Beating Depression
Live Depression Free Life
You are living in a competitive world; the life is fast, furious and stressful. Helping people in beating depression as a psychiatrist has been a great feeling for me but when my mother suffered from it, I came to realize the other side of the situation more deeply.
Looking for treatment options and remedies when you get depressed is a bit too late I think; you should be proactive and escape depression. Here we will focus on both aspects; curing depression and avoiding depression. The techniques and strategies are helpful either you want to overcome depression or you want to prevent it.
It is human nature that you feel comfortable when you know that you are not alone. It is estimated that 121 million people in this world are suffering from depression. It is a huge figure and the number is rising. World Health Organization has predicted that by the year 2020 depression will be the 2nd leading cause of disability in the world. There are so many people out there who have overcome it, have faith in yourself and you will also beat it.
You need to understand few basic concepts because later on you are going to learn techniques and interventions based on these principles which you will be using against depression.
Relationship between Events, Thoughts, Emotions and Behavior
This is your psychological world, the world in which you spend most of your time and which influences and is influenced by your external world. Both these tangible and intangible worlds affect each other and you need to learn to live in these worlds in a way that you live happily. Let’s see in the flow chart below how your internal world relates to the external world.
External life events create a thought in your mind which further leads to the production of feelings, emotions and behaviors. The way you think about the life events is vital in determining your mood and behavior. Two persons undergoing the same life event may response differently to it because the way they think about the event is different.
Mr. A and Mr. B call their girlfriends for a date. The girlfriend does not come to the date. This is an event which has occurred in their lives. Mr. A’s brain generated the thought that “because she did not come, she does not love me”, the resultant mood was sadness. He may isolate himself and cry over the issue. On the other hand, Mr. B’s brain generated the thought that “she might have got stuck somewhere, she did not come but she still loves me”, the resultant mood is not sadness but concerned. He may call her and inquire about the problem.
Dealing with your negative automatic thoughts
Did you know that your brain is producing thoughts at its own! Yes, there are thought which your mind generates spontaneously and they are not from your conscious thinking. You may have never realized that because you may have never thought over this point. You take those thoughts as your thinking and they affect you mood and behavior. These thoughts are called automatic thoughts. These thoughts are reflex to external events/behavior/stimuli. They are like your reflexes and they come at their own. Problem starts when negative automatic thoughts start creeping in your mind, without your realizing them. They start bringing pessimism in your thinking and thus corresponding change in your behavior and mood.
Manage your stress
The most important one is managing your stress. Whatsoever the cause of stress may be, you need to manage your stress levels because in the long run, it will make you depressed and in the short term, it will keep you annoyed and unhappy. Identify from where this stress and depression are coming,this can be the vital step if you can figure it out. Many a times you will be able to find that out, just take a break and think about it. If you are unable to do that, take the help of your best friend, colleague, family member, spouse or someone you like to talk to, with whom you can share your feelings and is trustworthy. 
Adopt a beating depression life style and live happily.
Yours truly,
MD,Mental Health Professional
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