{"id":1197,"date":"2016-02-09T03:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T03:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2018-07-04T02:19:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T02:19:51","slug":"understanding-depression-the-human-givens-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/2016\/02\/understanding-depression-the-human-givens-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Depression The Human Givens Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"understanding<\/a><\/p>\n

by Andrew Richardson<\/a><\/p>\n

Human Givens has been called the first new bio, psycho, social model of psychology for forty years.\u00a0Human Givens is UK based and dates from the late 1990\u2019s and\u00a0challenges the conventional way of dealing with mental problems<\/p>\n

I am a therapist who helps those who come to me lost in their depression. My methods are based on the Human Givens approach.\u00a0<\/span>Human Givens is only some 15 years old yet even in that time, it has received recognition in the NHS and there is respectable peer reviewed evidence of success \u2013 that Human Givens helps with depression more effectively that medication or CBT. <\/span><\/p>\n

Understand why you dream and you will understand Depression<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tonight you will dream, even if you don\u2019t remember doing so. And what is going on is that your brain will act out in story-like form the hopes, fears and reflections that occupied your mind today. Today\u2019s concerns are tonight\u2019s dreams.\u00a0 <\/span>In simple terms, dreaming is our brain\u2019s emotional flush toilet. This extraordinary process refreshes our emotional brain, leaving it better prepared to deal with tomorrow\u2019s stresses.<\/span><\/p>\n

But dreaming is exhausting.\u00a0 <\/span>And if we need more dreaming because we are worrying too much then we will slip into a vicious cycle – of worrying, exhausting over dreaming, reduced motivation and energy and thus even more unproductive rumination. And this is a depression.\u00a0 <\/span>Many describe it as being locked in their brain, unable to escape from useless and obsessive rumination – a terrifying trance state of inward obsession.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why people get depressed<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

People sink into a depressed mood when their innate physical or emotional needs are not being met and, instead of dealing with this situation, they begin to worry about it and so misuse their imagination. All depressed people worry. This increases the amount of dreaming they do, upsetting the balance between slow-wave, recuperative sleep and dream sleep. Consequently they start to develop an imbalance between energy burning dream sleep and refreshing slow-wave sleep. Soon they start to wake up feeling tired and unmotivated. This makes them worry even more as they feel that “something is wrong with me”. To be depressed <\/span>is an added layer of misery often piled upon genuine challenges, further reducing the person\u2019s ability to cope with their difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n

And then what feeds the depression<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

It can be a number of things.\u00a0 <\/span>They would include how difficult is the life situation someone finds themselves in. From a Human Givens perspective, the question would be put this way \u2013 how possible is it to live a life where essential needs can be met, around safety, control, relationships and satisfying work. And what is the nature and extent of the crisis that might have triggered depression?\u00a0 <\/span>Finally there are the resources of that client \u2013 how well are emotions, habitual patterns of thinking and responding helping or not to get these essential needs met?\u00a0 <\/span>And finally it is important to discover if there is trauma lurking somewhere in the past as often it is the active reliving of past traumas that is the main inhibitor to a person\u2019s capacity to get their life working better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter:\u00a0@tereziafarkas<\/a>\u00a0#depression \u00a0#wellness \u00a0#humangivens<\/p>\n

* Click here to find out more about Terezia Farkas\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and Depression Help Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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