Would you benefit from help to get out of a depressed state?
This is one of those winterswhen feeling depressed was normal. To start it off, came the bankruptcy of banks, which saw many people find their pension funds had fallen by one third. What’s more they found that the banks were starting to charge very high interest rates on credit cards – not the normally excessive 30% a year, but over 100 per cent.
These sort of events lead to depression.. Nor were events like losing your home helpful. People could not afford their mortgagesWhy? Because the banks who got the consumers into these loansto start with pushed up interest rates – people found themselves paying 20 per cent more than a few months earlier. Not the sort of thing that makes you feel cheerful.
If you are feeling at hour wit’s end just get some counselling in London from a psychotherapist. What is a psychotherapist? Someone who is a trained psychologist, and who is also a trained therapist. They understand how the mind works, and how to help you.
Then, the northern hemisphere is suffering one of the coldest winters for 100 years, just after many found their heating bills had gone up anyway. Anyone could get depressed in that situation.
Then, in Australia there was the worst natural disaster of all time in February; over 5,000 people lost their homes – every shred was gone – and over 200 people were killed. A terrible tragedy.
Find a trained counsellor for counselling
So, if you are feeling depressed, you are not alone. But don’t worry, because help is at hand. It is not difficult to get counselling for depression in Central London from trained psychotherapists.
Put simply, feeling depressed is a state of mind, and one that you choose. Yes, you choose your state of mind. For example, if you are feeling really sad or depressed, watch a really funny film. You will laugh at times. But this time, after every laugh, just make yourself keep laughing for a whole minute. You will feel better.
The trick is to get yourself feeling better, and then to find why you are feeling depressed and ask yourself whether this is really so bad.
What do have that is good in your life? A friendship? Even without a job, you probably have more cash that 75 per cent of the population of the world. Yes, that is true if you live in New Zealand or Saudi Arabia.