What is Depression?
Depression is a common and serious but treatable medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, how you think, and how you act. Depression can occur due to biological reasons, as well as as a result of the emotions, thoughts and beliefs created by past negative memories being triggered by negative events experienced today.
What are the symptoms of depression?
- Feeling sad all the time and crying frequently
- Loss of interest in daily activities
- Appetite changes: Overeating or loss of appetite
- Difficulty falling asleep, waking up frequently or sleeping excessively
- Feeling tired all the time
- Slowness in daily movements
- Feeling worthless and guilty
- Loss of concentration
- Suicidal tendencies
The fact that these symptoms continue for at least two weeks and the person's quality of life begins to deteriorate is an important factor in diagnosing depression. If these symptoms persist, it is necessary to consult a therapist immediately.
What are the risk factors for depression?
- Early parental loss
- Separation from loved one or death
- Substance and alcohol use
- Anxiety disorders
- Financial difficulties
- Separation, divorce
- Unemployment
- Having previously experienced depression
- Having recently experienced an important event
- Personality structure
- During childhood having bad memories
- Some medications
- Some diseases
- Hormonal changes.
EMDR (Eye Movement) What is Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy?
EMDR therapy means Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. The importance and usage area of EMDR therapy is diversifying day by day. It is a therapy technique used today to solve many psychological disorders. Negative memories experienced by the person are desensitized and reprocessed with eye movements, thus enabling the person to evaluate these memories from a new and healthy perspective.
EMDR Therapy and Depression
Treatment of depression is provided by discovering the negative past memories underlying depression and the triggering situations that caused it to begin, and addressing them with the EMDR therapy technique, working on these memories with the therapist and the client, and transforming negative beliefs into positive ones.
The negative feelings you are in are provided. If the mood has become unbearable for you, bad memories are constantly circulating in your mind and you cannot get rid of this mood, it is time to get support from a therapist and get rid of your bad memories with EMDR therapy and make peace with life...
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