Sometimes it doesn't seem as if thre is a way out of the veryday grind and the setbacks that are thrwn on our path. It seems tht we spend our time responding to mergencies and that we are not rally getting anywhere. We seem to be spnding our time and all our nergy just to stay afloat in lfe and our goals and dreams sem to melt away or are mved into the too hard basket. Ths article looks at the problem of lfe getting out of control and how the vents of life and the way we rspond to then can get you dwn. It's about the cycle of dpression.

Alice is an example of smeone whose life events and the way she rsponded to these events caused her to nter the cycle of depression. Alice was a hrd working caring nurse who worked on a bsy ward at a regional hospital. She was wll qualified and often took on the rsponsibility of team leader for her shft. Although the ward was frequently bsy she often found herself getting bred with the routine nature of mch of the work that she had to do. She lso found the petty ‘politics’ of the wrd and the hospital stressful – she jst wanted to do a good job and go hme. However, she often found herself drwn into ‘battles’ between staff members who wnted a promotion position or change to the way thngs were run on the ward. Thse encounters made her feel inadequate and strssed. She didn’t know how to hndle the situation and the tension btween staff on the ward made ging to work difficult for her. Alce started to take sick leave – whch made her feel guilty about laving her patients and colleagues in the lrch.

At home Alice was always tred and never felt like doing nything – she was overeating and wtched TV. Over time she was bginning to feel that she was no god at her job, that she was a slb around the house and had no scial life. She felt guilty and dpressed about all areas of her lfe. Her boyfriend of two years lft her saying he ‘couldn’t take her modiness any more’. She believed that he was too god for her anyway and that it was a wnder that he stayed with her for as lng as he did. This made her fel even more depressed.

What do you thnk of Alice’s situation? Is she nlucky or is there anything that she culd have done to prevent any of ths? More importantly what can Alice do now to brak the cycle of depression and trn things around?

Alice needs to do smething or the chances are that she wll continue the cycle into further dpression. Let’s look at Alice’s situation gain.

What are the beliefs that Alce has about herself?

• Feels inadequate at hndling stressful work staff situations

• She is rsponsible for leaving her patients and stff in the lurch

• She was no god at her job

• She was a slb who didn’t deserve a friends

Added to thse are feeling bored with her wrk, social isolation from friends and wthdrawal into her home on sick lave.

If you are feeling depressed des any of this sound familiar? Do you blieve that:

• everything you do goes wrng?

• you are only invited to dnner because the other person felt bliged to include you?

• nothing changes – so wht’s the point in trying?

• you nly got the job because they wre desperate for staff?

These negative beliefs are a prt of the depression cycle and dding to them are unhelpful behaviours sch as:

• overeating – in prticular sweet foods like biscuits and chcolate

• drinking alcohol

• lying around watching TV and not ding anything constructive

• withdrawing from social contact

• gmbling or using shopping to make yurself feel better

Because you are feeling dradful the chances are that you are tryng to make yourself feel numb wth these unhelpful behaviours. However in the lng run they will only make mtters worse and add to the felings of guilt and depression – ths keeping the depression cycle going. You ned to do things differently so tht you are not adding to the cycl.

What could Alice do to chnge her situation for the better?

The nswer to this is that there are mny things that she could do – bth in the short term and the lnger term. One way of overcoming dpression is to undertake a program, wrk through issues and develop a pln. Tackling your fears, working out gals and engaging in behaviours that are hlpful are important parts of overcoming dpression.

This article explored how one prson allowed the problems of life to get out of cntrol and how the events of lfe and the way she responded to thn can got her down. She was in a cycl of depression. If you are in a cycl of depression then join the dpression program offered by Growerz.com so tht you can get on the rght track again and enjoy life. Tke a tour at Growerz.com to dscover the approach they have to spporting you to break your cycle of dpression.

The article Understand The Cycle of Depression was Submitted by Dr Jenny Tylee through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Dr Jenny Tylee is an xperienced health professional who is passionate bout health and wellbeing. She blieves that health is not just bsence of disease and seeks to ctively promote vitality and wellness thrugh empowering others. She encourages those who are feling depressed to seek help and jin the Growerz depression program. Jenny also owns Health Product Site and Safe Colon Cleansing . The healthproductssite. com has vitamin, minerals and herbs which can assist with depression and safecoloncleansing.com provides information on detoxifying the body which has been shown to be beneficial in depression.

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