Treating Depression - What On Earth Is Ecotherapy?

Ecotherapy means exercising outside, in a green environment, for the purpose of boosting mental health. Research in the UK has found that ecotherapy is a credible, clinically-valid treatment option that should be prescribed by doctors for depression and other mood disorders.

Book Review - The Heart Too Long Suppressed - A Chronicle of Mental Illness

This beautifully crafted memoir about Carol Hebald's spiral into mental illness during the late 1930s through the 1970s touched me on a variety of different levels. My heart broke for the neglected and abused child.

Don't Panic - Panic Attacks Explained

Panic attacks can take over people's lives, stopping them from doing many things. However it does not have to be like this. By understanding and accepting panic attacks, you can rehabilitate yourself into leading a far more fulfilling life.

Litebook Review

Feeling fed up, stressed and lacking energy? Light therapy could be the answer...

Learned Helplessness, You Werent Born Helpless

Do you feel helpless? Didn't use to be like that? Then you may have learned how to become helpless, an article about learned helplessness theory.

Are You Suffering From Depression? Let's Find Out

Do you suffer from depression? Don't feel alone. Millions of individuals around the world suffer from depression or depressive symptoms, but most won't come forward and seek help for their condition. They are afraid of the emarrassment or ridicule that they may face.

Depression and Teens

Usually at some point in life a person will develop a bad mood or have feelings of sadness but depression is much different. If you are someone that is suffering from depression, you are not able to function normally. There are many adults and teenagers that have to take on this challenge. This is something that they have to take on a daily basis and there it is not just going to go away on its own.

Seasonal Depression

Seasonal depression is something that happens to a person each year at the same time. It is something that many people struggle with and has to have a form of treatment. This is usually going to happen in the fall or winter months. It will probably end in the springtime when the warm weather starts to set back in. Many of us get the winter blues and want to be able to get out and enjoy the outdoors or do something that they love to do in the warmer weather. This is very usual and many have to deal with this type of depression.

Depression And Our Way Of Thinking

It is generally universally accepted that our actions and behaviors are preceded by thoughts. We think before we act. It is also widely accepted that our brains operate by thinking using words. All thoughts are constructed from words. Therefore the power of words and the power of our thoughts cannot be underestimated in shaping our view of life. So by changing our thoughts we can change our reality.

The Ups And Downs Of Depression

Depression can often be found to run throughout the generations of the same family invading the DNA molecules which make up a particular family's genes. This causes the family members to be more susceptible to depression.

Are You Allowing Depression To Take Control Of You?

Other less harmful treatment involves hypnotism. The relatively new hypnotherapy works by targeting your subconscious and embedding anti-depression ideas. Since the subconscious actually dictates about 90 percent of the brain's activity, it is not surprising that hypnotherapy has become effective in treating psychoses like phobias and addiction. Depending on the level of depression, a person can feel its effects after one to five sessions. The treatment is safer, less expensive and less probing.

Physical Symptom of Depression-How To Know If You Are Experiencing a Physical Symptom of Depression

Am I having a Physical Symptom of Depression? This article will help you decide if you are having a Physical Symptom of Depression and what may be your next step to take.