| For many sufferers, depression brings on
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| | help. Just as your body can become ill so
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| feelings of guilt and shame and because
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| | can your mind. It isn't permanent and
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| of these feelings, they will not seek
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| | just as your body can be fixed so can
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| help. But are these feelings valid? Lack
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| | your mind.
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| of understanding - both in sufferers and
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| | 5. Many sufferers believe that treating
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| non-sufferers - clouds the issue. So
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| | depression is a futile exercise because
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| here's how to end the stigma associated
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| | once you have depression, you have it for
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| with depression, stress, and anxiety.
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| | life. This simply isn't true and the
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| 1. The majority of people in our society
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| | depression itself feeds this feeling of
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| experience psychological problems during
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| | helplessness. And believing that
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| their lives: Problems from childhood with
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| | depression is incurable further
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| parents and siblings; stress at work;
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| | exacerbates the feelings of guilt and
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| marital breakdown; losing loved ones and
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| | shame and fuels the depression.
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| of course, making mistakes. Very few
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| | Depression has a specific cause and this
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| people go through life without
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| | root cause can be effectively treated so
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| experiencing mental trauma of some
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| | that depression can be beaten once and
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| description. So there's nothing odd or
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| | for all.
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| unique happening here, indeed, depressive
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| | 6. Change the way you look at these
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| illnesses are as common as colds. More
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| | problems. I know from experience that at
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| than 20 million sufferers in the USA
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| | the time, stressful illnesses can be
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| every year bear this out.
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| | overwhelming and you can't see a way out
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| 2. These are real illnesses. There's no
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| | or how anything good can come of it. But
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| stigma associated with diabetes, asthma,
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| | now, I'm glad I had that 5-year period
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| or allergies for example, so why should
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| | because I've come out of it stronger. I
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| there be with these? Just like the above
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| | learned how to beat depression and deal
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| illnesses, depression, anxiety and stress
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| | with the very trying circumstances I was
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| have specific causes that can be
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| | faced with. I now know how to cope with
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| addressed. You wouldn't think an asthma
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| | the various trials and tribulations life
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| sufferer could just "snap out of it", yet
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| | throws at all of us and those 5 years of
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| many people say this to depression and
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| | depression and anxiety have given me a
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| anxiety sufferers. Lack of understanding
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| | greater understanding about myself and
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| again causes such a reaction and it is
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| | others. Sure I hated it at the time. But
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| the reaction that is wrong, not the
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| | by getting help and learning how
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| sufferer.
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| | depression had entered my life, I became
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| 3. Suffering a depressive episode is not
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| | stronger than my depression. One thing
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| your fault so why feel guilty? You didn't
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| | that really helped me was to change the
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| wake up one morning and think "right, I
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| | way I thought about what was happening to
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| know, I'll become anxious from now on".
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| | me. Instead of thinking it was something
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| It doesn't happen like that. No one
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| | that no good could ever come from, I
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| CHOOSES depression, it can happen to
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| | looked at it as something that was going
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| people just like many illnesses do. And
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| | to help me to become stronger. What
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| like other illnesses, depression can be
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| | helped me to think this way was
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| treated very effectively. But not one
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| | discovering how many other people used
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| sufferer is to blame. You wouldn't blame
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| | their illnesses and disabilities to do
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| someone who hadn't been taught to read or
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| | something positive with their lives. I
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| write, you wouldn't blame someone who
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| | realized that the same principle could be
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| suffered from hay fever so why blame
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| | applied to stressful and depressive
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| yourself and feel guilty because you're
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| | illnesses and that they too can be used
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| suffering a stressful illness?
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| | in a positive way.
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| 4. If you own a car and it's broken down
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| | The above points clearly demonstrate that
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| you go to a mechanic. If you fall and
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| | the stigmas associated with depressive
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| break your arm, you go to casualty to get
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| | and stressful illnesses are completely
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| it repaired. If you have toothache you go
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| | false and I hope you use them to help you
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| to a dentist to get it sorted. Stressful
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| | win your fight with stress, depression or
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| illnesses can also be fixed, so don't let
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| | anxiety.
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| guilt or shame stop you from getting
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| | Until next time.
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