How To Beat Depression And Anxiety
The key to overcoming depression and anxiety and to stop living a numb fear based existence is in your head.
How to beat depression and anxiety. If you re depressed you need a routine says ian cook md. By taking control of your mind and thoughts and adopting brain healthy habits you can harness the superpower you were born with your brain s proven ability to change itself neuroplasticity to optimize operation change negative thinking patterns and actually alter the chemical balance and physical form and function of your brain so that happy and healthy become your. 10 natural depression treatments 1. Get in a routine.
He s a psychiatrist and director of the. Negative thinking patterns provide the gas for anxiety and depression. The key to self treatment for depression is to be open accepting and loving toward yourself and what you re going through. By defining your workspace where you ll sleep and where you ll relax and keeping them separate you ll allow your brain to do the same.
Work with a therapist to kill the ants automatic negative thoughts that fuel depression. Your doctor may prescribe an antidepressant drug that treats both depression and anxiety symptoms such as an ssri selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor an snri serotonin norepinephrine. Investigate a new type of treatment called tms transcranial magnetic stimulation which was recently fda approved for depression with few side effects. That makes you feel worse about.