Have you known your best friend all your life and you have been best friends for more than half of your lives, they were the one person that you could share any secret with and you trusted them but recently they passed away in an unfortunate car accident and you now feel as you have lost a part of your soul, that you will never be the same person again? Or have you been feeling sad for over a year now and you cannot seem to figure out the reason why, because you are working for the company you always dreamed of working for, you have a loving partner and beautiful children, but you still wake up feeling terrible every day?Whatever your story may be, sometimes the reasons for the cause of your depression are very obvious but sometimes they are not that obvious. This leads many individuals that are depressed to feel as though they are flawed and that something is wrong with them and that they will never get better which in turn may even lead to suicide in some extreme cases. So how can depression be cured? Read below to find out more.

Finding the reason

The first step to curing any illness, whether it is a mental illness or physical illness is to determine what this illness that the individual is suffering with is and also determine what is causing it. There are many ways this can be done. One of the most popular methods is to try out therapy or counselling. Counselling will be better for individuals whose depression stemmed due to the loss of a loved one and therapy is better for people who cannot seem to figure out why they feel the way they do. The therapist will ask the individual a set of questions and depending on their response they can be diagnosed. Hypnosis is also a great way to determine the reason behind depression as we are able to enter the subconscious part of the mind of the depressed individual and the professional can then help the individual identify and finish the unfinished business that is causing them to feel that way so that hypnotherapists Sydney can take place afterwards.

The cure

Usually, therapy is also used to cure individuals of their depression as the counselor or therapist will constantly advise and help the individuals’ process everything that happened that caused them to be depressed and help them get out of it. Hypnotherapy for self esteem is also commonly used when trying to make a depressed or anxious individual feel confident again.And finally, in extreme cases such as severe depression, the individual may be prescribed medicines and other drugs to help balance the chemicals in their brain.