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Originally Posted by DrMartinRussell  Great to have someone turn from looker to writer. Welcome!
However you then say - therapist and physical / behavioral actions.
I'm still highly sceptical of the serotonin explanation. I remember the days when they were trying to explain depression by referring to cortisol fluctations. Medical science is still very poor in explaining psychiatry despite the plethora of jargon and impressive terminology. |
Thank You!
Medication and/or a therapy alone won't bring you anywhere. Action is indispensable. I personally hate to take these pills every day but I experienced that I cannot live without them right now. Like I can't live a normal daily routine and I'm close to commiting suicide. Medication, on the other hand, could lift one up to a more positive state so that one has the neccessary energy to take the next step.
I just want to add that everything I say here comes from my peronal eyperience and is not meant to be generalized. The therapist I see on a regular basis needed a long time to convince me that my depression is at least partly because of a disorder in my brain. The good message is that he admits that you can influence this disorder with your actions and your thoughts. But for a clinical depressed person, this alone might have to little power in the beginning.
Martin
EDIT: I personally like this video:
YouTube - PEKOR HYPNOSIS... OVERCOMING DEPRESSION...