In A Funk? Self-Hypnosis Can Be The Key To Breaking Yourself Out

Some people call it the ‘blues’ and some people call it the ‘pits’ and some just call it ‘feeling down in the dumps’. But whatever you may call it, feeling depressed does not feel good at all. The most common types of depression are:

Major Depression, which is characterized by a sad mood, sleep disorders, and a decreased or absent appetite. Often when an individual is in a major depression, the person feels a total lack of drive and motivation and the sufferer lacks the desire to do anything in life. Some people are rendered completely disabled by depression, and some even consider suicide.

Dysthymia: This is a less severe form of long term depression that usually does not completely disable a person. But it prevents the person from feeling motivated and functioning at optimum levels. Sometimes people who are struggling with Dysthymia are also afflicted with Major Depression, and when this is the case, it is referred to as double depression.

Manic Depression is also known as Bipolar Disorder. This type of depression is not as common as Dysthymia or major depression. It involves phases of a manic state, alternated with a depressed state. This is often a long term chronic disorder. Sometimes the mood swings occur suddenly. But generally speaking, onset tends to be gradual.

There are a number of variations of depression; the above are only three of the most common.

Some of the symptoms of depression are:

Sadness; anxiety; pessimism; insomnia and other sleep disorders; guilt; feelings of worthlessness; weight loss; fatigue; restlessness; headaches; pain; and thoughts of suicide.

Sources of Depression:

Many types of depression run in families. Living in a stressful environment can precipitate a depression. A trauma such as financial difficulties, relationship problems, or a serious loss can also lead to depression.

Women are twice as likely to become depressed as men are, but scientists do not know why.

If you are suffering from depression, you will want to seek the advice of your physician. Your doctor may prescribe drugs for you. But keep in mind that every medication has side effects.

Wouldn’t it be phenomenal if you could control and eliminate your depression just by having certain thoughts? I know that this might sound too simple, but quite often, various types of depression are caused by having negative thoughts.

You can see this for yourself at this very moment. It’s really quite simple and basic. Just use your imagination to think about something that you find very troubling or sad. Go ahead, think about it right now! Then return to this article.

OK, so what happened? If you truly got into it and visualized the sad situation, you began to feel sad and a little depressed. The more you permit yourself to stay in that pattern of thought, the sadder you will feel. As you continue having those thoughts and keep feeling sadder, you lead yourself into a gradually deepening depression.

The good news is that if you focus on a happy memory, then you will supplant that depression and sadness and replace it with happy feelings.

Listen carefully now, because here are the solutions to eliminating your depression: Our persistent thoughts emerge from the unconscious mind. These are the thoughts that we find ourselves automatically thinking about throughout the day.

If the persistent thoughts that keep popping into your head are about your sad experiences or problems, then you increase your levels of depression, stress, and anxiety.

Now here is the ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Since hypnosis is a tool that we can use to alter our unconscious thoughts, NLP and self hypnosis stress management CDs will quickly alter the way that you feel, think, and behave. The best part is that the exact same techniques that are effective for stress management also work just as well for eliminating depression!

Now I’m going to tell you exactly why and how it’s going to happen. Hypnosis is a natural state of mind. Actually, it’s the Alpha state of consciousness. We pass through the Alpha state as we fall asleep at night. And we pass through it again as we awaken in the morning. We also enter the Alpha state when we are daydreaming and imagining.

The unconscious mind is the seat of our emotions, and it’s like a computer; the input controls the output! Hypnosis therapy is an excellent tool for reaching directly into the unconscious mind and reprogramming it to automatically divert away from negative thoughts, and promote positive thinking. It’s a tool that allows you to bypass the consciousness to create positive expectations, which will then create positive feelings. You can overcome depression through hypnotherapy.

Alan B. Densky, CH is a certified hypnotist and NLP Practitioner. He’s helped thousands of clients since 1978. He offers CDs for self hypnosis depression therapy. Visit his Neuro-VISION self-hypnosis website for the hypnosis article repository, or watch his free video hypnosis collection.

- Alan B. Densky, CH