SAD AND HYPNOTHERAPY positivetranceformations.com.au
Mar 19, 2016
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.
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.
Long-term stress and
burnout also are factors
that can be triggers.
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.
These underlying issues
are often what lie behind
problems with anxiety,
depression, panic
attacks and the like.
There can also be a
physical side to
depression and its
cronies.
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.
Sometimes, problems in
brain chemistry are to
blame.
And sometimes, the
problem is SAD.
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.
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.
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.
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!).
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.
If your pineal gland
doesn’t get enough
sunlight, it doesn’t
produce enough of what
it needs to in orderto
feel good.
So what you always had
a hunch was true
actually is true: dull
gloomy weather really
does make you feel dull
and gloomy.
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.
Good thing this problem can
now be addressed using
Hypnotherapy for
Depression or Hypnotherapy
for SAD