Anxiety, excess worry, stress, and burnout can often lead to or trigger clinical depression by creating overwhelming feelings of being unable to cope. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is also a potential cause of depression, as it is linked to a lack of natural sunlight impacting brain chemistry and hormone production. Hypnotherapy is one method that can help address underlying issues that contribute to depression, anxiety, and SAD by accessing the subconscious mind.
2. Problems with anxiety and
excess worry are often
triggers that eventually
lead to problems with
depression, as well as
being psychological
disorders in their own
right.
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4. Often, there is a large
mental component to
clinical depression –
feelings of being
overwhelmed, feelings that
you can’t cope and other
feelings along those lines
all play their part.
7. All of these physical
factors are things that
people often address using
hypnotherapy, as this is
one way of getting deep
into the psyche to explore
and deal with underlying
issues.
8.
9. These underlying issues
are often what lie behind
problems with anxiety,
depression, panic attacks
and the like.
10. There can also be a
physical side to
depression and its cronies.
11.
12. Sometimes, long-term
illness can result in this
sort of mental problem,
although it could be
argued which is the cause
and which is the effect.
16. Thanks to the climate we
have here in Queenlsand,
SAD (Seasonal Affective
Disorder) shouldn’t be a
problem, as this is usually
caused by a lack of
exposure to natural
sunlight.
17. Although people who have
lived here for a while are
less likely to suffer from
SAD, if you are a traveller
into this area or if you
usually live here and go
elsewhere for business
reasons, you may
encounter problems with it.
18.
19. Even if you live here year
round, SAD may become a
problem if you spend most
of your time indoors under
artificial lights and/or are
on night shift for a lot of
the time.
20. Now, SAD is a purely
physical phenomenon.
While it is in your mind, all
right, it is all to do with
your brain chemicals and
your hormones (no, not
your sex hormones – some
of the other ones!).
21. Your pineal gland is
sensitive to the amount of
bright sunlight you are
exposed to, and this gland
is responsible for releasing
melatonin into your system
– one of the feel-good
hormones.
22.
23. If your pineal gland doesn’t
get enough sunlight, it
doesn’t produce enough of
what it needs to in orderto
feel good.
24. So what you always had a
hunch was true actually is
true: dull gloomy weather
really does make you feel
dull and gloomy.
25.
26. The problem is most
pronounced in higher
latitudes and especially in
Scandinavian countries,
where SAD can look like
actual full-on clinical
depression – in many ways, it
is full-on clinical depression –
but it clears up almost like
magic once the darker days
of winter are over.
27. Good thing this problem can
now be addressed using
Hypnotherapy for Depression
or Hypnotherapy for SAD