Depression
Depression is a persistent state of sadness and
sorrow that
can be
emotionally draining and affect a person's
thoughts, behavior, feelings, and
a sense of
well-being. People with a depressed mood can feel sad, anxious, empty,
hopeless, helpless, worthless,
guilty, irritable, angry,
ashamed, or
restless. A depressed person may
lose interest in activities
that were once pleasurable. A depressed person may also experience loss of appetite or overeat.
They may have problems concentrating,
remembering details or making decisions. A depressed person may experience
relationship
difficulties and may contemplate, attempt or commit
suicide.
Depression is defined as a psychological condition in which a person
experiences deep
negative feelings.
The onset of depression symptoms can be caused by several factors, such as
environmental factors.
Depressed people may also experience
insomnia, excessive sleeping,
fatigue, aches, pains,
digestive problems, or reduced
energy.
Low Serotonin.
Sadness is an
emotional pain associated with, or characterized by,
feelings of
disadvantage, loss,
despair,
grief, helplessness,
disappointment and
sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or
lethargic,
and
withdraw themselves from others. An example of severe sadness is
depression.
Crying is often an indication of sadness.
Situational Depression is known
medically as adjustment disorder with
depressed mood. It often resolves in
time, and
talking about the problem can
ease the recovery process.
Clinical
Depression is known medically as
major depressive disorder, which
can develop if the individual does not recover. This is a more severe
mental health condition.
Despair -
Helplessness -
Melancholy -
Anhedonia -
Pessimism
Depression is real and can also be
life threatening. And like
happiness or
sadness,
depression has
many contributing factors.
Human
Chemistry is very sensitive and complex.
And
helping someone can also be complex.
Psychological Pain is an unpleasant feeling, suffering of a
psychological, non-physical origin.
Grieving
-
Trauma -
Injury -
Internal Feelings -
Stress -
Cortisol
-
Weather Effects Thinking
-
Loneliness -
Two Sides to a Coin
Suffering is an experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated
with the perception of harm or
threat of harm in an individual. Suffering
is often categorized as physical or mental. It may come in all degrees of
intensity, from mild to intolerable. Factors of duration and frequency of
occurrence usually compound that of
intensity. Attitudes toward suffering
may vary widely, in the sufferer or other people, according to how much it
is regarded as avoidable or unavoidable, useful or useless, deserved or
undeserved.
Everyone Experiences Suffering,
and everyone
experiences suffering in
different ways and at different times. There are many things in life that
can cause suffering. There are many ways to perceive suffering. Suffering
from a
physical injury is not the same as
mentally suffering from a
traumatic event or
suffering from a
perceived threat. A physical
injury heals over time, especially when
physical therapy is
used in the
recovery
process. But a mental injury is different, it will not naturally heal
itself unless you are involved with its recovery. The human mind is always
in a constant mode of development. So
the mind
needs to be feed. The mind requires new knowledge and new information
in order to be more effective and more efficient. The mind also requires
new knowledge and new information for management purposes, especially when
managing things that can cause suffering. The
human mind is born with all the tools that it needs, but you need
knowledge and information in order to make full use of these tools.
If you ever feel empty inside, just
remember that you are never empty, because you are full of life, and you
should never forget it. There is more life inside you than outside you,
that includes the entire universe. There is no such thing as empty. There
is always something to be found, you just have to look around and do a
little searching.
We have learned
that our
thoughts
can influence our
mood, and our mood or
body can influence our thoughts.
Knowing your baseline can help
you to be more aware of any changes. Depression is more than a chemical
imbalance, it's more about an information imbalance. You don't have enough
information in order to accurately react to changes and accurately
identify the signals that you're receiving. And
learning is the
only pill that will help you
interpret this information
and correct
this imbalance of information.
Biology of
Depression shows numerous brain areas can have altered activity in
patients suffering from depression, and this has encouraged advocates of
various theories that seek to identify a biochemical origin of the
disease, as opposed to theories that emphasize psychological or
situational causes. Several theories concerning the biologically based
cause of depression have been suggested over the years, including theories
revolving around monoamine neurotransmitters, neuroplasticity,
inflammation and the circadian rhythm.
Depressive symptoms in young adults linked to thinking, memory problems in
midlife. People who experience prolonged depressive symptoms starting
in young adulthood may have worse thinking and memory skills in middle
age, according to a new study. The study also found that depressive
symptoms were experienced more often by Black adults than white adults.
Potential found to counter depression by restoring key brain rhythm.
Restoring certain
signals in a brain
region that processes smells countered depression. Study proposes role for
gamma oscillations in future treatment.
Our experiments revealed a mechanistic link between deficient gamma
activity and behavioral decline in mice and rat models of depression, with
the signal changes in the
olfactory and connected
limbic
systems similar to those seen in depressed patients. Disease-causing
changes in the timing and strength of gamma signals, potentially caused by
infections, trauma, or drugs, from the olfactory bulb to other brain
regions of the limbic system, such as the piriform cortex and hippocampus,
may alter
emotions.
Frown is a
facial expression in which the
eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually
indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often
confusion or
concentration. The appearance of a frown varies by culture. Although most
technical definitions define it as a wrinkling of the brow, in North
America it is primarily thought of as an expression of the mouth. In those
cases when used iconically, as with an emoticon, it is entirely presented
by the curve of the lips forming a down-open curve. The mouth expression
is also commonly referred to in the colloquial English phrase "turn that
frown upside down" which indicates changing from sad to
happy.
Acedia
is a state of listlessness or torpor, of
not caring or not being concerned
with one's position or condition in the world. It can lead to a state of
being unable to perform one's duties in life. Its spiritual overtones make
it related to but arguably distinct from depression. Acedia was originally
noted as a problem among monks and other ascetics who maintained a
solitary life.
Monoamines are neurotransmitters that include
serotonin,
dopamine,
norepinephrine, and
epinephrine. Many antidepressant drugs increase
synaptic levels of the monoamine neurotransmitter, serotonin, but they may
also enhance the levels of two other neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and
dopamine. The observation of this efficacy led to the monoamine hypothesis
of depression, which postulates that the deficit of certain
neurotransmitters is responsible for the corresponding features of
depression: "
Norepinephrine may be related to alertness and energy as well
as anxiety, attention, and interest in life; [lack of] serotonin to
anxiety, obsessions, and compulsions; and dopamine to attention,
motivation, pleasure, and reward, as well as interest in life." The
proponents of this hypothesis recommend choosing the antidepressant with
the mechanism of action impacting the most prominent symptoms. Anxious or
irritable patients should be treated with SSRIs or norepinephrine reuptake
inhibitors, and the ones with the loss of energy and enjoyment of
life—with norepinephrine and dopamine enhancing drugs. Others have also
proposed the relationship between monoamines and phenotypes such as
serotonin in sleep and suicide, norepinephrine in dysphoria, fatigue,
apathy, cognitive dysfunction, and dopamine in loss of motivation and
psychomotor symptoms.
"You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there."
Major
Depressive Disorder also known simply as
depression, is a
mental disorder characterized by at least two
weeks of low mood that is present across most situations. It is often
accompanied by low self-esteem, loss of interest in normally enjoyable
activities, low energy, and pain without a clear cause. People may also
occasionally have false beliefs or see or hear things that others cannot.
Some people have periods of depression separated by years in which they
are normal while others nearly always have symptoms present. Major
depressive disorder can negatively affect a person's personal, work, or
school life, as well as sleeping, eating habits, and general health.
Between 2–7% of adults with major depression die by suicide, and up to 60%
of people who die by suicide had depression or another mood disorder.
Bipolar.
One Thought Leads to Another
I was
thinking about an
experience that I
had years ago, which lead me to
remember another similar experience that I
had, which lead me to remember another experience that was related to the
other experience that I had, and that experience was really sad, which
made me feel really sad.
How did I get here? Oh ya,
one thought leads to another and every
memory is connected several other
memories. Before it all started, I was just happy and fine. Memories, the
good, the bad and the ugly. I will always back track my thoughts now, and
stick with the good
memories, and not let my thoughts carry me to far away
to the land of bad times. Besides, thoughts that lead to other thoughts is
a good thing to have, especially when you're
coming up with new ideas or solving
problems. We learn by
association, so our thoughts and ideas are connected.
So one thought leading to another thought is normal.
The brains memory
works by association. So naturally, if you were thinking about
something, then anything related to that thought can be remembered, like
hearing a song that reminds you of an experience that you had years ago. But you need to be
aware of
racing thoughts, when the mind uncontrollably brings up random
thoughts and memories that zoom through the mind as they jump from one to
the next. If experiencing these thoughts at night when going to
sleep, and
suddenly awaken, you may be startled and confused by the very
random and
sudden nature of thoughts. It's not that you are
losing control of your
thoughts, it's just that you were
not aware of the fact that you
were not
paying attention to what you were
thinking about. And when you do
pay attention to what you are thinking,
and
focus on thoughts and ideas that are
relevant and valuable, then you
will become more aware and more in
control of your thinking. You have to
remember that the brain never stops working, but you can control the speed
and the subjects when you are awake and aware. But when you're sleeping or
not aware, that's when you brain does things
randomly, like the
dreams you have when
sleeping.
Mind Wandering -
Default Mode Network -
Rumination -
Inner Monologue
-
Memory Cues -
Triggers -
How the Brain makes Connections
-
Spontaneous -
Cause
and Effect
Dual Process Theory provides an account of how
thought can arise
in two different ways, or as a result of two different processes. Often,
the two processes consist of an implicit (automatic), unconscious process
and an explicit (controlled), conscious process. Verbalized explicit
processes or attitudes and actions may change with persuasion or
education; though implicit process or attitudes usually take a long amount
of time to change with the forming of new habits.
Mental State.
Retrace your thoughts and go back over your thoughts
again and reassemble them mentally. If you want to stop going down the
same path, you have to understand the exact words that are causing you to
turn
unconsciously down a path
that leads to depressing thoughts. The more times that you can catch
yourself thinking these particular thoughts, the more control you will
have in changing the direction of your thinking, which will help you avoid
going down the same path that leads you to nowhere, except sadness.
Mindful -
Cognitive Reframing.
One
thought leads to another. So once and a while you have to stop and
ask, where did these thoughts start and where are these thoughts headed?
What is driving your thinking? Who's at the wheel? Awareness is a tool
that you need to use and control, and you need to keep it sharp and
strong, so you need to
feed on
knowledge and exercise that ability by
focusing,
and by
resting the mind and let it
wander.
Why do some thoughts take a turn for the worse? All of a
sudden, when I'm thinking about something, I start thinking about some
horrible scenario or imagine some traumatic event happening. It makes no
sense, so I laugh it off and stop letting my thoughts run away to these
crazy places that have no benefit. Yo brain, stop that, it's not funny.
Sometimes our
imaginations
can get the best of us. Sometimes we are not aware that we are
fantasizing. We need to be more
mindful
of our thoughts and not be so
mindless or
robotic.
Train of Thought refers to the
interconnection in
the
sequence of ideas expressed during
a connected discourse or thought, as well as the sequence itself,
especially in discussion how this sequence leads from one idea to another.
When a reader or listener
loses the train of
thought, they can lose the relation between consecutive sentences
or phrases, or the relation between non-verbal concepts in an argument or
presentation, so comprehension is lost of the expressed or unexpressed
thought.
Where was I?
Mind Wandering -
Changing Perspective -
Two
Sides
Stream of Consciousness is the flow of thoughts in the conscious mind.
Research studies have shown that we only experience one mental event at a
time as a fast-moving mind stream.
The Fixx -
One Thing Leads To Another (youtube)
You Are What
You Think -
Language
Shapes your ThoughtsDon't be a
Debbie Downer, be a
Pollyanna instead.
Reverse Placebo Effect
-
Boredom -
Over
Thinking -
Ruminate
Intrusive
Thought is an unwelcome involuntary thought, image, or unpleasant idea
that may become an obsession, is upsetting or distressing, and can feel
difficult to manage.
Get
Unplugged (technology addiction) -
Non-Physical Pain.
One great way to become
aware of your thoughts is to
focus on your
breathing. Focus on breathing in and then breathing out. Then after a
few moments focus on your
goals, or your
mantra, or things that you know are
healthy or important. Then you can start your day again. If you are trying
to sleep, just focus on your breathing and try not to think of anything
and clear your mind, just relax and go back to
sleep.
Where do our Minds Wander? Increased
alpha brain waves were detected in the prefrontal cortex of more than
two dozen study participants when their thoughts jumped from one topic to
another, providing an electrophysiological signature for unconstrained,
spontaneous thought. Alpha waves are slow brain rhythms whose frequency
ranges from 9 to 14 cycles per second. Meanwhile, weaker brain signals
known as P3 were observed in the parietal cortex, further offering a
neural marker for when people are not paying attention to the task at
hand.
What our wandering thoughts can teach us about mental health.
Researchers analyzed idle thoughts for 10 minutes. What they learned may
be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues such as
depression. 78 participants were trained to voice their thoughts aloud for
10 minutes while sitting alone in a room without access to electronic
devices. Researchers used audio equipment to record those thoughts, then
transcribed the recordings and analyzed them for content. In total, more
than 2,000 thoughts were analyzed. While insightful in its own right, this
snapshot approach doesn't tell us much about how thoughts unfold and
transition over time, features of thinking that we think are important for
our mental health. We were able to witness how some people became trapped
in perseverative cycles of thinking.
Depression is Not Unusual
Everyone gets depressed every now and then. But for some people, depression is a
serious debilitating illness. Finding the correct treatment is very
difficult. But the more treatment options that you can learn about the
better your chances will be in getting the right kind of help. There
are many internal factors and many external factors that need to be
defined. So be very careful with
assessments. Learn as much as you can about the
phycology of the self and
be very careful
with medications, because certain drugs can make things worse.
We also know that
the brain changes, and certain areas like the
hippocampus, may
shrink, which
can cause a person to be emotionally sensitive and unable to
control emotions. You can easily attach an
emotion
to a
certain thought or
memory. This could trigger a depression that
will last long after the thought or memory is over. So if you
recognize what thought or memory triggered that depressive
feeling then you could train yourself not to react in a
depressive or negative way to that memory or thought in the
future. This way that thought or memory will not trigger a
depression because you are now aware of the
negative influence
of this memory, thought, or situation, and now you understand it
and now you can move past it without it causing you to feel
depressed anymore. This also applies to future actions or future
situations that you must contend with. If you feel
anxiety
or worry about future situations then you must separate these
emotions from the actual information so that you can clearly
understand this moment in the future.
Late
Life Depression refers to a
major depressive episode
occurring for the first time in an older person (usually over 50 or 60
years of age). Concurrent medical problems and lower functional
expectations of elderly patients often obscure the degree of impairment.
Typically, elderly patients with depression do not report depressed mood,
but instead present with less specific symptoms such as
insomnia,
anorexia, and fatigue.
Elderly persons sometimes
dismiss less severe depression as an acceptable response to life
stress or a normal part of aging, which it is
not.
Epidemiologic Depression Scale -
Weather Effects
Apps for Depression -
ACT Coach App, learn how to control negative thoughts and
feelings by trough awareness exercises (Free iOS) -
Depression CBT Self-Help Guide (Free App). -
Happify -
Mind Shift (app).
Meditation Apps -
Creative Healing Online
Super better tool helps
illness or Injury Recovery
Support
Groups (counseling) -
Self Directed Learning (training and learning something new)
Assessment Errors -
Adolescent Depression Knowledge Questionnaire (ADKQ) -
Achieving Depression Literacy.
Psychosomatic Medicine is a term that often encompasses
illnesses with no physical basis at all, and even
illnesses that are faked
or malingering. The term is normally restricted to those illnesses that do
have a clear physical basis, but where it is believed that psychological
and mental factors also play a role.
Mental processes
can act as a major factor
affecting medical outcomes are areas where psychosomatic medicine has
competence. This is an interdisciplinary medical field exploring the
relationships among social, psychological, and behavioral factors on
bodily processes and quality of life in humans and animals. Some physical
diseases are believed to have a mental component derived from stresses and
strains of everyday living.
Placebos.
Neurochemicals - Brain Chemistry
Neurochemical is a small organic
molecule or peptide that participates in
neural activity. The science
of
neurochemistry studies the
functions of
neurochemicals.
Two neurochemicals that have an important role in mental health,
particularly anxiety and depression, are
glutamate
and
gamma-aminobutyric acid or ‘GABA’ for short. Elevated levels of
glutamate have been found in the brains of people with depression,
specifically in the basal ganglia, an area that has a key role in motor
control, motivation and decision-making. High levels of glutamate in this
part of the brain have been associated with
anhedonia (an inability to experience pleasure), and slow motor
function. When glutamate is too high, it can become toxic to
neurons
and glia (the cells that make sure the brain stays healthy). There is
extensive research evidence that supports the relationship between
systemic i
nflammation and
depression. People with depression have all the primary markers of
systemic inflammation (caused by
stress,
diet,
toxins,
allergies,
illness). Researchers now think that one of the
ways that
inflammation may do this
is by increasing glutamate levels in critical areas of the brain.
Psychiatric Drugs.
Neurochemistry -
Hormones -
Body Affects your Thoughts -
Weather Effects
Know your Baseline -
Microbes
-
Food -
PH
Organic Brain Syndrome refers to any syndrome or disorder of mental
function whose cause is alleged to be known as organic or physiologic
rather than purely of the mind. These names are older and nearly obsolete
general terms from psychiatry, referring to many physical disorders that
cause impaired mental function. They are meant to exclude psychiatric
disorders (mental disorders). Originally, the term was created to
distinguish physical (termed "organic") causes of mental impairment from
psychiatric (termed "functional") disorders, but during the era when this
distinction was drawn, not enough was known about brain science (including
neuroscience, cognitive science, neuropsychology, and mind-brain
correlation) for this cause-based classification to be more than educated
guesswork labeled with misplaced certainty, which is why it has been
deemphasized in current medicine. While mental or behavioural
abnormalities related to the dysfunction can be permanent, treating the
disease early may prevent permanent damage in addition to fully restoring
mental functions. An organic cause to brain dysfunction is suspected when
there is no indication of a clearly defined psychiatric or "inorganic"
cause, such as a mood disorder.
Depression Linked to Reduced Arginine Levels.
Arginine
is an
α-amino acid that
is used in the
biosynthesis
of
proteins. It contains an
α-amino group, an α-carboxylic acid group, and a side chain consisting of
a 3-carbon aliphatic straight chain ending in a guanidino group.a
semiessential or conditionally essential amino acid, depending on the
developmental stage and health status of the individual. Preterm infants
are unable to synthesize or create arginine internally, making the amino
acid nutritionally essential for them. Most healthy people do not need to
supplement with arginine because it is a component of all
protein-containing foods and can be synthesized in the body from glutamine
via citrulline. Arginine plays an important role in cell division, wound
healing, removing ammonia from the body, immune function, and the release
of hormones. It is a precursor for the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO),
making it important in the regulation of blood pressure. L-arginine is
generally recognized as safe (GRAS-status) at intakes of up to 20 grams
per day.
The role of inflammation in depression: from evolutionary imperative to
modern treatment target
Towards a Glutamate Hypothesis of Depression
Neutrons show a connection between lithium concentrations in the brain and
depression. Depressive disorders are among the most frequent illnesses
worldwide. The causes are complex and to date only partially understood.
The trace element lithium appears to play a role. The distribution of
lithium in the brains of depressive people is different from the
distribution found in healthy humans. Lithium is familiar to many of us
from rechargeable batteries. Most people ingest
lithium on a
daily basis in drinking water. International studies have shown that a
higher natural
lithium content in drinking water coincides with a
lower suicide rate among the population.
Both Physical Exercise and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Reduce the
Facing-the-Viewer Bias in Biological Motion Perception -
Body SmartPhysical
Disorder is often used as a term in contrast to a
mental disorder, in an attempt to differentiate
medical disorders that have an available mechanical test (such as chemical
tests or brain scans), from those disorders which have no laboratory or
imaging test, and are diagnosed only by behavioral syndrome.
How taking
pain killers like
paracetamol can
reduce empathy in a person.
Antidepressant are
medications used to
treat major depressive disorder, some anxiety disorders, some chronic
pain conditions, and to help manage some addictions. Common side-effects
of antidepressants include dry mouth, weight gain, dizziness, headaches,
sexual dysfunction, and emotional blunting. Most types of antidepressants
are typically safe to take,
but may cause
increased thoughts of suicide when taken by children, adolescents,
and young adults. A discontinuation syndrome can occur after stopping any
antidepressant which resembles recurrent depression. Some reviews of
antidepressants for depression in
adults find
benefit while others do not. Evidence of benefit in children and
adolescents is unclear. There is debate in the medical community about how
much of the observed effects of antidepressants can be attributed to the
placebo effect. Most
research on whether antidepressant drugs work is done on people with very
severe symptoms, so the results cannot be extrapolated to the general
population. There are methods for managing depression which do not involve
medications or may be used in conjunction with medications.
GLYX-13 is a novel antidepressant that is under development
by Allergan (previously Naurex) as an adjunctive therapy for the treatment
of treatment-resistant major depressive disorder.
Pharmacogenetic Testing shows promise improving symptoms in patients
with treatment-resistant depression. Pharmacogenetic testing was
associated with nearly a two-fold (89 per cent) increase in remission
rates compared to treatment as usual in a recent clinical study.
Treatment-Resistant Depression is when a
persons condition does not improved after trying at least two
antidepressant medications.
Rhodiola Rosea is a perennial flowering plant in the family
Crassulaceae, has been used for centuries to cope with the cold Siberian
climate and stressful life. The plant has been used in traditional Chinese
medicine, where it is called hóng jǐng tiān. The medicine can be used to
prevent altitude sickness. The herb may be helpful for enhancing physical
performance and alleviating mental fatigue, methodological flaws limit
accurate assessment of efficacy. (commonly golden root, rose root,
roseroot, western roseroot, Aaron's rod, Arctic root, king's crown, lignum
rhodium, orpin rose).
We have learned a
lot about how our human chemistry and how it can affected by our environment,
and by the choices that we make. We have learned that the human
body needs maintenance in order for it to maximize its physical
abilities. Some of this maintenance includes
proper sleep,
proper
food,
proper exercise and
avoiding allergies and
sensitivities from the environment. To me depression is a
Chemical Reaction, or
information in the brain, that is misinterpreted, which makes
your thoughts difficult to control and not easy to understand. Don't confuse
apathy or
annoyance with Depression, because being Cranky could just
be from a lack of
sleep.
And you also don't want to confuse
Grief and
Disappointment with Depression either because those
feelings should only be temporary.
We have learned to never
underestimate the importance of this human responsibility of
maintaining a healthy and strong body.
The main reason being
that proper exercise and proper food intake also controls the
human chemistry that we depend on to work properly. And we need
to understand as much as we can about our human chemistry if we
are to recognize when things are not correct. Reoccurring
concerns that we experience are questions that we need to answer
completely or they will continue to show up in our thought
processes. So again
problem solving skills
show us just how important these skills are to have and how they
can be applied to almost every area of our lives. Our
relationships with other people
can also have both positive and negative impacts on
our chemistry.
When these impacts are negative, these types of stresses can
cause confusion in our human chemistry. But just being
physically strong will not guarantee that you will not struggle
with your emotions or recognize when your thinking has become
impaired. You need to be knowledgeable about the abilities of the
human brain.
You have to determine which chemical imbalances are
accurate and which chemical signals are inaccurate. We do this
by asking the right questions and by analyzing the right areas
of our body. You need to look at all the influences before you
decide on what changes to make and when to make them. Be very
cautious when it comes to
medications because you
may just be treating the symptoms and not the cause, which in
the long run could make your depression worse. Be Very Careful when
experimenting with
drugs, especially
pharmaceuticals. There's a difference between
worrying,
anxieties and Depression?
Human Microbial Balance
Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior
and central
GABA Receptor expression in a mouse via the
vagus nerve.
Lactobacillus Acidophilus is a species of gram positive
bacteria in the genus Lactobacillus. L. acidophilus is a homofermentative,
microaerophilic species, fermenting sugars into lactic acid, and grows
readily at rather low pH values (below pH 5.0) and has an optimum growth
temperature of around 37 °C (99 °F). L. acidophilus occurs naturally in
the human and animal gastrointestinal tract and mouth. Some strains of L.
acidophilus may be considered to have
probiotic characteristics. These
strains are commercially used in many dairy products, sometimes together
with Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp.
bulgaricus in the production of acidophilus-type yogurt. Its genome has
been sequenced.
Probiotics (microbes influence
thoughts) -
The Body Effects the Mind.
A randomized controlled trial to test the effect of
multispecies probiotics on cognitive reactivity to sad mood.
What do you say to someone who's
depressed? Tell them.."I'm Here For You, how can I help?" Tell
them.."Let's Do Something, lets take a walk, lets talk to
someone, let's go somewhere nice. Tell them...I Don't Know
Exactly What You're Feeling, But It Has To Be Hard. Try not to
talk, listen carefully to the person. Don't give stupid advice
or say stupid things. Like don't worry you'll get better, or,
don't feel bad because there are people who have it worse then
you.
Microbiota Modulate Behavioral and Physiological Abnormalities Associated
with Neurodevelopmental DisordersWhat therapists should
do
If sadness is created by me, then sadness does not exist, and
hopelessness does not exist.
Perspective should
be based on correct calculations of the facts, but I'm not
always aware of all the math that's involved. So what ever I'm
feeling is not exactly accurate. And as soon I start checking
for accuracy, I find out that the sadness was misrepresented, so
my feeling of
hopelessness was just a feeling, and not based on any facts.
So I have no proof that things are hopeless. So the fact is, you
can't prove things are hopeless, because once you start trying
to calculate its existence, it's gone. And that is mostly
because possibilities are every where. So I either forgot that
the possibilities were there, or I never took the time to look
for them, always take time to look.
System Reboot Be extremely careful, don't
relate yourself to a word that describes a feeling of very
little importance, something that is vague, something that
cannot be accurately interpreted.
The Sun Shines even on Cloudy Days, so
when life hands you lemons, you make lemonade.
Life Quotes.
Live, Learn, Love and
Progress....Let's get on with this...
As a child I just loved to ride my bike, it was one of the greatest
things that I learned as a kid. But once you stop enjoying something that
you have done your whole life, you have to wonder what happened? Why are
you not having fun anymore doing this activity? Riding a bike and other
sports have always had some discomfort, but that never stopped you from
enjoying the experience before, never, so what is it? Did you forgot how
amazing riding your bike is? When we forget to live in the moments that
make up our life, and when we forget how to enjoy those moments, that's
when we start to lose the enjoyment of life.
My Favorite Things
- Julie Andrews (youtube) - Show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical
The Sound of Music. - Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, Brown paper packages
tied up with strings, These are a few of my favorite things. Cream
colored ponies and crisp apple strudels, Door bells and sleigh bells and
schnitzel with noodles, Wild geese that fly with the moon on their
wings, These are a few of my favorite things. Girls in white dresses
with blue satin sashes, Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes,
Silver white winters that melt into springs, These are a few of my
favorite things. When the dog bites, When the bee stings, When I'm
feeling sad. I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't
feel so bad. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper
kettles and warm woolen mittens, Brown paper packages tied up with
strings, These are a few of my favorite things, Cream colored ponies
and crisp apple strudels, Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with
noodles, Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings, These are a
few of my favorite things, Girls in white dresses with blue satin
sashes, Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, Silver white
winters that melt into springs, These are a few of my favorite things,
When the dog bites, When the bee stings, When I'm feeling sad, I simply
remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad. When the dog
bites, When the bee stings, When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my
favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad.
Bad Feelings - Definitions of Negative Moods
Dysthymia is
defined as a
low mood occurring for at least
two years with symptoms that include
lost interest
in normal activities, hopelessness,
low self-esteem, low appetite,
low energy, sleep
changes, and
poor concentration.
Dysphoria
is a
profound state of unease or dissatisfaction. In a psychiatric
context, dysphoria may accompany depression, anxiety, or agitation. It can
also refer to a state of not being comfortable in one's current body,
particularly in cases of gender dysphoria. Common reactions to dysphoria
include
emotional distress, in some cases, even physical distress is seen.
The opposite state of mind is known as
euphoria.
Anhedonia is the
inability to enjoy things or feel excitement or
the
inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable.
Bored -
Lack of Confidence -
Falling Out of Love -
CatharticWhen you're not happy,
it doesn't mean that you're sad. You're not dead inside or suppressing
your emotions, you're just in a neutral state of mind, like zero point
energy.
Meditation.
Despair is a
perceived state of mind in which all
hope is lost, abandon or
absent. The feeling that
everything is wrong and nothing will turn out
well, to give up hope. A
gut feeling that something is not
right.
Diseases of Despair are three classes of behavior-related medical
conditions that increase in groups of people who experience despair due to
a sense that their long-term social and economic outlook is bleak. The
three disease types are
drug
overdose (including alcohol overdose),
suicide,
and
alcoholic liver disease.
Diseases of despair, and the resulting
deaths of
despair, are high in the Appalachia region of the United States.
The prevalence increased markedly during the first decades of the 21st
century, especially among middle-aged and older working class white
Americans starting in 2010, followed by an increase in mortality for
Hispanic Americans in 2011 and African Americans in 2014. It gained media
attention because of its connection to the opioid epidemic.
Helplessness is a feeling of powerlessness
revealed by an inability to act. A feeling of being unable to manage. The
state of needing help from something.
Morbidity is the relative incidence of a particular disease. An
abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind. The quality of being
unhealthful and generally bad for you.
Dreary is something lacking in liveliness,
charm or surprise. A state of melancholy depression. Extreme dullness;
lacking spirit or interest.
Melancholy
is a feeling of thoughtful sadness. A constitutional tendency to be gloomy
and depressed. Characterized by, causing or expressing sadness. Grave or
even gloomy in character. Melancholy is a feeling of
pensive sadness,
typically with no obvious cause.
Dejection
is a state of melancholy depression.
Somber
is having a grave or even gloomy in character. Lacking brightness or
color; dull.
Grave is something
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. Something of great
gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought. To impress deeply on
the mind. Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to
keeping promises. A place for the burial of a corpse, especially beneath
the ground and marked by a tombstone.
Gloomy is something depressingly dark and filled with melancholy
and despondency. Causing dejection.
Doom
and Gloom.
Despondency is feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.
Disheartened is feeling less hopeful or
enthusiastic. Discouraged.
Dejection
is a state of melancholy depression.
Rumination is the focused attention on the symptoms of one's
distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its
solutions.
Ruminate (worrying too much)
Bipolar also known as
manic depression, is a mental disorder
that causes periods of depression and periods of elevated mood. The
elevated mood is significant and is known as mania or hypomania, depending
on its severity, or whether symptoms of
psychosis
are present. During mania, an individual behaves or feels abnormally
energetic, happy, or irritable. Individuals often make poorly thought out
decisions with little regard to the consequences. The need for sleep is
usually reduced during manic phases. During periods of depression, there
may be crying, a negative outlook on life, and poor eye contact with
others.
Masked Depression was a proposed form of atypical depression
in which somatic symptoms or behavioural disturbances dominate the
clinical picture and disguise the underlying affective disorder.
Somatic is characteristic
of the body as opposed to the mind or
spirit.
Visceral
is obtained through
intuition rather
than from reasoning or observation.
Atypical Depression is characterized by i
mproved mood in
response to positive events. In contrast, people with melancholic
depression generally do not experience an improved mood in response to
normally pleasurable events. Atypical depression also features significant
weight gain or an increased appetite, hypersomnia, a heavy sensation in
the limbs and interpersonal rejection sensitivity that results in
significant social or occupational impairment.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Malaise is a
feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or
pain, often the first indication of an infection or other disease.
Melancholia
a disease or ailment being caused by an
imbalance in one or other of the
four basic bodily liquids, or
humours,
black bile, yellow bile,
phlegm and
blood.
Humorism
was a system of medicine detailing the makeup and workings of the human
body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers,
positing that an excess or deficiency of any of four distinct bodily
fluids in a person—known as humors or humours—directly influences their
temperament and health. It is also present in the Indian Ayurveda
system
of medicine.
Melancholic Depression
is a subtype of clinical depression requiring at least one of the
following symptoms: Anhedonia (the inability to find pleasure in positive
things). Lack of mood reactivity (i.e. mood does not improve in response
to positive events). And at least three of the following: Depression that
is subjectively different from grief or loss. Severe weight loss or loss
of appetite. Psychomotor agitation or retardation. Early morning
awakening. Guilt that is excessive. Worse mood in the morning.
Athymhormic Syndrome characterized by
extreme passivity, apathy,
blunted affect and a profound
generalized loss of self-motivation and conscious thought. For example, a
patient spent 45 minutes with his hands on a lawn mower, totally unable to
initiate the act of mowing. This “
kinetic blockade”
disappeared instantaneously when his son told him to move. The existence
of such symptoms in patients after damage to certain structures in the
brain has been used in support of a physical model of motivation in human
beings, wherein the limbic loop of the basal ganglia is the initiator of
directed action and thought. It is characterized by an absence of
voluntary motion without any apparent motor deficit, and patients often
describe a complete
mental void or blank.
This is accompanied by reduced affect or emotional concern (athymhormy)
and often by compulsions, repetitive actions, or tics. After stimulation
from the outside, such as a direct command, the patient is able to move
normally and carry out complex physical and mental tasks for as long as
they are prompted to continue. The symptoms may be differentiated from
depression because depression requires the existence of sadness or
negative thoughts, while athymhormic patients claim to have complete lack
of thoughts, positive or negative.
Encephalopathy any disorder or disease of the brain, especially
chronic degenerative conditions. In modern usage, encephalopathy does not
refer to a single disease, but rather to a syndrome of overall brain
dysfunction; this syndrome has many possible organic and inorganic causes.
Encephalopathy" means damage or disease that affects the brain. It happens
when there's been a change in the way your brain works or a change in your
body that affects your brain. Those changes lead to an altered mental
state, leaving you confused and not acting like you usually do. The
hallmark of encephalopathy is an altered mental state or
delirium. Characteristic
of the
altered mental state is impairment
of the cognition, attention, orientation, sleep–wake cycle and
consciousness. An altered state of consciousness may range from failure of
selective attention to drowsiness. Hypervigilance may be present; with or
without: cognitive deficits, headache, epileptic seizures, myoclonus
(involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles) or asterixis
("flapping tremor" of the hand when wrist is extended).
Boredom does not exist. You either
forgot what
you are doing or you are
unaware of your options and
capabilities.
Regularly use of the
internet can have a 33
percent reduction in depression, that's only if you use it right.
Onism is false, irrelevant and narrow
minded. To see the world from only
your experience is to see very little, and to know very little.
Besides, some experiences are better to read about then they are
to physically experience yourself. You can't do it all, you
can't do everything and you can't know everything. But together,
we can do everything, and we can know everything. Though we are
individuals, we are still one, one unique species, among
millions of other species. We are part of a growing universe,
part of a growing galaxy, part of a growing world. Our future
ahead of us stretches billions of years. We have created more
experiences in the last 100 years then we have in our entire
existence here on earth. Does it mean we need to experience them
all? No. Does it mean we need to see it all? No. Does it mean we
need to know it all? No. Do as much as you can, learn as much as
you can, share as much as you can and enjoy as much as you can.
Leave the sorrow and self pity with the ignorance from which it
came. We have no time for sadness, or ignorant points of view
that are based on
misconceptions and narrow mindedness.
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