Severe depression is like hell on earth ... especially if you’re treatment resistant. There’s always hope with treatments like TMS(which are non-drug related) for extreme cases, but otherwise, having a complete break from the usual day to day life, absorbing yourself in an interest(be it art, music, watching tv shows/movies) and trying to get yourself out in nature for walks, can be of help. Some of the best therapies involve things like swimming(even if just sitting in a pool/hot tub for a bit), cycling, listening to music, watching funny clips on YouTube or cute animal videos. The aim is to break the cycle of hopelessness and alter the mood.
Sometimes, just being told “There is hope. Your life will not remain this way forever” can bring a severely depressed person to tears, which paves the way for progress to be made, and options to be considered. Many believe that their state of being has no hope of changing, which is untrue. Severe depression, and that with panic attacks might seem unrelenting and hopeless to the person experiencing it. If PTSD is also part of the equation, being able to relive/revisit the events that caused the downturn in emotional health(trauma/depression) importantly, with the emotion removed, can help a person to view it from a rational perspective, enabling the mind to overcome the roadblock which produces the fear and ability to overcome. It’s the emotion we feel, when experiencing trauma or any negative events, that effects our ability to move on and overcome. It’s about breaking it down, seeing it for what it is, and progressing from there. xx
23 Jun 2020, 9:51 am
