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Rediscover Your Happiness and Joy
Are you feeling down and alone, even when surrounded by friends.
You might be feeling completely alone even when you are surrounded by friends. Or you find yourself just feeling sad and lost too much of the time. Help for depression is closer than you thought…
That feeling of sadness can be overwhelming. You struggle just getting out of bed in the morning let alone trying to do all the things that are expected of you. Lately, you find that its hard enough to take care of yourself let alone care for your family or go to work. Loneliness is becoming your normal while others around you either wonder what is wrong or just seem disconnected from you. You’re nearly to the point where you just don’t care anymore. And that’s not how you used to feel!
Depression is that sense of loss or sadness that you just can’t seem to shake. Sometimes you might not even recognize it or know where it comes from. Its just there…and you’re sick of that sickly feeling that has you withdrawing from friends and family, sleeping most of your life away, or drinking more than you want to. It doesn’t always involve the death of a loved one or the end of a relationship, but sometimes it does.
Feeling sad or down sometimes is normal. Depression is different and can be scary.
There are better days ahead.
It’s normal to feel sad or down sometimes. You don’t have to let depression bury you in feelings of being overwhelmed and lost. You can become stronger and more resilient through the struggle and learn to fight your depressive thoughts and feelings. Your relationship with your partner will become closer and more intimate. Your work life will feel more balanced and rewarding. Your time with family and friends will feel more natural and fun! Most of all, you will feel more like your authentic self again.
Through counseling, you can learn new strategies to identify your feelings, understand them, and learn to cope. You can change the way you feel without drugs or alcohol and you can learn to trust yourself to feel emotions that might not always be what you want to feel. Most of all, you’ll feel better able to reconnect with your family and start living life again.
You can learn the skills to turn sadness into a sense of purpose. You can develop the personal insight to better understand the source of your stressors and learn to manage them in a way that brings strength. Your life can be about opportunity and willingness to change. You can take back control.
Being happier is within your reach.
Counseling for Depression can help you:
Improve your self-confidence
Engage more with your family and enjoy being with each other again
Start having fun again
Reconnect with other people…and yourself
Place your own wellbeing first which makes it easier for you to help others, too
Trust yourself to be okay even on days that aren’t going all that great
Frequently Asked Questions about Counseling for Depression
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Depression is a serious mental health disorder that can include persistently sad moods, loss of interest in hobbies or pleasant activities, and can cause serious difficulties in managing daily activities. Persistent depression can result in changes in sleep, appetite, energy levels, concentration, and self-esteem.
Mostly, when you feel depressed, you just don’t feel like yourself anymore.
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Depression can usually be treated by individual therapy and some changes in our daily activities. Those changes can be scary sometimes, but your therapist will help you get through them. Sometimes simple behaviors can add up to significant changes in the way we feel and think. Its not going to be an overnight change, but it will be effective.
In some cases, medication can help. But real recovery from depression begins with and includes good individual psychotherapy.