The symptoms of depression are well-known today and meet specific criteria. A depressive state profoundly alters our relationship with reality and others. It also has serious long-term consequences on our health. These perception and emotional disorders act like tinted glasses, preventing any sense of carefreeness or happiness, even when everything is going well in our lives.
The symptoms of depression appear subtly but can last.
Depressive symptoms appear occasionally, seasonally, or chronically.
Depression can emerge fleetingly, without being fully noticed. However, an individual’s life circumstances may help them cope, sometimes finding their own solutions instinctively. But depression can also settle in annually, at the same time of year, often in winter. According to some studies, 1 in 5 people has suffered or will suffer from depression at some point in their life. These individuals must cope with pathological sadness, the absence of pleasure, or the loss of all desire. Even the simplest daily tasks can feel like insurmountable challenges.
Depression can also become a permanent state, making life unbearable. The diagnosis of a depressive state must be made by a doctor, and a psychiatrist or psychotherapist can provide appropriate care. However, since the origins of the illness are often multifactorial, combining different approaches may be beneficial.
Consulting an alternative medicine therapist for melancholic states.
Together with a doctor, the healer can help the patient clarify and formulate their issues. Together with the patient, they bring to light the possible emotional and sentimental causes. Sometimes the patient has a predisposed nature, and we speak of an individual susceptibility to depression. An accident in life, for instance, which others might handle well, can trigger this unnoticed affliction.
In other cases, the patient faces a situation they perceive as insurmountable. This is the case with burnout, where the gap between the projected ideal and the lived reality becomes unbearable. The workload, the objectives to achieve, the constant stress climate lead the individual to feel completely overwhelmed. The effort to close the gap literally exhausts and annihilates the person. With all the possible scenarios inevitably leading to dead ends, the darkest thoughts begin to surface.
Among the possible causes are also the environment and lifestyle habits. Poor hygiene, addictions, social isolation, poverty, and health problems are all determining factors. At the core, there may be a trauma that led to an addiction, a temporary solution to a conflict or overwhelming distress. This original disturbance will lead to others in its wake, and the spiral of causes and effects will drive the patient into depression. It then becomes very difficult to believe in recovery, to find the courage to move forward, as anxieties, dark thoughts, discouragement, and despair fill every space.
Consult a therapist when the symptoms of depression persist.
To address the causes, the healer asks the patient to describe the problem they are facing. Throughout the session, a question-and-answer process helps uncover the initial trauma and its effects. This journey is painless because it is the therapist who makes the connections and guides the symbolic return to the past.
Louis Yersin also offers massage as a complementary therapeutic treatment. He gives a voice back to the body, with the energetic approach complementing the healing session. The remediation method proposed by Louis Yersin, as well as the massages, are real opportunities for returning to harmony and healing the soul.
When a patient loses awareness of their ability to regain control and their horizon has completely darkened, a consultation is necessary. Sometimes, just one session is enough to sever the ties to the origin of the trauma and trigger immediate healing. Well-being then becomes lasting. In all cases, the therapist follows up with the patient over time and continues to ensure their well-being.