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Treating Depression With Love And Understanding
There is no better way for treating depression other than with love. In order to understand why love is one of the most important factors in the cure and treatment of depression, let us look at how the depressed person might be feeling in the first place.
The Profile Of A Depressed Person
The person who is depressed feels worthless, without any self-esteem, useless, guilty of real and imaginary situations and slights; he/she ceases to love life because they see no reason for it. They do not want to continue living and sometimes they attempt suicide and succeed, or simply want to die, or fade away from the face of the earth.
They will not respond to the normal care and attention of the family and friends. They need to feel a bit extra important; they need to feel the center/ the focus of someone's existence. This role can be fulfilled by only one or max two persons, i.e. mother and spouse. It is extremely difficult treating depression when the person in question does not cooperate. It is frustrating, it is scary and it is very slow.
If you want to hurry the results of treating depression a little bit, try gifting the depressed person with a small animal. It could be anything from a squirrel to a cat or a dog. Give it at least 7-10 days for the bonding to take place, and then you will see the improvement that your efforts in treating depression will give.
You will be stunned at how fast the depressed person leaves behind his/her depression and basks in the love of the new pet. There is some type of magic in the love of a pet; maybe its unconditional love infuses the will to live back into the person who stopped valuing life a while ago.
Treating depression is tedious and slow; however, the reward you get when you win back our dear one from the clutches of death is a great feeling. There is a warning here, though. Once the person has been exposed to depression, he/she will always be in danger of slipping right back into it. This is something like alcoholics anonymous - the therapy works, but you are always in danger of slipping back in case you are again faced with a serious crisis.
Your treating depression successfully will very much be dependent upon the bonding with the pet and the support he/she gets from home.
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