by Douglas Bloch | May 30, 2016 | Depression Cure, Depression Natural Healing, Depression Treatments, Major Depression, Relapse prevention
Have you ever heard of the term ruminating? It is something that a cow does when it chews its foods over and over again. Even though we depressives are not cows, we tend to do the same thing with our thoughts and chew on them. And these thoughts tend to be negative....
by Douglas Bloch | Apr 8, 2016 | Depression Cure, Depression Recovery, Depression Treatments, Healing Depression, Major Depression, mental hospitals, Suicide Prevention, Treating Depression
The purpose of this blog is to provide an account of what it means to be hospitalized in a psychiatric ward through sharing my stay in a mental hospital. If some readers are considering hospitalization for themselves or a loved one, I hope that this report can give...
by Douglas Bloch | Apr 2, 2016 | Depression Cure, Depression Natural Healing, Depression Natural Remedies, Depression Recovery, Depression Support, Depression Treatments, Healing Depression, Major Depression, Overcoming the Stigma of Depression, Psychiatric Medications, Relapse prevention, Suicide Prevention, Treating Depression, Yogic breathing
One of the most powerful ways to impact your emotions and improve your mood is through the breath. In Sanskrit the word for breath is prana, which also means “life” or “spirit.” This is because the oxygen we inhale is necessary for the...
by Douglas Bloch | May 15, 2015 | Depression Treatments
There are many ways to heal from depression. Sigmund Freud, once defined mental health as “the ability to work and to love.” On this web page I want about how employment can helps us to heal from depression. Work is therapeutic for at least three reasons....
by Douglas Bloch | Apr 7, 2015 | Depression Treatments
A recent report in the magazine Science Daily shows how one can reboot the brain using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. In my web page on ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), I explained that when all other treatments for depression had failed, inducing a grand mal...
by Douglas Bloch | Dec 21, 2014 | Depression Treatments
I want to share how to use light therapy to heal winter depression. Today is the winter solstice, a time of the shortest day and the longest night. At this time of year, during the winter months, many people experience seasonal mood changes that lead to anxiety and...