Hypnotherapy Can Be The Key To Digging Yourself Out Of A Depressed State

Some people call it the ‘pits’ and some people call it the ‘blues’ and some call it ‘feeling down in the dumps’. But whatever you may call it, depression is a horrible feeling that you do not need to live with. The most common types of depression are:

Major Depression, which is characterized by a sad mood, sleep disorders, and a decreased or absent appetite. Often when an individual is in a major depression, there is a total lack of drive and motivation and the sufferer lacks the desire to do anything in life. Some people are severely disabled by depression, and some individuals even consider suicide.

Dysthymia: This is a less severe form of long term depression that generally does not totally disable the individual. But it prevents the person from feeling motivated and functioning at their best. Sometimes people who are suffering with Dysthymia are also afflicted with Major Depression, and when this occurs it is called double depression.

Manic Depression is also known as Bipolar Disorder. This form of depression is less common than Dysthymia or major depression. It involves cycles of the manic state, alternated with the depressed state. This is often a long term chronic disorder. Sometimes the mood swings occur suddenly. But more often onset tends to be gradual.

There are numerous variations of depression; the above are only the most common.

Some symptoms of depression include:

Sadness; anxiety; pessimism; insomnia and other sleep disorders; feelings of worthlessness; guilt; restlessness; pain; fatigue; weight loss; headaches; and thoughts of suicide.

Sources of Depression:

Some types of depression are linked to genetics. Living in a stressful environment can precipitate a depression. A traumatic experience such as a serious loss, relationship problems, or financial problems can also lead to depression.

Women are twice as likely to become depressed as men are, but scientists do not know why.

If you are suffering from depression, you will want to seek the advice of your physician. Your doctor may prescribe medication for you. But you should keep in mind that every drug causes side effects.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could control and eliminate your depression just by having certain thoughts? I know that this sounds too good to be true, but quite frequently, various types of depression are caused by having persistently negative thoughts.

Don’t believe me? Then try it out! It’s really quite basic and simple. Just imagine something that you find very sad or troubling. Go ahead, think about it right now! Then come back to this article.

So, what happened? If you truly focused and visualized the sad situation, you started to feel sad and a bit depressed. And the more you permit yourself to remain in that pattern of thought, the sadder you will feel. As you stay in sad thoughts and continue feeling sadder, you lead yourself into a gradually deepening depression.

The good news is that if you think about a happy memory, then you will supplant that depression and sadness and replace it with happy feelings.

Listen closely now, because here are the keys to eliminating your depression: Our most persistent thoughts spring forth from the unconscious. These are the thoughts that we find ourselves involuntarily thinking about throughout the day.

If the persistent thoughts that are continually recurring in your mind are about your sad experiences or problems, then you raise your levels of anxiety, stress, and depression.

But here is the ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Since hypnosis is a medium that we can use to change our unconscious thoughts, NLP and self hypnosis stress management programs can rapidly alter the way that you think, feel, and behave. The best part is that the same exact techniques that help relieve stress also work just as well for eliminating depression!

Listen to me now, because I’m going to tell you exactly why and how it is going to happen. Hypnosis is a natural state of mind. Actually, it is the Alpha state of consciousness. We pass through the Alpha state as we are falling asleep at night. And we pass through it once more as we wake up from sleeping. We also enter the Alpha state when we are imagining and daydreaming.

The unconscious is the seat of our emotions, and it is like a computer; the input controls the output! Hypnotherapy is a wonderful tool for engaging directly with the unconscious and reprogramming it to automatically divert you from negative thought patterns, and towards positive thoughts. It’s a tool that allows you to bypass the consciousness to create positive expectations, which will in turn generate positive feelings. You can beat your depression by using hypnosis therapy.

Alan B. Densky, CH is an NGH certified hypnotist. Since 1978, he’s helped thousands of clients. He offers CDs for hypnosis depression therapy. Visit his Neuro-VISION self-hypnosis site for the hypnosis article index, or watch his free video hypnosis collection.

- Alan B. Densky, CH