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This Dr actually understands depression

Thank you very much for your interesting discussion. I did appreciate it. All the best.

I really appreciated Dr. Yapko's thoughtful insights and emphasis on the importance of working with a therapist to work through depression instead of relying on drugs. However, I'm surprised he didn't mention a huge area of experience and focus for him, which is incorporating hypnosis in the sessions. Dr. Yapko has written many well-received books on clinical hypnosis and mindfulness. Having myself gotten positive results from sessions which incorporated hypnosis to help my unconscious process difficult emotions, I feel this was a missed opportunity to delve at least briefly into this potentially effective and powerful modality of healing.

@MedicatingNormal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing, Susan!

@stevekaylor5606

5 ай бұрын

Mostly, the Mental Health people corral people - with disease-like Labels, neurotoxic drugs...

@stevekaylor5606

5 ай бұрын

corral patients

@stevekaylor5606

5 ай бұрын

"Show me the Chemical Balance Tests!" - Jeffrey A. Schaler@@MedicatingNormal

Very sensible and useful information here!

What about when your dealing with chronic illness like diabetes, it’s a very complex disease and really scary, this is where my journey of antidepressants started, my doctor handed me a sample pack of Pristq that’s not what I needed I went there to talk to him about how I was feeling about being newly diagnosed and how scared I was. He wouldn’t listen to me, like I said he handed me pills that I was convinced he the doctor thought I was depressed I guess I must be. And it’s been 10 years on a few different medications and I’m still feeling overwhelmed living with diabetes and no help. These drugs have done nothing for me. And other difficult things have happened since and no real help. Im so fed up with how I was ignored from professionals. And they don’t tapper properly when you want off the drugs.

@mirovinac3968

10 ай бұрын

Nothing is scary if you don't let it to run over you. Did you try intermittent fasting (IF), 12-18 hours daily (1-2 smaller healthy meals a day)? It's not easy in the begininng but it helped me WITHOUT medication to lose some weight and then turned my diabetes 2 into pre-diabetic state in 3 months of IF. Throw away juices, sodas, sugars, strong carbs and take smaller portions of fruits. Try berberine, cinnamon, R-ALA, activated B vitamins (brewer's yeast too), NAC and lutein with zinc and zeaxanthine etc. Take a walk EVERY DAY, bike, run, swim, exercise and relax. Everything is managable/curable if you want it to be so.

@stevekaylor5606

5 ай бұрын

Give you off with drugs - then move on to their next patient!

Like every illness, depression is curable, if you want it to be curable. You can change your thoughts, your emotions and your moods. With practice. It is a hard work (mental and physical) in the beginning but when depression goes away you'll find it was actually easy to do and you will understand why it was so easy. The main problem with all humans is that we are mystifing everything around us, including ourselves and we simply lost ourselves in that myst. When we realize that The key is in your head and that you are really stronger than you thought, you are your boss. But remember - in that process don't torture yourself but also don't pity yourself. Love yourself. And try to understand that not every depression is the same - some people actually are not depressed but they THINK they are.

@scotscub76

7 ай бұрын

"If you want it to be cureable" can you show me the part where people enjoy depression and want to stay depressed? ? I must've missed that over all these years I was trying 10 different medications, 3 types of talk therapies, 2 hours meditation a day, hiring Dtcs devices and electric shock therapy. Why would you even say that when it utterly destroys some people's lives?

@mirovinac3968

7 ай бұрын

​@@scotscub76 Because sometime people try so hard to get out of dep so they stay obsessed with their mind state. And there are some people who are punishing themselves, afraid of living. They think they don't deserve happyness. The reason for persistent dep is often a combination of life conditions and some biological illness which can cause prolonged issue and even create physical changes in brain regions. Find a good/better therapist and maybe try TMS - magnetic brain stimulation. Also, from your answer I am recognizing that you are frustrated and clearly more focused on your condition. Many people are in fact angry, unhappy and frustrated but they think they are depressed. What they need is to accept their lives and themselves, with all goods and wrongs. Maybe medication was wrong, maybe you need different meditation (or not at all), more sleep, a good book, different music, change of habits and people circles, change of your residence, faith, exercise or healthy diet, God, more clean water... I don't know your situation, your beliefs or your chemistry. Diabetes, cancer, inflammatories, thyroid gland, bad gut and cardiovascular problems can cause many mental issues. But often the root is in the early childhood. Search YT for Gabor Mate and Healthygamer.

Dr. Yapko is a good source of information, & talks intelligently about the illness. The risk factors he talks about makes sense. Having said that, I know people who do not have any risk factors & are depressed. The opposite is also true. It's true that medication will never cure depression. However, many people find great relief from their prescribed drugs. Medication usually helps most people greatly short term, but can sometimes seriously harm people long term. I've experienced both Medication will always be the gold standard of treatment for depression since talk therapy is not covered by medical insurance (at least here in Canada). As well, finding a good therapist that's available, affordable, & local, when your barely able to function is simply a joke! Money dictates what kind of treatment a person gets I also know many people who have seen therapists for decades & are no further ahead than when they started. Therapy only served to bankrupt them The self help advice is not terribly practical due to the Severe Apathy aspect of depression. Heavily depressed people cannot be active in their own therapy process due to the nature of the illness. Only after a person's depression lifts can a person become involved in their recovery process. But by then, most people just want to get on with their life & do not want to deal with heavy, dark, mirky, negative issues.

@MedicatingNormal

Жыл бұрын

We asked him the question about money just for you. And he responded. It’s towards the end of the talk

@montesa9136

Жыл бұрын

@@MedicatingNormal Yes, I noticed that! Thank you for doing that Nicole

@Laura-zc3ee

Жыл бұрын

I just want to thank you for your comment. It was incredibly validating for me. I have PMDD and go through a period of two weeks every month where my depression becomes so intense that it impacts my functionality in life. I am able to use my skills learned in therapy during the weeks I do not have PMDD and then when my brain chemicals are all off during those two weeks, I am unable to access my strategies because I'm in such a dark place. So much of what I read and hear about is based on motivation and I think that is the difference. When you have no motivation You're unable to help yourself. I understand what it feels like to be severely depressed and able to be motivated to help myself and severely depressed and unmotivated. The difference is everything.

@stevekaylor5606

5 ай бұрын

The MAID Act in Canada!

What is the name of Yapko technique / approach?

@MedicatingNormal

Жыл бұрын

Links to his books and website are in the video description.