Depression
Do you sometimes feel like you can’t handle the world? Are there days that all you want to do is cry and be by yourself? Are you having difficulty in being positive or hopeful about yourself or the future? As you wake up, do you worry about what the day has to offer? Do you have feelings of worthlessness or that success is not for you? Are the simple things in life causing you to feel irritable and angry almost all of the time? Do you find yourself wanting to sleep too much or unable to get enough sleep? Have your eating habits changed dramatically? Have you lost your purpose in life? Is it difficult for you to think or make decisions at home, work or school? Lastly, have you been experiencing suicidal thoughts or attempts? If so, YOU CAN DEFINITELY GET HELP! WE WILL HELP YOU! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Our methods at Healing Crossroads are to assist you to regain an enriching and positive life in order to feel that all things are possible. Let us help put you back in the driver’s seat of your life. Be in control of your life rather than having your negative thoughts control you and your circumstances. We can provide coping skills to manage your depressive symptoms and get you back to functioning with your normal daily life activities. We will work with you to identify the triggers to depression. We use a cognitive behavioral approach to look at how your thoughts affect your mood and how your mood affects your behavior.
Symptoms:
- Depressed mood sadness, emptiness
- Crying spells, irritability and anger
- Loss of Interest in normal daily life activities
- Increase or Decrease of appetite
- Sleep disturbances such as increase of or decrease of sleep
- Fatigue and loss of energy
- Feeling tired regardless of how much sleep you get
- Feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness or guilt
- Loss of value about self, low self-esteem and lack of confidence
- Brain Fog, diminished ability to think, concentrate or make decisions
- Thoughts of death, suicidal thoughts with or without a specific plan
- Cutting self, attempts of suicide
Interventions/Solutions:
- Being supportive
- Active listening skills
- Discuss feelings of depressed mood
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Identify problems that are critical vs. problems that are non-critical
- Identifying negative, faulty and irrational thoughts
- Raising awareness of overly critical self evaluations
- Practicing positive thinking
- Identifying positive goals and hopes
- Learning and practicing coping skills