The depression is one of the most frequent reasons of the address to psychologists and psychotherapists. And rather often not sufferers, but their relatives or friends wishing to help address. "The husband has a depression what to do?", "How to help the girlfriend to get rid of a depression?", "The wife has after the child's birth a depression what to make to help it?", "To become intolerable an autumn depression what to do?" - a set of similar questions not a rarity for experts in psychology.
But not always people ask for the help. Despite the increasing popularity of psychotherapy, the vast majority of the population prefers to solve personal problems independently, and, unfortunately, most often in absolutely inadmissible ways. For example, very few people understand what to do during an autumn depression and very few people realize that the seasonal indisposition can pass into more severe and long forms. And slight seasonal depressions in most cases are the beginning of development of heavy depressive frustration. The following recommendations of psychologists will be prompted what to do during a depression and how to help relatives:
- first of all it is necessary to be convinced that the reason of feeling sick and sincere experiences is the depression. In many cases the depression is symptom of more serious diseases, without having eliminated which it is impossible to cure a depression;
- to understand what to do during a depression important to establish its reasons, to define what thoughts, events or fears cause negative experiences. It will be more effective to create the diary in which it is necessary to write down all alleged causes, and possible ways of their overcoming;
- need to live fully this state is considered one more important condition for overcoming a depression. The experiences can be pronounced aloud, it is possible to describe in the personal diary, but you should not suppress them at all. Same concerns also the help to relatives, it is necessary to give them the chance to be uttered, realize the need and the importance;
- the physical activity is a necessary condition for overcoming a depression. It is possible to cry on as much as necessary shoulder the friend, to reflect over the reasons and to wait when it becomes better. But if at the same time the organism does not receive the necessary portion of oxygen, then it will become better not, and most likely will become only it is worse;
- you should not neglect the professional help. Consultation of the competent expert will allow to find and to correctly work the causes of a depression, and will also help to open new opportunities for personal growth and development.
Methods of fight against seasonal depressions
Special attention should be paid to seasonal depressions. Let's consider methods of overcoming such depressions on the example of an autumn depression:
- first of all, as well as at other depressive frustration, it is necessary to establish the reasons. In spite of the fact that, apparently, seasonal reorganization of an organism is the main reason, actually developing of a depression is connected also with unresolved personal experiences. For many people the natural phenomena occurring in the fall, are identified with a personal situation in life. Such associations give an impetus to the disturbing thoughts causing emotional devastation. Having revealed these thoughts and experiences it will be easier to understand what to do at an autumn depression first of all;
- the food quality is very often underestimated, though has considerable influence on an emotional state. Especially it is important at seasonal depressions, one of the reasons of which is the lack of vitamins. Without knowing what to do during an autumn depression, it is necessary to begin with the simplest – to pass to the balanced food, vitamin-rich and minerals;
- if during a depression the feeling of melancholy, senselessness of existence appears, without the visible reasons gnaws sense of guilt, then new undertakings can help. But if emotional devastation is caused by a surplus of emotions, then on the contrary it is necessary to organize good good rest. The same concerns also the help to the family. For example, if the husband has an autumn depression what to do to the wife – to try to interest him in something, or to give the chance to stay alone? Both that and other option can be effective, and can aggravate a condition of the spouse therefore it is very important to feel what is not enough for the person – the occupation raising a self-assessment, new feelings, or just rest, for recuperation.
Of course, for overcoming a depression of these recommendations it is not enough. In each case the depression proceeds individually, and ways effective for some patients, can be absolutely ineffectual for others. But on the basis of such simple recommendations everyone can find suitable solutions of a problem and help to cope with a depression to itself(himself) or relatives.
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