Paul Ekman, the pioneer, of reading facial expressions, once did an experiment, where he demonstrated certain muscle contractions produced certain feelings (chemicals). If one can control ones muscles with thoughts, one can control ones feelings with thoughts. No matter to what minor degree, this is significant.
So ones thoughts are directly related to how one acts(conscious & subconscious), which is directly related to how one feels. This is perhaps obvious, to many.
Changing thoughts & therefore changing behavior & environment appears to me to be a better solution,
if at all possible as an alternative.
Becoming accustomed to medication will very likely work against this. It would allow one to become comfortable with ones thoughts, behavior & environment that either
are the causes of, or at the
very least assist depression. Something to be aware of.
It may be worth considering changes in thoughts, values and taking advantage of what your body can do too, combined with medication. Who knows, perhaps they'll work well together.
Many underestimate the power of ones mind and the power of ones ability to change beliefs. I doubt believing 1+1=3 or converting to scientology are necessary changes. Id like to believe that this is where the breakthroughs in future will come from. Drugs, whilst maybe effective (with their disavantages/advan), perhaps arent the best way to deal with the problem. Immune is imo an excuse.
Either way, I hope all those who suffer find their happiness & keep it to a ripe old age. Depression sucks.
I'm curious as to what you thought of your hypnotherapy? Having recently learnt how to force friends into eating onions, my interest in this field has grown exponentially
I'm also curious as to what exercise you did/do and how long you kept it up.
