How to cope with symptoms of depression

About depression

Depression is a mental health disorder caused by certain factors, such as the loss of a loved one.
Treatment of psychogenic depression is faster, or it does not require treatment at all, because over time the person accepts new life circumstances and copes with his condition independently. Endogenous depression has no objective causes - it occurs against the background of complete well-being. It is caused by internal reasons.

Depression can be a consequence of physical illness. In this case, it is treated quickly. The main thing is to make a diagnosis in time and solve both problems.

Teenagers aged 10-16 and people over 40 are susceptible to depression. According to statistics, after 60 years people do not suffer from affective disorders.

Depression can be recognized by the following signs:

lack of motivation;
excessive privacy (isolation);
changes in appearance;
fatigue;
mood changes.

What is depression?

Nowadays, depression has become one of the most common diseases. The problem is that its symptoms are very common in everyday life, and therefore it is difficult to identify the disease at an early stage. And the sooner treatment begins, the easier it is to return a person to a full life.

Doctors identify the following symptoms of depression:

depressed mood;
cognitive symptoms (self-blame, suicidal ideation, hopelessness);
behavioral signs (solitude, complete or partial abandonment of activities that previously brought pleasure, decreased performance);
physical symptoms (insomnia, constant fatigue, changes in body weight);
emotional (irritability, anger, sadness, nervousness).

Main causes of depression:

problems in personal life;
death (death) of a loved one;
problems on the robot;
severe or incurable illness;
frequent drinking of alcohol.

There are three types of depression: endogenous, deep and neurotic. Endogenous is considered to be one of the most severe types of depression. A patient with this type of depression suffers from melancholy, he becomes self-absorbed, and his movements become slow. At the same time, small everyday problems seem impossible to solve.

With deep depression, a person is characterized by passive behavior; he blames himself for all failures. Even when he realizes that he is sick, it is difficult for him to decide to seek help from specialists. Neurotic depression refers to lethargy, loss of energy, bad mood, and problems sleeping.

Oleg Dimitrov

The root of most neuroses is in the human psyche. In some cases, neurosis has roots in childhood. One of the methods of treating neurosis is hypnosis. With the help of hypnosis, you can find the cause of a neurotic disorder and eliminate it. Neurosis may include: Panic attacks, VSD, fears, phobias, obsessive thoughts, etc.

Every inappropriately strong feeling does not arise spontaneously. The root of strong feelings usually lies in early childhood. After all, it is there that the foundation of personality is laid. Base. Everything that a person learns before the age of 6 will determine his personality.

What he will be afraid of, how he will treat himself, how he will treat others. But these settings can be corrected. This is precisely why hypnosis treatment is valuable. Under hypnosis you can:

Find the root of mental trauma, neurosis, even if the situation occurred 1 year after birth, or even earlier.
Correct the situation so that it no longer affects your future life.

Look at studies on the effectiveness of methods for correcting psychosomatic diseases and fears.

** The picture shows the effectiveness of Hypnotherapy. 93% of people completely got rid of the disease. Data Source: Medical Recognition of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy Magazine (Vol. 7, No. 1, Alfred A. Barrios, PHD) In 1955 the British Medical Association issued a report stating that hypnosis was a valuable medical tool.

When treating neurosis with hypnosis, we find a situation that gave rise to a strong feeling. For some reason, the human unconscious decided to react in some special way to an external stimulus.

Some may be terrified of dogs, while others may break into a sweat at the thought of talking to a stranger. The other will consider himself unworthy. All this takes its roots from childhood.

Hypnosis is only a tool with which it is possible to treat neurosis. The method by which I used to treat phobias, fears and neuroses is regressive hypnotherapy (I don’t use this technique now). Regressive, because we rolled back our memories to early childhood, when the foundation of personality was laid.

Mental symptoms of neurosis that indicate mental problems:

Indecisiveness.
Communication problems.
Low self-esteem
Frequent experience
Mood instability
Irritability (see more details: neurasthenia).
Touchiness, vulnerability.
Anxiety.

What are some reviews about the treatment of neuroses using hypnosis?

With the help of hypnosis, you can remove the disease in 5 – 10 sessions. In some cases, it is cleaned in a couple of sessions, and in others in 20. Everything is individual. But the more difficult the childhood and the stronger the experience, the more work.

According to clients' reviews, when their neuroses are treated under hypnosis, their other diseases are also eliminated. Because most psychosomatic diseases also have roots in childhood. And one injury that could activate fear could also activate allergies. Having resolved this situation, fear and other manifestations associated with this situation will go away.

Why don't I work with hypnosis now?

Although I was convinced during the year of work that hypnotherapy gives lasting results, it did not create inner harmony. There was no spark, no feeling that the world was safe. A person simply learned to live without worries. But there was no talk of any pleasure, flow, smile from ear to ear.

When I started working with clients developing a feeling of unconditional love, the results were radically different. Being in this feeling, the fears went away on their own, the person became more confident, and the body began to recover many times faster. Being in a state of unconditional love, the body simply cannot slide into neurosis.

To make it clearer what the feeling of unconditional love is, watch my lecture:

Be healthy and happy! Oleg.

Why hypnosis?

This method helps a person learn to perceive and interpret life events in a new way . During depression, a person is gloomy and immersed in some negative experiences. Sometimes he understands this himself, evaluates everything correctly and tries to fight the negativity.

However, surprisingly, this only leads to greater immersion in “dark thoughts.” It turns out that all conscious attempts to change thinking are perceived as confirmation of depression, because then it is precisely thoughts about depression that take over consciousness.

It’s better, of course, to focus on something positive, inspiring, interesting. But it’s very difficult to do this in a depressed mood. As a result, constantly trying different techniques in the fight against depression, it is very difficult to get out of it. This is important to know:

What is depression and what forms of it exist?
Why does it occur?
How can you help yourself?

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This is where hypnosis comes to the rescue. New habits, perception of reality, attitude to life created with its help remain in the subconscious, while consciousness begins to work in a positive way. Thus, you need not to think about fighting a depressive disorder, not to look for a way out of it, but simply focus on something completely unrelated, but always positive. All a person needs during this period is imagination to create pictures of a happy future in his head. The past remains in the past.

Is it possible to treat with hypnosis online?

Today there are many training courses that are conducted online. Therefore, one of the pressing questions is: is it possible to treat diseases with hypnosis over the Internet? It is possible to give an unambiguous answer to this question.

We asked this question to practicing hypnologist Nikita Baturin, who conducts his sessions both in person and online. According to Baturin, based on his personal experience, hypnosis treatment is as effective as face-to-face consultations, since to conduct an effective session you only need to see and hear each other well: the hypnologist listens to the client’s problems, and the client receives the hypnologist’s voice in the process of hypnotization, which allows achieve modern technology.

To be fair, it is worth noting that methods such as strategic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy also deserve the right to live online, since they have no restrictions or contraindications, and also exclude the touch of a hypnologist during a session.

How is the treatment carried out?

A hypnotherapy session begins with a conversation between the hypnologist and the patient. After identifying the problem, the specialist proceeds to a hypnotherapy session. For this, the person is put into a trance state. Each hypnotherapist has his own techniques. Some use relaxing music for this, others use incense, and others use a pendulum. There are hypnotherapists who put you into a trance with their gaze. But this ability is inherent in only a few.

In a state of trance, the human brain works in a muted rhythm. Visions and voices that appear to be in a deep trance state are perceived by the patient as reality. Through hypnosis, one’s own reality is created, which is gradually brought to life. The image created by the patient during a hypnotherapy session is imperceptibly transferred to the external and internal world.

As a rule, hypnosis for diseases is used in complexes. That is, one session will not be enough to cure, for example, severe depression or phobia.

Tactics and techniques for inducing trance

There are quite a few tactics for inducing a hypnotic trance, and their effectiveness will be different for each person - in this regard, the specialist often chooses which one to use in a particular case.

The most commonly used methods are:

Direct suggestions. Such suggestions are used in authoritarian, directive hypnosis, when the hypnotherapist, using his authority, gives direct commands to enter a trance. Further work is also based on this principle - the hypnologist gives a command, which is executed by the patient. This technique works well with susceptible people who are prone to suggestion.

Fixation on any object - a pendulum, a hypnotist's hand, etc.

At the same time, the patient’s attention is kept on the mentioned objects, while the necessary suggestions are given to him. It is also possible to fixate attention on an imaginary object.

"Confusion" method

This method of inducing a hypnotic trance is based on the person’s need to get out of the state of cognitive overload caused by the hypnologist. At the same time, for example, they name several statements, with each of which individually the patient can agree, but in the general context they contradict each other. This causes confusion in the patient and the need to somehow resolve the incomprehensible situation. At this moment, the specialist gives the necessary instructions to enter a trance.

Template break. With this method, the hypnologist selects some standard pattern of behavior (it can be both verbal and non-verbal), for example, a handshake, a greeting - something that we do “automatically” and expect the same reaction from others - and at a certain moment produces an action inappropriate to the situation, which also causes confusion and a trance state in the patient, after which the required suggestions are made.

Age regression. This method is especially effective when it is necessary to access the patient's past. At the same time, the hypnologist mentions the action that we perform every day - for example, we have dinner, and states that all days are similar to each other - Monday is Saturday, and Wednesday is Friday, one week is another, June is March, and May is February - we have dinner every evening, but we can separately highlight the New Year's dinner, which occurs year after year. Significant dates are then mentioned - for example, the patient's birthdays, through which memories are transferred to an earlier period - right up to childhood, after which the therapeutic work begins.

As a rule, a good specialist has many similar techniques in his arsenal and selects them in each individual case, depending on the character and temperament of his patient.

Stages of work

The tactics or technique of inducing trance may differ among different specialists, but the session always includes several stages:

organization of a calm atmosphere,
focusing the patient's attention
direct immersion in trance,
therapeutic suggestion,
bringing the patient out of trance,
returning a person to reality.

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All these stages are necessary and important, both for the psychotherapist (to improve interaction with the patient) and for the person himself (to adapt to new conditions when entering and exiting a hypnotic trance). Thus, hypnosis for depressive disorders is the most universal and safe method of work.

After just a few sessions, a person can get rid of pessimistic moods forever, since a different strategy for behavior in difficult situations and a different attitude towards life are formed. If you combine hypnosis with other methods of treatment, the effect will only be better: complete recovery will not take long to arrive.

Psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychologist in the fight against depression

You should immediately take into account that a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, unlike a psychologist, are specialized medical specialists.

A psychiatrist is a doctor whose functions include the fight against mental illness, treatment of neuroses and depression. In her practice, she uses special types of techniques, prescribes medications, and physical procedures. His competence includes the treatment of depression with hypnosis, medications for acute mental pathologies - schizophrenia, mental retardation, epilepsy, as well as other, less severe illnesses - neuroses, depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.
The psychotherapist works at the level of psychological type of influence - clarification, conversation, finding solutions to problems together with the patient. Also, this specialist prepares the patient for accelerated and effective work with a psychiatrist, and can prescribe examinations, medications and physical procedures.
The tasks of a psychologist, who is not a doctor and does not have the right to prescribe medications and examinations, include consulting the patient. Thanks to his knowledge of human psychology, he shows the right way out of the problem. Clinical psychologists use modern testing methods to identify problems that cause psychological disorder.

To identify the disease, experienced specialists use short questionnaires - screening tools. Thanks to this, it is possible to determine whether the patient has chronic depression, symptoms and methods of treating depression, what form it is and its severity. In many Western countries, this technique is mandatory for pregnant women.

Diagnosis also involves identifying symptoms associated with depressive disorders. Correct diagnosis allows us to identify whether there are somatic causes of the disease and select adequate treatment to eliminate the factors that provoke depression.

To fully understand the picture of the disease, the doctor needs to become familiar with the symptoms that indicate depression, and not another psychological disorder. The main features include:

despondency and depressed mood for a long time;
desire to retire, withdrawal “into oneself”;
bad feeling;
development of an indifferent attitude towards family and friends;
apathy;
yearning;
tearfulness;
mood swings;
lethargy;
outbursts of aggression and anger;
panic attacks;
formation of phantom pain;
criticism is categorically not accepted;
negligent attitude towards work, study, fulfilling family obligations;
impaired concentration;
development of phobias, fear of death.

A person ceases to strive to satisfy natural desires, especially in adolescents and the elderly. If any of the listed symptoms are observed, you should immediately contact a specialized specialist and begin treatment for depression. The problem is addressed to psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists. Doctors identify the degree of complexity and select adequate therapy.

What happens when treating depression with hypnosis?

My client in the treatment of depression with hypnosis is not paralyzed, but on the contrary, he moves, and can even stand up and walk around with his eyes closed, some stand up and spin around themselves. And he can talk, think (thoughts don’t stop). This is a state of heightened concentration of the mind in which it becomes possible to edit emotions in a person's life experience.

During my session, some people open their eyes, go to the toilet in hypnosis, come back, close their eyes, and we continue. Entire segments of the population simply live in hypnosis in the literal sense. Therefore, there is no point in being afraid of him. The fact is that no positive changes in the human psyche are simply possible without hypnosis.

If you watch reviews from my clients, please note that at the end of each review, I conduct a mini-interview on the topic “How is it there, inside hypnosis, what are you like there?”

Emotions in a person are alive, in the literal sense. Inside them are the clues to the puzzle that the brain generated. A hypnotherapist will solve the riddle.

Treating depression is more than possible.

There will be a complete restoration of the personality to the basic state, the same one that you had at the moment of conception, when the personality was not spoiled by social restrictions. This is subject to the most complete therapy, of course.

Society has many benefits, but there is a big disadvantage: it transmits to small children, already in utero, the first: fears, resentment, aggression, guilt, shame, ...

You definitely need to “clean” your psyche and my services are only for mentally healthy children and adults. This is why diagnostics exist: including to make sure that hypnosis is not contraindicated for you. Treatment of depression has never been so fast, harmonious, restoring the entire personality and family from the inside!

One session lasts 2.5 - 3 hours. And they are held on weekdays. On weekends the rate is higher.

This is the best choice that anyone can make for themselves, no matter what they suffer from. The minimum number of sessions for any person who has never been treated with modern hypnotherapy is 5 sessions. Then you can add sessions one at a time. Most people prefer to take 10 or more sessions.

Just because you have done “hypnosis” or “hypnotherapy” does not mean that you have done it correctly or that it has been done to you correctly. I can only vouch for my school. A huge number of people, up to 99%, engage in “hypnosis,” but not at all what I do. Many call their work “hypnotherapy”, but they can only dream about it - the USSR school with its direct suggestions is only 1% hypnotherapy.

Become my client and completely change your personality to a harmonious one: treating depression with hypnosis in Moscow has never been so simple for motivated people who have just experienced depression along the way.

How depression is treated: traditional treatments and hypnosis

Fortunately, of all the existing mental disorders, with proper therapy and the use of hypnosis, depression is more treatable than other anomalies. But it should be borne in mind that depression develops precisely for psychogenic reasons and primarily worsens the mental state.

Therefore, to overcome depression, drug treatment alone is not enough, but psychotherapeutic work and hypnosis sessions are necessary. The use of antidepressants makes it possible to minimize or temporarily eliminate the painful manifestations of depression. However, pharmacological treatment is not able to act on the original source of the problem and does not eliminate the cause.

That is why the treatment program for depression is represented by various psychotherapeutic measures and hypnosis. The psychotherapist informs the patient about the characteristics of his condition and teaches the skills of effectively and problem-free overcoming stressful situations. As a result of psychotherapeutic influence, the patient gains the ability to control and manage his emotions. He improves his inner world and gains strength to confront difficulties.

However, all psychotherapeutic manipulations affect the “tip of the iceberg”, eliminating obvious and understandable factors, without having any effect on the original source of depression. This is due to the fact that often, through conscious efforts of will, a person cannot detect that single emotion with which the tangle of emotional troubles began. Such a trigger cannot be detected in a conscious area of memory, since its “storage location” is the subconscious sphere.

The subconscious is the most “wise” and “secret” part of the human mind. Despite the fact that the subconscious mind collects, records and stores all the data from a person’s personal history, it passes only a small fraction of the stored information into the conscious sphere. Therefore, to discover the trigger of stress and subsequent depression, it is necessary to access the repositories of the subconscious.

Only hypnosis can open the gates to the world of the subconscious, using the technique of immersion in a state of hypnotic trance. Trance during hypnosis is a natural state of the body, similar to half-asleep. It is by staying between sleep and wakefulness during hypnosis that we eliminate the obstacles built by the consciousness, which makes it possible to freely study true information about a person’s past.

Establishing the cause of a depressive state using hypnosis makes it possible to work on changing the attitude towards a stressful situation in order for the patient to gain a different interpretation of the stressor. Changing the interpretation of a stressful event using hypnosis leads to the fact that a creative positive feeling takes the place of a destructive negative emotion. Accordingly, if there is no problem, then the psyche does not need to invent any protective actions and disorganize the behavior of the individual.

In short, hypnosis does not treat symptoms of depression. The purpose of hypnosis is to influence the trigger that sets off a cascade of psychopathological reactions. By eliminating the primary source of evil through the effects of hypnosis, the need to treat depression in itself disappears, since its painful manifestations no longer exist.

An important advantage of hypnosis in the treatment of depression is the complete resolution of the existing problem. If after drug treatment there is a high risk that after some time the unpleasant symptoms will return with a vengeance and “bring” with them other painful manifestations, then hypnosis completely eliminates this prospect

Treatment with hypnosis guarantees lasting, lifelong results.

Hypnosis has other advantages over other methods of treating stress and depression. Such arguments include the painlessness, non-traumatic nature of hypnosis, the absence of any side effects or undesirable consequences, the speed and naturalness of the method.

The use of hypnosis is no less effective if a person is experiencing stress. Timely detection of the culprit of a stressful state and neutralization of this factor through hypnosis prevents the formation of a huge tangle of problems. Since in a stressful state a person is not able to act adequately and logically, the use of hypnosis techniques at this moment makes it possible to simply prevent disorganization of behavior from occurring, stopping this possibility at the very root.

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Manage Anxiety and Depression with Hypnosis!

Many people experience anxiety or anxiety from time to time or have experienced depression at least once in their lives.
Losing a loved one, getting fired from a job, separating from a spouse and all the difficulties that accompany divorce, and many other difficult life situations can make us sad or sad, lead us to feel lonely, scared, and anxious. or anxiety. These feelings are, in principle, a normal human reaction to life’s stresses and difficulties. It’s a completely different matter if you experience these feelings and emotions every day or almost every day for a long time, if these feelings and emotions prevent you from living a normal, full life. In this case, there is a possibility that we are talking about an anxiety disorder or depression, or both at the same time. According to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, nearly half of patients diagnosed with depression are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and vice versa. In short, anxiety disorder is characterized by persistent, excessive and unrealistic worries about ordinary things in life, and patients experience anxiety and tension, often expecting the worst (catastrophe, loss of money, health, job) without obvious reasons for concern. Depression is a condition in which the patient feels incapacitated, sad and hopeless, lacks motivation, or generally feels left out of normal life. Depression and anxiety disorders are different disorders, but people with depression often experience the same symptoms as those with an anxiety disorder: nervousness, irritability, and problems sleeping and concentrating. In addition, many people who develop depression have suffered from an anxiety disorder earlier in life. There is currently no evidence that one disorder causes the other, however, there have been many cases of patients suffering from both disorders.

Anxiety and depression can affect physical health. If you suffer from an anxiety disorder or depression, you need to understand that by taking steps to overcome these disorders, you are also taking care of your physical health. If you have constant stressors in your life, you can also learn strategies to help you cope with daily stress. Physical activity, eating well, getting enough sleep, and learning ways to relieve stress can all help you feel better and improve your quality of life.

A hypnosis session for anxiety depression is aimed at increasing your confidence in life and vitality. With this hypnosis session, you can learn to trust your subconscious mind, even though by definition you cannot know what is happening in this part of the psyche, and direct all the forces of your powerful subconscious mind to discover and neutralize the old causes of your depression and anxiety.

Please note that some of the text from this session is used in the Intrusive Thoughts session!

However, hypnosis is not a cure or miracle that will cause you to wake up tomorrow without any problems. It is important that you understand that only by listening to hypnosis regularly and striving for recovery will this method be truly effective for you. Read more about the benefits of audio hypnosis here.

Attention: before purchasing an audio hypnosis session for anxiety depression, please carefully read the instructions for use. There are contraindications: acute psychosis (schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychosis), alcohol intoxication, borderline mental states, epilepsy, any acute somatic conditions (acute appendicitis, myocardial infarction, infectious and inflammatory diseases).

Tactics and techniques for inducing trance

Often audio hypnosis for depression is used if previously conducted standard psychotherapy has not yielded positive results. Hypnotherapy is also prescribed for the following treatment complications:

The patient resists therapy, which can occur either consciously or unconsciously.
The root cause of the disorder cannot be diagnosed.

If the patient is aware of the negative impact of depression, this will speed up the effects of hypnosis. If there is personal resistance, then recovery can be somewhat complicated.

Treatment of depression with hypnosis is based on the patient's condition. If he has developed neurotic conditions, then it is advisable to conduct additional psychotherapy, which will reduce the general manifestations of depression.

Stages of hypnotherapy

The hypnotized person is brought out of trance by the doctor’s command.

Treatment of depression with hypnosis is carried out gradually. The classic version of hypnosis involves the following stages:

The patient is immersed in a trance.
During the trance process, certain attitudes are suggested, which are developed on the basis of deviations identified in the patient.
The patient is brought out of trance.

Any violation of the stages of hypnosis is prohibited! A specially designed scheme allows you to safely put a person into a state of semi-sleep, and then quickly bring him out of the trance.

If a depressive state is accompanied by the development of anxiety or aggression, then immediately before the session the hypnologist must reassure the patient. Sometimes this requires several sessions with a psychologist or resort to a special relaxation technique.

The patient is brought out of trance by the appropriate medical command, and therefore he must have complete trust in the specialist.

When putting a patient into a trance, the hypnologist must take into account his defense mechanisms, since depression usually somewhat complicates the process of conducting a hypnotic session

About suggestibility and self-hypnosis

Mental problems are the result of severe stress, nervous overstrain, as a result of which the patient instills in himself the wrong attitudes in life, starting to live by them. Being in deep depression, a person gradually loses the desire to get rid of the problem and gives up. He begins to get used to negative factors, and any changes cause him fear.

For hypnosis for depression to be highly effective, self-hypnosis of the individual is necessary. A person must understand why such therapy is carried out and want to get rid of negative thoughts.

The basis of hypnotherapy is suggestibility. As a rule, suggestible people have good receptivity to the beliefs of the hypnologist.

Getting into and out of trance

The pendulum is a classic way to put a person into a hypnotic state

Hypnosis involves putting the patient into a deep trance. Some people believe that this state is dangerous, and a person, while under hypnosis, completely loses control over himself. However, in reality we are talking about a state between wakefulness and sleep, when the person is not paralyzed, but, on the contrary, gets more opportunities to concentrate on a specific problem.

Therefore, the fear of immersion in a trance is absolutely groundless - during the procedure, only that part of the personality that feeds on fears and complexes is switched off.

The hypnosis technique is quite simple and involves the use of the following tools to put the patient into a trance:

Pendulum or coin. This is a classic option that has not lost its popularity these days.
Application of tactile techniques. They began to be actively used relatively recently, but have already proven themselves to be excellent.

To enhance the hypnotic effect, the doctor can use special speech techniques, use certain sounds, and speak in a monotonous and drawn-out manner. The peculiarity of such a trance is that the patient is fully aware of what is happening to him.

Special keywords are used to bring a person out of trance. These may vary for each session.

After the patient is brought out of the trance, he needs about half an hour to recuperate.

Specifics of treatment

Hypnosis for depression is used when standard psychotherapy does not produce the desired results. If the patient resists treatment or difficulties arise in diagnosing the root cause, then hypnotherapy sessions are prescribed. The patient is persuaded to enter into a trance.

If a person is aware of the impact of depression, then his determination in treatment will speed up the work of hypnosis. Personal resistance delays recovery: an individual treatment regimen is based on the voluntary consent of the patient.

During treatment, the patient's condition is taken into account. If his condition has reached the point of neurosis, it is necessary to conduct additional psychotherapy to reduce the general symptoms of depression. Contraindications to hypnotherapy: schizophrenia, epilepsy, severe alcohol intoxication.

Main stages

Treatment with hypnosis for depression is carried out gradually. Each negative factor increases depression: the state of stress aggravates the patient’s well-being. The main stages of classical hypnosis:

the patient goes into a trance;
during a trance, certain, specially created attitudes are instilled in him;
the patient is brought out of the trance.

The stages of hypnosis cannot be disrupted. They ensure safe immersion in semi-sleep and rapid recovery of the patient after the intervention. If depression is accompanied by aggression or constant anxiety, then before the session it is necessary to reassure the patient. To do this, sessions are held with a psychologist or one of the relaxation techniques is used.

The patient is brought out of trance by the doctor’s command, so there must be complete trust in him. By choosing a specialist, the patient finds an assistant - a person who will carry out effective suggestion. The patient's depressive state complicates the process of immersion in trance. The hypnologist must take into account the protective mechanisms of the patient’s psyche.

Suggestibility and self-hypnosis

Mental problems, when a person suffers from depression or prolonged stress, arise against the background of negative factors. The patient instills in himself incorrect attitudes, forcing himself to live by them.

When a person instills in himself the wrong attitudes, depression occurs

Depressed people give up, but do not want to get rid of the problem. They are adapted to negative factors, and changes frighten them even more. For hypnosis to help against severe depression, self-hypnosis of the individual is important. She must understand what hypnotherapy is used for and feel the harm from the thoughts that gave rise to depression.

Low stress tolerance, which is one of the main causes of depression, depends on self-esteem. If a person is unsure of himself, he gets used to his own inferiority. Self-hypnosis, which negatively affects an individual’s life, can help her in the fight against depression. Suggestibility is at the core of hypnotherapy and helps increase receptivity to the hypnologist's beliefs.

Entering and exiting trance

Treating depression with hypnosis requires going into a trance. There is a popular belief that trance is a dangerous state in which a person completely loses control over himself. The borderline state between sleep and wakefulness does not paralyze a person, but only helps her concentrate. There is no need to be afraid of trance: in half-sleep, that part of the personality that feeds on complexes and fears is switched off.

A person is immersed in a trance using a simple technique. These are either repeated movements with a pendulum (coin) or tactile techniques. The work of hypnosis is enhanced by suitable sounds, a monotonous voice and the doctor’s speech techniques. After entering a trance, the hypnotized person is aware of what is happening to him and can leave the trance at any moment.

To exit a trance, commands are used - these are words that are not often used in everyday life. They do not change and are used in every session. After awakening the personality, it takes no more than 30 minutes to regain strength.

Treating depression without drugs

Psychotherapy methods can be used in combination with drug treatment. As an independent process, they also show high efficiency. There are many mechanisms of action on depression. These are methods that influence the causes that underlie emotional breakdowns. They are helping:

make patients' lives more positive;
resolve neurotic conflicts;
teach adaptation to reality;
reduce the severity of depression;
accept yourself, do not give up part of your life and do not deny it;
cope with symptoms of illness;
solve problems of fear.

Types of psychotherapy

Different types of psychotherapy can be used to treat depression. Their basis is understanding the cause that caused the nervous state and further influencing it. There are different types of psychotherapy:

interpersonal – solves problems caused by incorrect personal relationships with others;
psychodynamic - seeks understanding of the inconsistency in the conflict in order to eliminate it and create balance;
cognitive-behavioral – sets the task of dissuading a person who considers himself to blame for problems.

Interpersonal

Psychotherapy for depression caused by improper development of relationships with others is called interpersonal. The patient is characterized by a search for those to blame for the situation and disappointment in expectations. Goals of short-term psychotherapy:

adjustment of interpersonal relationships;
developing the ability to resolve conflicts;
relationship building training;
improving the ability to overcome disagreements.

Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy

This type of psychotherapy is based on the idea that depression occurs due to a person's false beliefs. The patient is characterized by increased self-criticism. He considers himself the culprit of all problems. Behavioral therapy is appropriate if:

analysis of negative thoughts;
searching for incorrect reasoning;
collecting information about the reasons that caused excessive self-criticism;
creating the right settings;
destruction of erroneous conclusions;
convincing the patient that his reasoning is wrong.

Psychodynamic

The task that psychodynamic psychotherapy solves during depression is to find conflicts. They often come from childhood and are repeated in adulthood. Peculiarities:

The task is to resolve situations where past experience influences a person’s behavior outside the child-parent relationship.
Depression represents an unconscious conflict between different desires. Someone may want both the support of others and to be independent.
The goal of a psychodynamic type of psychotherapy is awareness of the conflict between conscious and subconscious desires and thoughts.
Solving such problems takes a long time.

Psychotherapy methods

There are a huge number of psychotherapy technologies that help cope with depression. Even autogenic training helps. An effective method for self-psychotherapy will help you learn self-hypnosis, muscle relaxation, and a transition to a positive mood. Game-based training helps solve interpersonal problems. These include:

fairytale therapy - treatment by creating your own and acting out ready-made fairy tales;
exposure to music when life events are associated with its sound;
play therapy, in which group members play specific roles.

Popular methods for getting rid of depression:

art therapy - the structure of classes includes painting, photography, handicrafts;
distraction from the situation with the help of specially selected books;
zootherapy – treatment with the help of animals;
neurolinguistic programming – identifying priorities in communication and influencing them;
Gestalt therapy – involving a person in the process of studying oneself here and now instead of worrying about “there and then”;
holotropic breathing – helps to work through psychological trauma in a state of altered consciousness.

Treatment of depression with hypnosis

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Published: June 20, 2013 at 08:47

Psychotherapy, and in particular hypnosis, is widely used to treat depression in our time. Moreover, it should be noted that at one time there was an opinion that hypnosis and depression are simply incompatible, however, the use of the latest techniques gives good results. It has been proven that depressive conditions can be successfully treated with hypnosis. As you know, depression sometimes occurs unexpectedly, causing a depressed mood. Moreover, at this time it seems to a person that it will never stop. Those activities and hobbies that seemed important lose their relevance and do not bring the same satisfaction. In addition, sleep is disturbed and a feeling of fatigue haunts you.

In particular, with depression, a person extremely acutely feels his own inferiority and attributes non-existent vices to himself. It seems to him that he is to blame for something, and this feeling is strongly expressed. All this happens against a background of decreased concentration, and thoughts of suicide often arise. Almost every person has experienced certain disappointments, losses, humiliation, and a number of other painful experiences in life at various periods of life. And in this case, it is important how such events are interpreted by the mind and affect the state of mental health.

As a rule, if a person suffers from depression, then his view of current events changes radically, and any situation is taken very seriously. At the same time, unpleasant events are perceived as permanent, not temporary. It seems to the patient that what is happening takes over his whole life, and not a certain part. Experts believe that although such beliefs are rooted in the depths of the subconscious, they can be changed and corrected. A person may well learn to relate to what is happening more superficially, and realize that the world around him is rather uncertain, existing beyond a person’s control. Everyone can learn that events do not affect the whole life, they affect only a certain period.

When is hypnosis effective?

When using hypnosis, behavioral and cognitive techniques are used to teach the patient new skills to interpret life events, while using more optimal ways to help solve the problem. You should know that the greatest risk for depression is stress, family conflicts, physical or sexual violence, even if it occurred in the past. Economic restrictions, that is, lack of money, are no less important. At the same time, experts consider the presence of inadequate self-management skills, dysfunctional thinking styles, and other complicating conditions to be a risk. Among them are alcoholism, excessive anxiety, and drug addiction.

With depression, a person immerses himself in thoughts that are darkly colored and look like a black cloud. Sometimes the patient tries to actively fight, but only gets bogged down more and more in a similar state. Each attempt made consciously only confirms depression and focuses attention on this factor. During this period, you need to focus on something that is positive and inspiring. If you constantly try to find a way to get out of the whirlpool of depression, you can achieve the opposite result, but it is deliberately difficult to do this.

Through hypnosis, you can create new habits that are unconscious, get new thinking, they simply remain in the subconscious, and conscious thoughts are focused elsewhere.

Scientists have proven that modern hypnosis can be considered the most effective remedy that is recommended for use in the treatment of depression. The peculiarity is that the patient is advised to focus on the good moments and not try to find the key to solving problems, and at the same time the patient must fully use his imagination. For example, you can take your favorite episode from a movie and make it a personal memory, as if it were your dreams. You should know that dreams are no less powerful than real memories. All your attention should be focused on what you would like to achieve in life. Based on this, the mind will begin to realize your desires. In this regard, focus on the future and think less about the past.

Possibilities of hypnosis

In psychotherapy, the importance of hypnosis cannot be underestimated. The patient should prepare positive thoughts in order to focus on them, and thereby block negative thoughts and control their thinking. The fact is that consciousness is capable of concentrating on only one thing, so you need to choose positive content. Thus, it can be compared to an imaginary positive switch, it can be applied when required and as often as necessary. At the same time, the old pattern of behavior should be abandoned, so that if difficult circumstances arise, you can behave differently. Learn to relax when you are depressed and turn off the inner voice that keeps you stuck in negative thinking.

Through hypnosis, you develop ways to integrate the behavior you want, and all this leads to the fact that depression recedes. Many patients do not notice that the changes that have occurred to them arose under the influence of hypnotherapy, and only by looking back, remembering their past perception of the world, are they convinced of this. Actually, such a reaction is considered normal, since the healing process is not directly perceived by the mind. Modern psychotherapists widely use hypnosis in medical practice. It has been proven that the psyche is capable of self-regulation during a hypnotic trance, and this always has a positive effect on mental health. This is one of the best ways to combat depression, since several sessions are enough for a person to cope with this illness.

How to cure depression on your own

The period of bearing a baby and the process of childbirth can have a detrimental effect on the mental health of the mother and cause a state of depression. For such a crucial moment in a woman’s life, you need to prepare in advance, read suitable information literature, try to rebuild your views and habits in parallel with the processes that occur inside by the will of nature. It is not always possible for a young mother to cope with nervousness, so it will be useful to familiarize yourself with how depression is treated without medications that are not recommended to be taken during this period.

During pregnancy

Changes in hormonal levels during pregnancy directly affect frequent changes in mood, the appearance of tears, the perception of the surrounding world in a negative light, and can cause anxiety and blues. In order not to harm the development of the fetus, taking antidepressant medications is undesirable. The main treatment for depression during pregnancy is the mood of the woman herself, family members and close circle.

You can react differently to the same change in appearance: “I have gained weight, pigment spots have appeared, no one loves me like that” or “My husband said that he is crazy about my new condition, pregnancy beautifies a woman, it gives off an inner light " The spouse and parents should support the positive mood of the pregnant woman, and not plunge into a depressed state with her, when everything is scary, bad, and there is no way out without medication.

While pregnant, a woman can and must allow herself to rest more, increasing the number of hours of sleep, reading interesting books, watching comedies, and doing her favorite things. A visit to a massage therapist, manicure and pedicure salon, or hairdresser will help you relax, get a surge of positivity, replacing medications and forgetting about your depressed state. Self-care and health should come first, and everyday problems can be solved later and not necessarily by the woman herself.

How to cope with depression after childbirth

A serious illness called “postpartum depression” should be treated under the guidance of a psychotherapist. Sometimes short-term episodes of fatigue and sadness are mistaken for chronic mental illness by young mothers. To prevent the state of lethargy, lack of sleep, and irritation from developing into a real disease, which may take several months and medications to get rid of, you need to provide the woman who gave birth with emotional support, tell her more often that she is still loved and desired, and help her forget all her fears and memories about pain.

Physical assistance in caring for an infant will give the young mother the opportunity to rest and relax more. There should be a lot of sunlight indoors, walks in the fresh air should become a daily ritual

Her close circle needs to understand that the best remedy for depression for a new mother is not medications and psychotherapy, but care, attention, help, and showing interest in the state of health, both emotional and physical.

Hypnosis for depression: reviews of the psychologist Polishchuk V.I.

Cheating and divorce from my husband greatly affected my psychological state, and I developed apathy towards everything that was happening. I was not interested in communicating with my friends, learning about my son’s grades, I could not be interested in anything that was happening in my life. Taking antidepressants, herbal treatment and other methods did not help me, this continued for more than two years. But one day my mother found reviews about a good hypnologist. Thanks to the method of psychologist Polishchuk, I realized my mistakes and was able to overcome my depressed state. Viktor Ivanovich taught to adhere to the principle “If a difficulty appears, solve it.” Thank you for helping me cope with depression.

I made an unforgivable mistake, because of which I quarreled with my friend. I tried to make peace with her, but it was all in vain. I was on edge all week, I was overcome by the fear that I wouldn’t be able to date her, I became despondent. I lost track of time, the days flew by unnoticed, I was indifferent to everything. First, I tried to cure depression and went to the doctor, he prescribed me a course of antidepressants. But within a month the situation had not changed and there was a bitter feeling in my soul. There were situations when I lost my appetite for the whole day and I didn’t eat anything. This continued until I decided to take control of it. I decided to get rid of my problems and be positive. I signed up for a consultation and hypnosis sessions with psychologist Polishchuk and was right. At the session, he explained that depression, negative thoughts, apathy are subconscious programs, it is possible to get rid of them and start living again. Thanks to hypnosis sessions, I got rid of depression and depression. Thank you.

I dated a girl for over two years. We had both quarrels and positive moments. But everything collapsed. We were walking in the park, she started talking about how she would like to take a break from the relationship. After a long conversation, she said that she didn’t love me and wanted to break up. I was shocked because it was unexpected because everything was fine. I became despondent. I didn’t communicate, I didn’t go anywhere and I didn’t do anything. My aunt noticed my condition and called a psychologist. At that moment, I felt depressed and perceived any help as negative, so I reacted aggressively. I am very grateful to my aunt for insisting that I need psychological help and especially to psychologist Polishchuk. I was able to understand myself, my emotions, feelings, stopped worrying about the breakup and let go of all the negativity. Thank you very much.

I suffered from prolonged apathy and tried to get out of it: I tried to cope on my own, was treated for depression, took pills, but I was never able to get out of this state. A friend advised me to see a psychologist-hypnologist. I became interested in this idea and looked for a good psychologist in Sochi, and found Viktor Ivanovich Polishchuk, he helped me. In one hypnosis session I got rid of apathy, and now I feel great. I express my deep gratitude for your help.

After the death of my husband, I began to experience the first symptoms of depression, I tried to dull them and not notice them. But they got worse. There was apathy, the pills no longer helped. I signed up for a session with a psychologist. Hypnosis sessions helped me get rid of depression. The psychologist helped me understand that I control my life, my thoughts, and my thoughts are material. If I say that “I can”, “I can”, then this will happen. I will try to follow your advice. Thank you.

I am immensely grateful to psychologist Polishchuk for saving me from depression. I suffered from this problem for more than 6 months, and I couldn’t get out of it on my own. Hypnosis is amazing, thank you very much!

Psychologist's phone number: +7 (918) 612‑79‑20

More details on the page: Psychologist V.I. Polishchuk

Treating depression with unconventional methods

Modern methods of treating depression at home are perfectly combined with non-traditional methods, which include things that are quite familiar and accessible to patients.

Treatment of depression with music

In addition to the fact that treating depression with music can speed up processes to improve mental abilities, it relieves melancholy, stress, and instills confidence in oneself and the future. Let the melody be sad and cause tears - in this way you can “release” all the accumulated negative thoughts and experiences.

Treatment of depression with hypnosis

The technique is carried out directly by a psychotherapist or psychiatrist. With the help of hypnosis, the cognitive-behavioral spheres are influenced. In a state of sleep, the patient is instilled with the idea that all bad things will pass, life is wonderful and there is a lot of good things ahead.

Treating depression with sleep

The lack of an important hormone produced during sleep leads to the formation of severe depression, which will have to be treated with serious medications. Therefore, it is important to devote at least 6-7 hours a day to healthy and sound sleep.

Meditation to treat depression

Just 10-15 minutes of meditation is enough and the body will restore its strength and the nervous system will calm down. After a few meditation sessions, there will be no trace of depressive disorder.

Treating Depression with Fasting

The method forces the body to cleanse itself of toxins and stimulate the functioning of neurons to replenish the lack of hormones responsible for a good mood.

There are also other methods of influence: treatment of depression with current - micropolarization (stimulation of neurons), acupuncture, etc.

Features of treating depression with hypnosis

Successful treatment of depression with hypnosis is based on the correct work of the hypnotherapist with the patient’s subconscious. It has been proven that problems of this kind arise only in cases where stressful situations are superimposed on a person’s special perception of the world around him, which is formed throughout his life. The inability to look at a situation from a different angle or experience grief triggers negative thinking.

It is with the help of hypnosis that a doctor can help a patient cope with depression by changing his internal attitudes to more positive ones. During the session, the patient lives the situation again in all its details, but with different emotions that the specialist puts into his subconscious. Behavioral factors also undergo changes, which makes treatment especially effective. As a result, after a course of hypnosis sessions for depression, a person begins to think correctly, and stress recedes.

Treatment with hypnosis is absolutely painless and comfortable for patients. It does not have side effects, as is the case with taking antidepressants. After corrective sessions, patients note positive changes occurring in their lives.

The number of hypnosis sessions for depression carried out as part of stress therapy is individual. It all depends on the severity of the disease, the initial problem, and the persistence of the patient’s previous beliefs. How many there will be is determined by the doctor. But in any case, this method of treatment gives guaranteed results, leading to improvement and complete recovery. Hypnosis sessions for stress can be used as an independent treatment option for depression, or combined with medications, folk remedies and psychotherapy.

Homeopathy method

Classical homeopathy is a good solution. It doesn’t just change hormone levels, but makes you fight the disease

When treating depression, homeopathy pays attention to physical and psychological characteristics

Severity is assessed using the Beck scale. Improvement on this scale occurs in a short period of time - only 12 weeks. Patients move from moderate to subdepression, and then they have no symptoms at all and restore health.

The main plants used in the treatment of depression with homeopathy are olive oil increases stamina, elm prevents chronic fatigue, hornbeam increases energy, pine removes increased feelings of guilt.

Example of traditional homeopathic remedies:

“Ignation” helps when experiencing great disappointment, loss of loved ones;
"Graffites" relieves suicidal thoughts;
With the help of Kali Phosphoricum, determination increases and motivation appears;
“Meadow lumbago” is suitable for teenagers who are depressed due to hormonal imbalance;
Natrium Muriaticum salt is suitable for patients prone to loneliness and experiencing communication problems.

Depression and hypnosis

Hypnosis is a condition in which a person, under the influence of suggestion, loses the functions of self-control and self-awareness. The hypnotist conducts a session of suggestion when the person's mind is passive. Therefore, hypnotherapy is often used to treat depression.

Treatment of depression with hypnosis can be an independent method or can be included in complex therapy. To get rid of depression, 5-10 sessions of hypnosis are enough. With each session the condition usually improves, the patient is freed from difficult thoughts and emotions. When exposed to hypnosis, complete relaxation occurs both emotionally and physically. A hypnologist influences the subconscious during hypnotic sleep, making positive suggestions

A person focuses on pleasant events that happened in life, remembers joyful moments, and concentrates on achievements

When you are depressed, it is recommended to focus your attention on the future. During treatment, the patient changes the old pattern of behavior in which depressive thoughts prevailed and creates a new way of thinking

The ability to relax your body and get rid of oppressive memories plays a big role.

The hypnologist acts by suggestion on the unconscious part of the mind. Treatment of depression with hypnosis helps to find hidden opportunities and get out of a dead-end situation

Hypnosis for depression occupies an important place in complex therapy and has no side effects on the body

Hypnosis for depression

A hypnotherapist who works with the patient’s subconscious will help cure a person from a depressive state using hypnosis. It has been proven that such problems appear if stressful moments affect a person’s worldview, which develops throughout life. If you can’t look at the situation from the outside or survive the misfortune painlessly, then the person thinks negatively. This leads to stress and depression.

With the help of hypnosis, the doctor will help you get rid of depression. This will happen by changing your internal attitudes to more optimistic ones. A special session will be held during which the patient will experience the stressful situation again. This will be done with positive and light emotions that the hypnotherapist will instill in the person. Behavioral factors will also be changed, which will make the session more effective. After several procedures, a person will be freed from depression and begin to think more optimistically than before.

Hypnosis for depression does not affect the patient's body in any way. Sessions are carried out without pain and in comfortable conditions. Hypnosis does not create negative effects, as is the case with taking drugs to get rid of depression. After several sessions of hypnosis, a person experiences positive changes in his life.

The number of hypnosis sessions is determined individually for each patient. It depends on the strength of the disease and initial beliefs. The doctor, based on professional experience, will prescribe the required number of sessions. In any case, hypnosis is a method that produces positive results. They lead to a complete cure for depression. Hypnosis can be used in combination with medications, or can be used as an individual treatment for depression.