Date: 3/26/2008 7:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 14754
depression is not just a state of mind. It is related to physical changes in the brain, and connected to an imbalance of a type of chemical that carries signals in your brain and nerves. These chemicals are called neurotransmitters  |
Date: 3/26/2008 7:26:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 51393
Yeah i was just reading about that as well i'ts just i did not post it as continuos on here to much reading.  |
Date: 3/26/2008 7:34:00 PM
From Authorid: 64365
Thank you so much for sharing this, Diana...it was very informative. HUGS  |
Date: 3/26/2008 7:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 15070
I suffer from clinical depression. It is a combination of both chemical, and external events that triggered mine. I had my thyroid gland removed (I had tyroid cancer), and my Mother died less than two years later (from Cancer). We battled Cancer at the same time, so I have been diagnosed with "Survivor's Guilt". It is easily controlled, in my case, with medication. I do know there is a connection between "anger" & "depression".  |
Date: 3/26/2008 9:59:00 PM
From Authorid: 16671
Thanks for posting hon, very interesting material here.  |
Date: 3/27/2008 2:58:00 AM
From Authorid: 8024
depression is overrated cries...c  |
Date: 3/27/2008 3:00:00 AM
From Authorid: 42945
A very interesting post indeed sweetie, thank you for sharing it with us..*hugs*  |
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Date: 3/27/2008 5:43:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 51393
((((hugs))))) SpiritChild i'm so sorry about all youve been through.... |
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Date: 3/27/2008 5:44:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 51393
I'm glad you you all liked it ((((hugs)))) |
Date: 3/27/2008 9:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
Great post. As I understand it, there is also the thalamus and the hypothalamus within the deep limbic system that controls one's fight or flight mechanism released to the sympathetic nervous system. Now, the hypothalamus stores emotionally charged memories. The back of it releases the chemicals for fear, etc., and the fight/flight mechanism. In depressed people, this area is shown to be overactive. What causes the overaction is the depletion of seratonin and norepinephrine, which are the neurotransmitters for feeling good. The whole deep limbic system sits deep in the center of the brain. Actually, the whole limbic system is lit up in depressed people. Interestingly, when someone is in a great mood, really happy, laughing, or with their significant other, the whole limbic system is shown to be cooled off and inactive. Seratonin and norepinephrine are going strong too, I believe. People with depression have what Dr. Daniel Amen calls "ANTs." That's Automatic Negative Thoughts. Most people never question these thoughts, and they reign freely in one's head, keeping the depression going. They are usually dwelling on their self more than anything, they lose interest in others and in doing what once seemed fun, they lack motivation, and they feel hopeless. Depression is very curable with numerous ways of doing so. I would recommend three books---"Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" by Dr. Amen, "The Freedom from Depression Workbook" by Drs. Carter and Minirth, and "Feeling Good" and its corresponding workbook by Dr. David Burns. All have self-evaluation tests, good info on how the brain works and the nature of depression, and great exercises to help yourself. They talk about the medication to take, too. They all focus on the therapy called "Cognitive Therapy." This is really YOU talking to your brain and watching your own thoughts, and it deals with various strategies to do so in the most effective ways.  |
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Date: 3/27/2008 9:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
Again, great post! Thanks for bringing this up. |
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Date: 3/28/2008 2:06:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 51393
Thank you for the imput GypsyHawk that will sure helps.... |
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Date: 3/28/2008 1:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 55967
The way I see it, from my reading, is like this: it is known that the brain cannot tell the difference between a really focused thought-picture and reality. It will make your body react in certain ways to thoughts alone, thinking they are real. Now, the hypothalamus is the natural mechanism to get the body moving in the presence of a threat. In most people, we have pictures of ourselves consisting of how we think we are in relation to others and who we think we should be. We see ourselves as a "good worker" or even a "bad worker," a "soccer mom," an "intelligent man," etc. With recurring thoughts, the brain begins to believe these pictures, and so the brain thinks that there is this entity BEYOND thought itself that exists. There really is no such thing. No one is always a "good man," a "considerate woman," a "jerk," etc., all the time. So no real, concrete picture actually exists in objective reality. But the brain thinks it does if you dwell on it enough. So, you have what you think you ARE, and you have what you think you SHOULD BE. One big way in which we cement these thought pictures is in believing the pictures that OTHERS hold for US; in other words, we worry about what others think of us. The other big way in which we cement these thought pictures in our brains is to let them come in again and again and again...with no end. Now, depressed people, I believe, have the two cemented pictures of themselves (what they think they ARE and what they think they SHOULD BE), and they do NOT add up; they are opposite. The brain, like I said, sees these pics as REAL, so it is acting just like if the person is under a real threat. So depressed people are internally acting as if they are in a hopeless circumstance as it would pertain to the real, natural world; the limbic system is telling the brain and body this. So the first step is to realize that the thoughts in one's head are ONLY thoughts and are NOT necessarily at all reflections of reality, and then to challenge the notion that they are. |
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Date: 3/28/2008 2:35:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 51393
That makes a lot of sense GypsyHawk.I do believed that we do react in certain ways how our body and mind react as if it is real and everything around us do get consumed by it.The power of the mind i should say as we let our surrounding affect us.Thank you GypsyHawk.... |
