Posted by linkadge on June 5, 2007, at 15:41:59
In reply to Re: And not all psychol. probs are under one's con » linkadge, posted by Squiggles on June 5, 2007, at 15:06:15
I would say that the number one cause of depression in the world today is stress.
Anything that can help reduce stress will probably have a strongly favorable impact on the outcomes of many depressive disorders.
For instance, exercise is for many people, an effective antidepressant. Exercise performs comparably, or outperforms drugs in many studies.
Exercise counteracts the negative effects of stress on brain placiticiy and repair, it can improve wellbeing more effectivly (for many) than drugs can.
>We are not in control of our biological
>disabilities, just because we are conscious.We do have control (perhaps not full control) over our mental state.
If you notice, the majortiy of research into depressive illnesses at present, are with regards to overcoming the negative effects of stress on brain placticiy and repair. Anything that can counteract the negative effects of stress are likely help depression.
We need to love more, care more, and do more things to help ourselves and eachother recover.
Just the fact that the placebo performs (more often than not) better than active drugs, tells us that most of us do have it in ourselves to recover (at least at a level on par with the latest wonderdrug)
>There seems to be no problem in understanding
>this if you have a concussion, but if it's >depression it seems to be removed from the realm >of the mind-body interaction.I am not saying that a concussion is not biological. I am also not saying depression is not biological.
I *am* saying that when it comes to depression at present, the brain is statistically just as capable of healing itself than the latest wonderdrugs are.
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