rojected to be the biggest illness this century depression is estimated to affect:
About 10 % of all Australians at some point in their life.
And while 20% of people will be affected by depression 6% will directly experience a major depressive illness. It’s therefore not uncommon especially in the west with affluent cultures and often has its genesis in something that we all experience at some time in our lives, sorrow.
So in treating depression at Mind Management Psychology we take a more nuanced and ‘mindful’ view of sorrow and then depression. For any individual rather than attacking sorrow and working on forcing change to the symptoms we allow things to change slowly by investigating the primary cause of extended sorrow, the operations in and of ‘the mind’.
Depressive symptoms are therefore thoroughly explored first; sorrow may be healthy, entirely ‘understandable’ and very ‘normal’; a broken relationship, loosing a job, death/loss of a friend, car accident, financial stress or just the ongoing demands of family life can take their toll. Trying to go too fast in order to ‘not feel’ and to alleviate the ‘depression symptom checklist’ including poor sleep pattern, loss of appetite and thoughts of ‘self-harm’ can allow insuffient time ‘to grieve’, to see clearly what your mind is doing and/or to know yourself a little better. Issues of loss, feeling a ‘failure’, feeling both unconfident and unmotivated with low energy levels are extremely common. Having support to slowly gain direction at these times is critical.
And sometimes actively trying too many different things: taking medication, physical exercise, going out more, staying in, shopping, gambling and/or drinking, attending support groups and/or increasing the social network may collectively reduce depressive symptoms but can also mean more pressure ‘to do’ while difficulties ‘to be’ remain. There can be an air of accepted sorrow, ‘unsatisfactoriness’ or resigned ‘suffering’ that a person may be left with.
Mind Mangement Psychology directly focuses on ‘what any person’ is left with, ‘you’ and ‘your mind’. The ‘unsatisfactorniness’ or ‘suffering’ can be an ‘unexplored’ opportunity for ‘you’ to over time retrain your ‘mind’ in a different way. Not fighting or going to war with your mind is ‘central’ at MMP. We teach specific micro skills in a confidential & supportive environment that can be applied anywhere, any time and any place as long as your relatively ‘drug free’ and ‘coherent’. You work on your own mind at your own pace and with a mindful daily practise will receive tangible benefits. Your mind will actually serve ‘you’ better rather than the other way around.
You begin to appreciate that unacknowledged ‘sorrow’ and therefore not dealing effectively with it often leads to depression.
The more you consistently practise the more benefit you receive! Over time this simple practise becomes self-reinforcing, reducing depression and improving your mood.
Dealing with sorrow is the key, MMP advocates a daily program to manage this. If you never experience sorrow, look carefully and you’ll see it’s more than likely present. Being alive you’ll experience some form of sorrow, that’s normal and healthy!
While depression gets much ‘publicity’ about being unhealthy it’s cumulative and unaddressed ‘sorrow’ that lays its foundation. Taking away these foundations and depression simply can’t grow!
About 10 % of all Australians at some point in their life.
And while 20% of people will be affected by depression 6% will directly experience a major depressive illness. It’s therefore not uncommon especially in the west with affluent cultures and often has its genesis in something that we all experience at some time in our lives, sorrow.
So in treating depression at Mind Management Psychology we take a more nuanced and ‘mindful’ view of sorrow and then depression. For any individual rather than attacking sorrow and working on forcing change to the symptoms we allow things to change slowly by investigating the primary cause of extended sorrow, the operations in and of ‘the mind’.
Depressive symptoms are therefore thoroughly explored first; sorrow may be healthy, entirely ‘understandable’ and very ‘normal’; a broken relationship, loosing a job, death/loss of a friend, car accident, financial stress or just the ongoing demands of family life can take their toll. Trying to go too fast in order to ‘not feel’ and to alleviate the ‘depression symptom checklist’ including poor sleep pattern, loss of appetite and thoughts of ‘self-harm’ can allow insuffient time ‘to grieve’, to see clearly what your mind is doing and/or to know yourself a little better. Issues of loss, feeling a ‘failure’, feeling both unconfident and unmotivated with low energy levels are extremely common. Having support to slowly gain direction at these times is critical.
And sometimes actively trying too many different things: taking medication, physical exercise, going out more, staying in, shopping, gambling and/or drinking, attending support groups and/or increasing the social network may collectively reduce depressive symptoms but can also mean more pressure ‘to do’ while difficulties ‘to be’ remain. There can be an air of accepted sorrow, ‘unsatisfactoriness’ or resigned ‘suffering’ that a person may be left with.
Mind Mangement Psychology directly focuses on ‘what any person’ is left with, ‘you’ and ‘your mind’. The ‘unsatisfactorniness’ or ‘suffering’ can be an ‘unexplored’ opportunity for ‘you’ to over time retrain your ‘mind’ in a different way. Not fighting or going to war with your mind is ‘central’ at MMP. We teach specific micro skills in a confidential & supportive environment that can be applied anywhere, any time and any place as long as your relatively ‘drug free’ and ‘coherent’. You work on your own mind at your own pace and with a mindful daily practise will receive tangible benefits. Your mind will actually serve ‘you’ better rather than the other way around.
You begin to appreciate that unacknowledged ‘sorrow’ and therefore not dealing effectively with it often leads to depression.
The more you consistently practise the more benefit you receive! Over time this simple practise becomes self-reinforcing, reducing depression and improving your mood.
Dealing with sorrow is the key, MMP advocates a daily program to manage this. If you never experience sorrow, look carefully and you’ll see it’s more than likely present. Being alive you’ll experience some form of sorrow, that’s normal and healthy!
While depression gets much ‘publicity’ about being unhealthy it’s cumulative and unaddressed ‘sorrow’ that lays its foundation. Taking away these foundations and depression simply can’t grow!
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