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

Major Depression, which is characterized by sadness, Insomnia, and a depressed appetite. Often when an individual is in a major depression, there is an utter lack of motivation and drive and the sufferer lacks the desire to do anything in life. Some people are rendered completely disabled by depression, and some may even consider suicide.

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

Manic Depression is also known as Bipolar Disorder. This form of depression is less common than major depression or Dysthymia. It involves cycles of the Manic state, alternated with the depressed state. This is often a long-term recurring disorder. Sometimes the mood swings occur suddenly. But more often onset tends to be gradual.

There are many variations of depression; the above are only the most common.

Some symptoms of depression include:

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

Sources of Depression:

Many types of depression are hereditary. Living in a stressful environment can lead to depression. A traumatic experience such as problems in a relationship, financial trouble, 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 suffer from depression, you will want to seek the advice of your physician. Your doctor may prescribe drugs for you. But you should keep in mind that every drug has side effects.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could regulate and eliminate your depression just by thinking certain thoughts? I know that this sounds too good to be true, but quite often, various types of depression are caused by having negative thoughts.

You can see this for yourself at this very moment. It is really quite basic and simple. Just imagine something that you feel is very troubling or sad. Go ahead, think about it right now! Then come back to this article.

Alright, so what happened? If you truly focused and visualized the sad situation, you started to feel unhappy and a little depressed. And the more you permit yourself to remain in that pattern of thought, the sadder you’ll feel. As you stay in negative thoughts and keep feeling sadder, you lead yourself into a gradually intensifying depression.

The good news is that if you think about a happy memory, then you’ll displace that sadness and depression and replace it with happy feelings.

Please pay careful attention now, because here are the solutions to eliminating your depression: Our most pervasive thoughts emerge from our unconscious mind. These are the thoughts that we find ourselves naturally thinking about throughout the day.

If the persistent thoughts that are continually recurring in your mind are about your problems or sad experiences, then you increase your levels of anxiety, depression, and stress.

But here is the ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Since hypnosis is a medium that we can use to change our unconscious thoughts, NLP and self hypnosis stress management programs will rapidly change the way that you think, feel, and behave. The beauty here is that the exact same techniques that help reduce stress also work just as well for eliminating depression!

Now I’m going to tell you exactly how and why 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 once more as we awaken from sleeping. We also enter the Alpha state when we are imagining and daydreaming.

The unconscious mind is the seat of our emotions, and it’s like a computer; the input controls the output! Hypnosis therapy is a wonderful tool for engaging directly with the unconscious mind and reprogramming it to automatically divert your mind from negative thought patterns, and promote positive thinking. It is a tool that allows you to bypass the consciousness to create positive expectations, which will then generate positive feelings. You can beat your depression through using hypnosis therapy.

Alan B. Densky, CH is an NGH certified hypnotist. Since 1978, he has helped thousands of clients. He offers CDs for self-hypnosis depression therapy. Visit his Neuro-VISION hypnosis site for the hypnosis article repository, or watch his free videos on hypnosis.

- Alan B. Densky, CH