and family, it is possible to understand the cause of your depression and therefore reduce its symptoms.
• It is possible to learn to become an observer of your thoughts, feelings and symptoms using the technique of mindfulness.
• Using a technique called focusing, first with the therapist and then on your own, you can learn to stay present to your body symptoms, which allows them to shift, change and bring relief.
• It is possible to use techniques like tapping, TFT, EFT with the therapist as well as on your own to soothe, calm and settle your symptoms.
• Utilising modalities like sand play therapy, art and expressive therapy, symbol work, working with parts and dream work it is possible to rework and transform your thoughts, feelings, behaviours and body sensations in relation to your situation.
• Utilising Bi-lateral Stimulation Processing, it is possible to rework and transform any past traumatic or painful events that may be contributing to your symptoms.
• With the use of hypnotherapy it is possible to access the unconscious mind to develop inner resources and coping capacities, as well as changing undesirable patterns and habits.
• With the aid of Chakra Healing, it is possible to clear out stuck beliefs and patterns directly from the body's energy system, followed by rebalancing and connecting to desirable beliefs.
• We may engage with traditional, modern or personal myth, metaphor and story, where it is possible to reconnect to denied or lost parts of self, gain more self awareness and be inspired in hope, strength and resilience.

With some exploration of your situation as well as utilising a variety of therapeutic modalities, it is possible to overcome your symptoms of depression and reconnect to enjoyment and fulfilment of life.