Depression

Depression means very low mood. More than ordinary sadness, Depression qualifies as a ‘disorder’ when it severely affects your wellbeing or functioning. If you feel low enough to contemplate suicide, you are very likely to receive a formal diagnosis of Depression.

It’s also a very common human experience. Fortunately, it’s highly curable. Long-term Depression is the exception rather than the rule, provided the right therapeutic interventions and patient education (psychological, nutritional and behavioural) are provided.

There are a number of types of depressive disorder. Most people when discussing Depression are thinking of Major Depressive Disorder. This is a state of very low mood that continues for weeks or months. It’s more than the normal reaction to unpleasant life events such as divorce or bereavement.

The related condition Bipolar Disorder (previously known as Manic Depression) is different and sometimes more challenging to resolve.

Below are the articles on Shrink Wrap that mention Depression.

(If you need psychological help for yourself or a loved one who’s experiencing depressed mood, please contact me via my clinic web site.)

Healing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

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Studying health instead of disease. That was the motto of an informal but far reaching 2006 study into the devastating illness known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME). With the cause of the disease eluding scientists, this study sought instead to uncover how those who had successfully recovered from CFS had done so. Read more…

No, you don’t have to ‘love yourself’ before being in a relationship

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Self-help Hooey - love yourself

I’m not against self-help literature. I’m a shrink, so I’m all for it. There are a few fashionable self-help myths, though, that drive me up the wall because they are not only nonsensical, but it’s actually cruel to lead others to believe in them.

So I’m creating a series of Self-help Hooey posts that expose and put right some of this silliness. I hope to make you feel a whole heap better about yourself along the way, and equip you with much better strategies.

We’re going to start with these two doozies… Read more…