Depression Review: Keyword #8 is Relapse….
Relapse. Relapse! Relapse? That is a word you don’t want to even consider. But guess what? You absolutely must.
If you attended Weight Watchers you would not only learn how to lose the weight, you would learn how to maintain that weight as well. If you don’t maintain it, you will gain it back. Maintenance is part of the program.
Mental illness is not as easy to control or maintain as weight. Many will recover from depression but some of those will relapse. What are you going to do if you have a relapse?
Well, first of all you will fall apart for a little bit, feel sorry for yourself and say ‘what happened? I was doing so well?’ You will grieve over the loss of feeling well. And then what?
Hopefully you will go right back to all of the things you have learned. You will start your depression review all over again. Maybe you will have to look at your diagnosis once again and make sure you have been diagnosed correctly.
You might have to consider changing medications or adding another med to the one you are taking. Possibly you could pick up your favourite book about depression and read it over again to see if there is something you missed last time which might help this time.
Or maybe you will just go to bed and weather the storm. But you need to decide while you are feeling well, how you will respond if and when depression returns.
The important thing is NOT TO GIVE UP. You survived before and you will survive again. There is always something more you can do, some other strategies you can try. It is a gradual process but worth the effort.
Next time I am going to tell you about a movie which might help you to manage depression.
For now, take a laughter therapy break and click here!
I am so glad you dropped by today!
Join me again at ‘Depression Getaway’ and together we will…
…live, care, laugh, share, learn, discover, forgive and recover.
Don’t give up, I’m praying for you!
Wendy Love
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