My mother is a depression patient. She always tries to get rid of the depression but is not able to do that. She goes to another world daily in the past thinking of negative thoughts happened in her life. What should I do to make her get rid of the depression. Note: She is a depression patient for many years. I am a student studying away from my house.
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Hi lybrate-user, your mother needs emotional support and motivation from a professional counselor. The daily routine and other activities need to charted out so that it keeps her engaged. A counselor can guide you whether she need to consult a psychiatrist for medication depending on her symptom. Please feel comfortable to take an online appointment so that I can help you better. Take care.
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Dear lybrate-user, it is good that you are planning to make her get rid of her depression. Negative automatic thoughts are the hall mark of depression. She may need systematic help to get rid of these thoughts. No person wants to think negatively. But they are automatic in a depressed person. You have to slowly counsell her to go to psychiatrist for antidepressant treatment or go to a psychologist for cognitive therapy. Please remember clinical depression is a biochemical illness which needs proper diagnosis and treatment.
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Besides the medication, your mother needs to go for counseling also. In the meantime let her do the following: Have a good night’s sleep, have a good breakfast of more proteins, meditate often, remain free of stress, eat a lot of fiber, nuts, avocado, exercise regularly, eat dark chocolate, do Yoga meditation exercises, etc. I suggest she does the opposite of what this depression makes her feel like doing (actually, not doing): she will need to fight this condition. She must become active; stay upright during the daylight time; meet people; never sleep during the day, wake up by 6 am every day, play some active games, especially contact games, do physical exercises, talk to people and join some social clubs, attend Yoga classes etc. Watch sitcoms on TV or comedies and cheer yourself up. Go for excursions in groups, for outings, camps, conferences, and religious conventions. Get a pet dog and spend time training it, exercising it and relating to it. Expose herself to some sunlight every day, at least 30 minutes but not in the scorching heat. Whatever happens, she needs to incorporate these three important adaptations in her life: always be responsible, be respectful, and be functional. If she did these three, lots of things will go well in life. Have her pray and have faith in God to alleviate her sufferings. She should not wait for others to help, eventually. She should use her own motivation, which might be at its lowest, but if she perseveres she will win this battle. Above all she should be really happy; she needs to live in love and for love. Let her be positive always and learn to do everything possible to invest into herself. Life is extremely precious and because the depression, which is a mood disorder, makes her feel like giving up she must still persevere. Learn all about emotions and how to handle them and that will get her out of the depression rather easily and quickly. A counselor is there only to facilitate her, all the hard word must come from her, and her cooperation with that person is very critical for her success. She can do some left brain exercises: it is the happy brain. Here are a few suggestions: shut your left nostril and breathe, move your eyes from right to left and vice versa for at least half a minute at a time, and do callisthenic exercises with some form of counting, regularly. Whatever happens please cooperate with the therapy and do not discontinue until the condition is completely resolved.
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