There are several reasons why we fall into a state of depression. It could be as a result of a distressing situation, and in some cases, depressions could be clinical. Situations and people that are associated with certain traumatic experiences in our lives are referred to as traumatic triggers. Many individuals may have been living with these triggers for a long period and have found ways to repress the depression, but these do not solve the problem. If an individual continues to use several coping methods without treating the root cause, depressions may become deeper and lead to long term problems which may be life-threatening.
Events such as the death of a loved one, accidents, terminal illnesses, job losses, or burglary, can have a lasting effecting that the individual has to deal with for a long time. Anything related to these events can trigger an individual’s depression. In many cases, after an individual has lost a loved one, they often have to take on their responsibilities or deal with their belongings long after their passing. These can serve as traumatic triggers.
If an individual who has just lost a loved and they do not take enough time to heal or grieve the loss or resolve any lingering feelings about the person, they may fall into depression almost immediately. Another case where traumatic triggers may arise is after a person has survived an accident. If the person does not have the time to get over the experience, they may develop anxiety and depressions due to memories of the accident.
Signs and Symptoms of Depression
These are some of the typical signs that depression may be creeping in slowly and casting its shadow over your life, turning your sunny days into darker ones.
- You no longer have the same interests in things that you used to do – You find that you do not want to get out of bed or step outside.
- You worry that you may have a terminal illness like cancer, diabetes, arthritis, etc because you exaggerate body pains
- You have gained a lot of weight because you are overeating, or you have started drinking and smoking again.
- You are struggling with sleeping at night even though you feel exhausted
- You become numb to most feelings.
- You do not want to socialize
- Your friends and family begin to worry about your wellbeing
- You have an urge to cause harm to yourself
- You no longer care about your health and wellness
Most of these symptoms listed above may be treated with prescription drugs. These may include sleep medication, anti-depressants, or a change in diet or programs that help you quit smoking. These treatment methods are usually aimed at fixing the symptom, but they seldom go deep into treating the root cause of the depression. Often, medication only treats the symptoms and not the cause, and this is where hypnotherapy.
Visiting a counsellor only helps in talking about the feelings associated with depression and may only work for a while. Other forms of therapy may involve different relaxation techniques combined with positive affirmations. But, the reason why these techniques for addressing depression do not work is that they do not address the root causes of depression.
How Can Depression Be Treated With Hypnotherapy
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It helps you access the subconscious:
The first step is to go deeper from the conscious mind to the subconscious mind. The conscious mind only makes up 10% of the mind. With hypnotherapy, 100% of the mind will be addressed, rather than treating the only treating the symptoms.
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It helps you figure out unresolved issues
Many people often live with unresolved issues or unfinished business with loss, whether that of a loved one, a home, a business, or a job. These unresolved feelings such as regret, resentment, anger, blame, guilt, fear, and jealousy are stored in the mind and they must be eliminated as soon as after the triggering episode as possible.
These feelings may become buried deep in the mind and further covered by layers of numbness as a result of anti-depressants, concurrent repressions, and addictive behaviors that may occur when grief and trauma go untreated. Hypnotherapy is effective against depression because it removes the underlying causes of depression and resolves unfinished business that may continue to return as behaviors and thoughts that are self-sabotaging.
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It helps you release stored emotions/experiences.
Hypnotherapy helps to reach the deepest recesses of the mind and finding the roots of these traumatic experiences, stored emotions, and memories to release them from the mind and body. The hypnotherapy process has been completed when the individual reports that they no longer feel depressed, and that they have stopped their compulsive behaviors and thoughts, and have now gone back to living their best lives again.
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It replaces the trauma with positivity.
Hypnotherapy helps to replace traumatic thoughts that are buried in the mind with positive ones. By replacing these traumatic thoughts, the client can go about their daily lives without fear that these thoughts may return. Positive affirmations work because the underlying cause of depression has been released.
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It uses the power of hypnotic suggestion to create a long-term improvement
Hypnotherapy effectively provides a way to access the person’s ability to affect their body. Once the hypnotherapist has successfully helped the individual; resolve all self-sabotaging thoughts and behaviors, they can begin to use hypnotic suggestibility to improve the functioning of the individual’s body.
Hypnotherapy helps correct low energy or libido, restless sleep patterns, chronic pains, and headaches. Hypnotherapy can also be used to motivate individuals to eat and exercise properly.
Conclusion
Hypnotherapy has now become an advanced form of therapy through consistent research and methodology refinement. Hypnotherapy is now at a point where it is now considered an effective form of treating depression. Hypnotherapy has also been found to have a higher rate of success with treating individuals suffering from depression when combined with other powerful psychotherapy techniques.
Melvin S. Marsh is a certified hypnotherapist serving Atlanta GA, Augusta GA, Statesboro GA, and Savannah GA. He performs hypnotherapy and life coaching appointments both in person and worldwide virtually. He can be reached at www.afterhourshypnotherapy.com .
