Quick Tips for Overcoming Even Serious Depression
Depression is the stand-out winner when it comes to picking the worse of all mental disorders. Why? Well partly because of the sheer number of people affected (experts estimate between 30-95%, dependent upon age group) and partly because depression can be fatal. And very much because it's not just the sufferer who suffers. Depression has a deep and brutal impact on the whole family.
All of that is bad enough to take the prize. But depression is even worse than that because of one thing. The rapid rate at which it's increasing.
This increase is well known and well documented, with the WHO (World Health Organisation) reporting that on current increases, by the year 2020 depression will overtake the cardio-vascular diseases (like heart disease for example) as the most expensive health item on the planet.
So naturally there's a lot of interest in doing something about depression.
But here we have a problem because the only people with the money to "market" solutions are the big drug companies. And of course they're not interested in anything but drug solutions. So far they've given us the SSRI's (serotonin selective re-uptake inhibitors) trying to have us believe that extra exposure to serotonin is the answer.
The SSRI's have been around long enough now for us to have seen some very serious side effects, not just while people are taking them, but especially when they try to stop them! Maybe we could tolerate that if they worked, but the evidence is that they're no more effective than sugar pills. This is why you shouldn't be surprised if your doctor is wary about handing out that prescription!
IF DRUGS DON'T WORK, WHAT DOES?
That's a great question! I'm not saying all drugs are useless for depression, because in rare cases there are certain drugs that sure can be helpful, but it's not the SSRI's! The good news is that a newly-developed Australian treatment for depression, backed by a boatload of excellent research around the world, has proven to provide very fast, and very easy relief for this awful disorder.
It's very important to share exactly what this approach is - too many people depend on it. Firstly it's important to take an inventory of at least 17 lifestyle mistakes that are known to have the potential to actually create depression. Secondly it's important to use a set of therapy techniques that actively eliminate depressed thinking styles in the brain. This is absolutely NOT cognitive behaviour therapy, which is certainly no better than the SSRI's! These new techniques are known as BMSA (brief, multi-sensory activation) and represent a true breakthrough in neurophysiology.
WHAT DETAILS CAN I GET ON THIS NEW TREATMENT STRATEGY?
I don't want to turn this brief article into a book, and in fact I don't need to, because there are two free books that deal quite comprehensively with the crucial lifestyle factors, as well as giving you a chance to actually "try out" one of the techniques that can shut down unwanted brain activity.
These books are "17 Solutions" (detailing the crucial lifestyle factors) and "Stop Wishing and Start GETTING!" which is both an argument against "The Secret" and a demonstration of how easy it can be to achieve positive change when you use a proven scientific approach instead of superstitious thinking, or indeed, out-dated and disproven therapy approaches!
These books are just a couple of the range of freebies accessed by members of TopLifeSolutions.com and you'll have to join to get them. But that's not a problem because membership is free too. The range of self-help tools is excellent, and they're all designed to help people get fast relief from health problems, and move on to a lot more happiness and satisfaction with life in general.
Licensed health professionals can access more technical information and training in depression treatment on www.bmsa-int.com, a peer-support group for clinicians.
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