Morgan Center for Counseling and Wellbeing provides a range of counseling services. Depression can affect anyone. It can occur at any age. However, it is most common in adults. Depression can impact your thinking, feelings, interactions with others, and how you manage daily life. Depression can lead to sadness, loss of interest in or enjoyment of things that you used to enjoy. Depression can also be a serious mood disorder. An estimated 17 million Americans have experienced at least one episode of major depression in the last year. If you are looking for the best Depression Counselor in Boca Raton look no further than Morgan Center for Counseling!
Depression is treatable. According to reports, 80% to 90% of patients respond to treatment. The first step in feeling better is finding the right psychotherapist to help you understand and deal with depression. Depression responds well to treatment. And often, your therapist can coordinate counseling with your doctor if he/she deems medications to be appropriate.
The stress response system is thrown out of balance by depression, which can cause havoc in the body. As normal immune function is disrupted by stress, anxiety, and/or depression, the risk of developing heart disease, osteoporosis, and diabetes increases, and so can the chance of developing cancer. This is caused by difficult relationships, parenting issues, and work problems.
This article will help you to stay healthy and be healthier. Here are some key points to help you live a healthy, happy lifestyle.
- Professional Therapy: Schedule a session BEFORE symptoms become severe with regular checkups
- Good social support systems and family relationships increase longevity and improve immune system function.
- Research shows journaling increases optimism, reduces stress, and calms the mind.
- Regular sleep is essential for mood stability and a healthy immune response.
- Have a yearly physical exam. Thyroid and other issues can cause anxiety and depression.
- Exercise: it relieves stress, and raises endorphin levels. You can even get outside in natural sunlight to exercise.
You might think, “Perhaps, I can make myself do all these things.” But, the truth is, a mental health professional is licensed and qualified to help you. A therapist is your advocate, your motivator, and your guide to living your best, healthiest life.
Therapy can help you identify the obstacles to your success that are not in your control. These include negative childhood experiences and messages from your parents that you were taught and reinforced by them. We can work together to gently expose and address these self-destructive beliefs, without judgment or shame. Once you have the truth, you can move on and maybe even experience new levels of well-being.
The symptoms of reliving the traumatizing event are:
-Have bad dreams about the event, or something similar
– Flashbacks are a way of feeling or acting as if the same event is happening again.
– Feeling empathetic when reminded of the event
– Feeling a lot of physical sensations after being reminded of the event (heart beats faster or slower, sweating, difficulty breathing and feeling faint).
Avoidance of traumatic events-related symptoms:
-Avoid thoughts, conversations, and feelings that are not related to the event
-Avoid people, places, and activities that are associated with the event
-Having trouble remembering important parts of the trauma. Changes are often made after the event.
-Loss in interest in things that were once considered important
-Feeling detached from others
-Emotionally numb, finds it difficult to feel love even towards those close to you
-Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
-Irritability or anger
-Trouble concentrating
-Feeling one won’t live to see the end of their lives and that there is no reason for you to plan for the future.
-Feeling easily startled
– Always on guard
-Emotional or medical issues
-Stomach problems
-Intestinal problems
-Gynecological issues
-Weight gain/loss
-Chronic pain in the back, neck, or pelvic area for women
-Problems with sleeping
-Problems with staying asleep
-Headaches
-Skin rashes or other problems
-Irritability, anger, and other anger issues
-Nightmares
-Depression
-Lacking energy and chronic fatigue
-Alcoholism, other substance abuse problems
-General anxiety
-Panic attacks
Schedule an appointment to learn the best approach for your situation.
