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What can you do to help yourself? Learning how to identify what you are thinking is an important step in reducing depression. We start by teaching a person to notice when their mood has changed or intensified in a negative direction.
Feelings like discouragement and sadness are common. If the depression continues, more severe emotions such as despair, misery, and hopelessness may take over. Sometimes, worry is also present (physical tension, worry). Other people experience emotional where they don’t seem to feel anything at all.
Information about depression, its symptoms and possible causes, and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips on caring for yourself, and guidance for friends and family. If you require this information in Word document format for compatibility with screen readers, please email: publications@mind.org.uk.
This workbook aims to help you to: Recognise whether you may be experiencing symptoms of depression. Understand what depression is, what causes it and what keeps it going. Find ways to understand, manage or overcome your depression.
explores the three parts of depression we talked about earlier: • The way we think: It helps us to question the way we think about events and situations. • How we feel: It helps us to understand, manage and overcome or cope with symptoms of depression and strong and persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness.
Learn to relax. Practise relaxation and breathing techniques every day - to help you feel calmer, combat the symptoms of depression and improve sleep. Try different ways to relax such as yoga, aromatherapy or meditation. Mindfulness is a very effective technique in helping to combat depression.
SIGNS OF DEPRESSION. “My wife left me because I wasn’t good enough for her. I will never be able to get along without her.” “My hair is thinning. I’m losing my looks. No one will care about me any-more.” “I just can’t get myself to do any work around the house. My marriage is falling apart.”
