Depression

Service Description

Resolve issues related with depression. It is very important to know that depression is just a condition, not an illness. It is a temporary state of weakness or ill feeling just like a toothache or cough and cold, but it may prolong if you don’t do anything. Depression is just another name for a feeling of sadness which continues for a long time. Nothing seems to be going right, as if the whole world is alien. You feel that you have no friends who can understand you or any family to support you in this state. There is loss of interest in all activities. Throughout the day you feel tired, sad and lonely. Occasionally you cry and feel that everyone has abandoned you. After a few weeks the mind becomes dull. Depression results in loss of concentration and poor memory. This results in poor performance at work, school or home. As a result people feel low confidence and suffer from poor self-esteem in the long run. Depression occurs when you cannot accept certain changes in life like loss of job or business, failure in exams, divorce or break up in relationship, death of a near and dear one, chronic or serious illness etc. The inability to come to terms with reality due to poor coping up skills invites depression. People with depression think about their own self all the time, have negative thoughts and negative emotions. This happens because there is too much focus on one’s likes and dislikes, one’s preferences and comforts. Depression is always accompanied by stress and anxiety because of the inability to perform tasks. It also results in eating and sleeping disorders that further damage the body and invite illnesses. In this situation, counselling helps the person to get on with life by first listening to the problem in detail. Next step is instilling faith and hope to recover from depression. Apart from listening, the counsellor prescribes exercises and guides the person to follow therapies that do not involve medicines. With regular practice, depression can be overcome completely.