What is Depression?
Depression mainly consists of: lack of energy, motivation and proper self-care. This affects a person’s willingness or desire to accomplish daily tasks and may lead to changes in sleep, changes in appetite, decreased mood and may include feeling a lack of purpose or meaning in life. Depression can cause significant impairment in one’s abilities to care for their hygiene, health, and physical body. It can often include suicidal thoughts and self-harm.
Depression can show up in a person’s life as:
- Avoiding new people or experiences
- Low desire to complete daily tasks
- Social isolation
- Poor self-worth, poor self-esteem, and poor self-value
- Changes in weight
- Changes in sleep
- Changes in movement/reaction
- Loss of energy
- Feeling guilty or worthless
- Low concentration
- Thoughts of death or suicide
The treatment for depression aims regulate mood symptoms as well as thought processes, which may include:
The treatment for depression aims regulate mood symptoms as well as thought processes, which may include:
- Existential Therapy (creating meaning and purpose in life)
- Cognitive-Behavioral therapy (CBT) (information, coping skills and homework)
- Psychodynamic (engaging with the unconscious and how it stores memories)
- Analytical/Jung Psychology (learning the meaning of figures and symbols in one’s life)
- Ericksonian (experiential and problem-solving techniques)
- Gestalt/Internal Family Systems (understanding different parts of the self)