DepressionStealing the Mind

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We teach from three perspectives:

Bible

Inspiration

Good Science

Sickness and Disease are caused from one of 3 reasons

• For the glory of God • Violation of natural laws • Violation of spiritual laws

Perspectives

• Health is Spiritual

• Numbers 12

• Spiritual things are SPIRITUALLY discerned

Disease never comes without a cause. (PATH 74/ MH 94)

… the curse causeless shall not come. (Proverbs 26.2 part b)

Disease Definition

Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from the violation of the laws of health (PATH p. 37)

The first thing to be done is to ascertain the true character of the sickness and then go to work intelligently to remove the cause. If the harmonious working of the system has become unbalanced by overwork, overeating or other irregularities do not endeavor to adjust the difficulties by adding a burden of poisonous medicines. (PATH p. 74 / MH p. 94)

1. In the case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained

2. unhealthful conditions should be changed,

3. wrong habits correctedthen nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system. (MH p. 44)

DepressionStealing the Mind

By the year 2020 Depression will be the 2nd largest killer

after Cardiovascular Disease.

What is Depression?

It's natural to feel down sometimes, but if that low mood lingers day after day, it could signal depression. Major depression is an episode of sadness or apathy along with other symptoms that lasts at least two consecutive weeks and is severe enough to interrupt daily activities.

PET scan revealing "hot spots" of increased activity in the brain of a non-depressed person.

Common Causes of Depression• A prominent theory is altered brain structure and chemical

function. Chemicals called neurotransmitters become unbalanced. What pushes these chemicals off course? One possibility is the stress of a traumatic event, such as losing a loved one or a job. Other triggers could include:

• Biology• Genetics• Gender• Age• Health conditions• Trauma and grief• Changes and stressful events• Medications and substances

Some SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION

Persistent, sad, anxious or empty mood

Symptom

Loss of interest or pleasure

Symptom

Difficulty concentrating or making decisions

Symptom

Poor appetite or too much appetite – eating too much or too little

Symptom

Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide

Symptom

Fatigue and Decreased Energy

Symptom

Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt

Symptom

Increase agitation or increased slowness

Symptom

Poor sleep or too much sleep

Symptom

Postpartum - "baby blues"

Diagnosis

• If you are experiencing 5 or more of these classical signs, psychologist would say you are experiencing major depression

• If less than 5, you would be told it is a mild form of depression

• Males reflect depression in the form of irritation or anger

• Females show sadness and tiredness

• Females suffer more from depression because of hormonal issues, the imbalance between estrogen and progesterone e.g. emotional depression and postpartum depression after pregnancy

DISEASES AND DEPRESSION

Depression increases the risk for…

• Strokes• Heart disease in men• Death from cancer• Death from pneumonia• Suicide (2nd leading cause of death among

college students)

Diabetes

There is a link between diabetes and depression. If depression is not addressed in people with diabetes it may impede the healing process with diabetes and the reverse is also true.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

• If your mood matches the season – sunny in the summer, gloomy in the winter – you may have a form of depression called seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

• Place box at side of eyes not in front

• Use for 30 mins per day

Bipolar Disorder

• Research has found that antidepressants are LESS EFFECTIVE than placebos in treating bipolar disorders

• Studies show that regularity does more than medication for Bipolar disorder e.g. eating and sleeping

REMEDY

People need to be taught that drugs do not cure disease. It is true that they sometimes afford present relief and the patient appears to recover as the result of their use; this is because nature has sufficient vital force to expel the poison and to correct the conditions that caused the disease.

Health is recovered in spite of the drug. But in most cases the drug only changes the form and location of the disease. Often the effect of the poison seems to be overcome for a time, but the results remain in the system and work great harm at some later period. (PATH p. 36 / MH p/ 43)

Standard Treatment

• Medicines like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, Xanax, Wellbutrin, etc.

• Talk Therapy– This makes one feel better but not actually get better. (Dr. Magna Parks)

Natural RemediesImproving the Mind, Body and Soul for

Eternity

“It cannot be too often repeated that whatever is taken into the stomach affects not only the body but ultimately the mind as well” . (MCP vol. 1 pg. 235)

Definition of Disease

Disease is an effort of nature to free the system

from conditions that result from the violation of the laws of health

(PATH p. 37 / MH p. 44)

What are the Laws of Health?• Nutrition• Exercise• Water• Sunshine• Temperance• Air• Rest• Trust in Divine Power

Nutrition for Depression

• 2-3 tbsp of ground flaxseed each morning (keep refrigerated)

• Oats• Lecithin• Iron (teas/vinegar can deplete iron)• Magnesium (bran, pumpkin seeds, almonds)• St. John's Wort - can fight mild depression

Trytophan

• Tryptophan is a raw amino acid needed in order for serotonin to be produced

• Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that regulates many functions, including mood, appetite, and sensory perception

• Sunlight enhances Serotonin• Avocados contain fats which are important to the

nervous system• Reduces need for Serotonin medication such as

Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa

Foods High in Tryptophan

FolatesA water soluble B Vitamin. Needed in production of red blood cells, wound healing, building muscles, maintenance of the nervous system and for every function that requires cell division. (beans, wheat germ, spinach, lettuce)

Omega-3

• Flax seed

• Walnuts

• Green leafy

• Olive oil

Carbohydrates

• Include the plain baked potatoes and continue with the fruits and vegetables

• Oat water from rolled oats can help depression (soak for 15-20 minutes). Oat is stabilizing and invigorating.

Exercise and DepressionWalking Gardening

• There is no exercise that will prove as beneficial to every part of the body as walking.

(Healthful Living (HL) p. 130.2)

• …in walking, all the muscles are brought into action. (HR, July 1, 1872 par. 14)

Water and Depression

• Hot and cold showers (contrast shower)– 3 mins hot, 30 secs -1min cold– Use for 6 months then ad hocThis raises neurochemicals in the brain (serotonin,

dopamine, norepinephrine)• Drink enough water to prevent mild dehydration

Sunshine and Depression

• Resets the biological clock• Problem falling asleep?– Get sunshine in the morning at 10:00am – 2:00pm

• Problem staying asleep?– Get sunshine in the evening 10:00am-2:00pm

• Problem with sleep?– Get sunshine both at 10:00am - 2:00pm

Sunshine and Depression

• During the day sunlight causes serotonin to increase and melatonin to decrease. The brain uses serotonin to increase alertness and it helps to create a feeling of happiness.

• At nights serotonin changes to melatonin.

Vitamin D and DepressionStudies have linked low levels of vitamin D to depression among older men and women. One possible explanation is that lack of vitamin D causes the parathyroid gland to produce more hormone. Low levels of vitamin D and higher levels of parathyroid hormone have been linked to depression severity.

Temperance and DepressionFoods to avoid- Caffeine is addictive

Temperance and Depression

• Habits to avoid

Temperance and Depression

• Other things to avoid are birth control pills, having eating or shopping binges, steroids and diet pills.

• Over 200 medicinal drugs are reported to cause depression.

The Frontal Lobe houses our will, self-control, how impulsive we are.

• Scientific research shows decreased blood flow activity to the frontal lobe also increases depression.

• Activities that decrease flow to the frontal lobe can include activities such as…

TV watching

Television - alpha waves are similar to day dreaming, passive and similar to being hypnotized.

Loud Music

75% of high school females 50% of males who prefer heavy metal music had considered suicide, compared to 35% of girls and 15% boys who prefer other music. (Sheel, K.R. Westerfield 1999)

Classical Music

However, amazingly researchers have discovered that listening to classical music alleviates symptoms of depression.

Air and Depression• Proper breathing technique:

stomach should go out with inhalation and in with exhalation.

• Keep windows open• “Keeping brain cells healthy is

vital to combating mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, while improving overall mental performance.” The brain is the first to suffer when it is not properly oxygenated.

(Amazing Health pg. 41)

Air and Depression

• Proper breathing for getting blood to brain• Respiration is good for anxiety attacks• The influence of pure, fresh air is to cause the

blood to circulate healthfully through the system. It refreshes the body, and tends to render it strong and healthy, while at the same time its influence is decidedly felt upon the mind, imparting a degree of composure and serenity. It excites the appetite, and renders the digestion of food more perfect, and induces sound, sweet sleep.-- (T., V. I, p. 702)

Rest and Depression

“A balanced circadian rhythm-maintained through practical lifestyle habits, such as regular sleep patterns and consistent daily routines-helps patients to avert new manic or depressive episodes longer than therapy focused on regulating their mood symptoms and medications.” (Monitor on psychology 2008)

Rest and DepressionTwo hours' good sleep before twelve o'clock is worth more than four hours after twelve o'clock. . . (7MR 224.3)

Rest and Depression

The brain does the most work during the hours of 10-12pm. It does most releasing of hormones, chemicals, melatonin, growth hormones and the brain restores itself.

Trust and Depression• Studies shows that spirituality helps

recovery from depression. Depression is lower among those that have some form of intrinsic religion. (American Journal of Psychiatry 1996)

• An atheist psychologist once said, “prayer helps with depression recovery because it focuses the

mind on things to be grateful for in life.” (Seligman, Martin How to Change

your Mind)

Trust and depression

However courageous and successful a man may be in the performance of a special work, unless he looks constantly to God when circumstances arise to test his faith he will lose his courage. RH, October 16, 1913 par. 5

Why does God allow trials to come to us?God wants you to be cheerful, free, happy, and trustful, ready to say with Paul, "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." Your trials are God's workmen; and if borne with patience, they will prepare you for a recompense of reward. Therefore you should be of good courage under them. (20 MR p. 134.4)

You have to talk faith, you have to live faith, you have to act faith, that you may have an

Increase of faith. (Faith and Works p. 78.2)

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all.

Thank You

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