Natural depression
treatments
Alternative treatments for depression
Use natural depression treatments
to avoid all the horrible side effects from
prescribed antidepressants and stay in control of your own
recovery.
Please seek help from a doctor or
mental health professional right now if you are feeling suicidal at
this moment!
How to overcome depression without medication
Taking prescribed antidepressants
may contribute to your feeling even more out of
control. There may well be already enough in your life that makes
you feel powerless.
Your own body is very capable of
producing the very best and safest natural antidepressants. It
only needs a bit
of encouragement. If you want to know how to overcome depression,
use all the advice available here to increase
your very own supply of natural antidepressants. That will not
only sort you out now, but it
is much more likely to prevent a relapse in the future.
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8 Natural mood lifters
Pick one you can do today!
- Go for a massage or reflexology. Do a course in massage
yourself!
- Go for a brisk walk or a cycle ride (at least 30 min. 3 x a
week). Aerobic exercise increases feel-good hormones (endorphins) in
your body.
- Join a gym or aerobic exercise class.
- Go swimming regularly. Take swimming lessons - learning any new
skill helps.
- Join a tai chi, yoga or meditation class - fantastic for
lowering stress and feeling great.
- Improve your mood instantly and
effortlessly with hypnosis, directly accessible from HypnosisDowloads.
- Do something creative - dig out your long-forgotten projects,
find a course.
- Stop giving yourself a hard time! Relentlessly
bullying yourself generates depression!
- Make that decision - stop procastrinating. Here is a very
interesting tool to help organise your thoughts if
you
are
considering
various
options
Grade your mood
Consider how you are feeling
between 0
and 10 before and after any activity - 0 = suicidal, 10 = ‘deliriously’
happy.
Remember that if you are feeling low, you may not
necessarily be suffering from depression - you may just be having a
lousy day!
Every morning decide on, and commit to, actions that are most likely
to make you feel good. Plan your day.
5 Tips to challenge negative thinking
- Keep a journal/diary and note down during the day when you FEEL
OK. It will deal with your negative bias and you might be
pleasantly surprised.
- Notice and challenge ‘black and white’/’all or nothing’ thinking
and listen out for it in other people, without judging it in either
yourself or others. Focusing on others will stop you becoming too
self-absorbed.
- Allow yourself time to worry (if you really need to!) - half an
hour a day.
- Write your worries down to ‘separate’ yourself from them at that
time.
- Make a list of six things to distract yourself when you find
yourself worrying, so that you can focus your attention outwards,
rather than inwards.
7 Tips to raise your self-esteem
- Stretch yourself -- physically, intellectually, emotionally;
self-esteem comes from being competent in several areas of your
life. Ensure you set achievable goals - you want to be pleased
with yourself TODAY.
- Frequently remind yourself of your achievements: passing an exam,
promotion, bringing up children, organising a party, managing a move,
sorting finances, finishing a project, or simply going out. Write them
down.
- Find and get involved in a new interest, perhaps something you
have always wanted to do; contact your Adult Education Center/local
college.
- Do some voluntary work to help you meet your emotional needs.
- Remind yourself that there is no failure, only feedback.
- Look after yourself: create a super healthy menu for the week,
then shop.
- Forget about following a diet to loose weight, other than
prescribed by a professional for health reasons - 9 out of 10 diets
fail.
- Use your passion/interest/knowledge/experience to build
your
very
own
internet
business. Yes ... you can
do that.
How are you sleeping at the moment?
- First and foremost follow the advice on changing negative
introspection.
- Follow the advice on exercise.
- Visit my page on natural
sleep remedies.
- Solve problems you do have a measure of control over. Visit
problem solving stages and techniques
- Set realistic, achievable goals, so that you can measure your
success
- Reward yourself after any activity that is not rewarding in
itself.
Natural depression treatments
You can get better
- all by yourself, by using natural depression treatments! Look
at all the ideas offered here. There must be some that really
appeal to you.
Don't rely on one of two - decide on several. Keep an eye on
your
budget of course - I would not want you to add to any money problems
you
might have.
Bit by bit you can piece your life back together. The colour
will return and you can feel better than ever! 'Trying' isn't
going to do it. You just have to believe it and go for it.
You deserve to feel happy.
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