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Depression is a serious illness. Health professionals use the terms depression, depressive
illness or clinical depression to refer to something very different from the common
experience of feeling miserable or fed-
When you are depressed, you may have feelings of extreme sadness that can last for a long time. These feelings are severe enough to interfere with your daily life, and can last for weeks or months, rather than days.
About 15% of people will have a bout of severe depression at some point in their lives. However, the exact number of people with depression is hard to estimate because many people do not get help, or are not formally diagnosed with the condition.
Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression as men, although men are far more likely to commit suicide. This may be because men are more reluctant to seek help for depression.
Depression can affect people of any age, including children. Studies have shown that 2% of teenagers in the UK are affected by depression.
People with a family history of depression are more likely to experience depression themselves. Depression affects people in many different ways and can cause a wide variety of physical, psychological (mental) and social symptoms.
A few people still think that depression is not a real illness and that it is a form of weakness or admission of failure. This is simply not true. Depression is a real illness with real effects, and it is certainly not a sign of failure. In fact, famous leaders all experienced bouts of depression.
Consider Neurofeedback Therapy as a drug free non invasive therapy that trains your brain to work more effectively that absolves, de habilitating, low mood, negative, depressive and anxious thoughts.
What is Neurofeedback Therapy?
Neurofeedback Therapy is the use of computerised equipment to record a person’s brainwaves. These are converted by the computer so that when desired or “good” brainwaves are produced a graphic display on the computer screen changes e.g. it could be a thermometer rising or a dolphin swimming.
Neurofeedback is sometimes called an “exercise for the brain.” It helps the individual to learn to regulate his or her brainwaves.
The scientific literature has examples of many problems that can be helped with neurofeedback. These include: Anxiety, panic, depression, brain injury as neurofeedback helps to grow new neural networks, and much more.
Depression
Contact Brainhealth for more information and a free consultation to see if Neurofeedback Therapy training is for you!