Is the cognitive approach the one that utilizes feedback to try and combat negative thought cycles?
I'm trying to remember way back to my psych days in college. I remember the whole time thinking that at mixture of behavioral (changing negative behaviors), cognitive (changing thought patterns), and biological (combatting chemical imbalances with medication) seemed like the best approach. This was the only part of my psychology classes that I found particularly interesting. Well...that and the fascinating results of studies done on people who had damaged their corpus callosum. > Everyone's giving some veyr good advise, although I don't think that > using firearms is practical. > > Here's my bit, if you're considering psychotherapy, look at Cognitive > Therapy (ask the person what they follow) - its been found to be the > most effective, as good as psychoactive drugs used for depression. > > Other things you may want to try, pay attention to your thoughts. We > all have habitual thought patterns. When you're depressed these > usually are negative, self depreciating etc. These create and > reinforce feelings of depression and worthlessness. Something that > helps is to actively dispute these or do things that are incompatible > with those thoughts. > > There's a lot more, but that can be a starter. > > larry > > On 7/21/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm gonna ask here because, damnit, I know some of you people. :) >> >> Plus I hear smart people get depressed a lot... >> >> Anyway... are there any really good solutions for depression? (Outside >> of prosac?) I don't think I'm hormonally imballanced or anything, I >> just get fed up occasionally... >> >> I normally don't ask around for advice on this, preferring to just let >> it pass on its own, but for the first time in my memory I'm experience >> a "loss of sexual apetite" rather than as is usually the case when I'm >> depressed, an increase. It's somewhat disturbing to me... I'd feel >> better about letting it pass if I felt like doing something that might >> help me feel better (like sex -- but not necessarily... if I felt like >> any meditative activity really)... but right now I'm just not feeling >> any pull to do anything that might "relax" or "stimulate" me and get >> my mind off of ... general dysphoria. >> >> I'm finding myself spending way too much time playing this: >> >> http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-1211.htm >> >> But that's just feeding the cycle. >> >> >> >> s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 >> new epoch : isn't it time for a change? >> >> add features without fixtures with >> the onTap open source framework >> >> http://www.fusiontap.com >> http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165780 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
