Is It My Fault That I Have Depression?

Until a few years ago, it was often difficult to establish a connection between the mental side of depression and the physical symptoms. Then, along comes Dr. Joseph Griffin of the European Therapy Studies Institute. This brilliant man made a connection between dreams and depression, thereby making the treatment of this disorder far easier.

Now here comes our old friend, rumination. Do you ruminate or brood about things that happened way in the past, or some nebulous future event? As you know, we've covered rumination before, but lt has it must be made quite clear that it achieves nothing whatever.

Did you know that depressed people dream three times more than those who don't have depression? This breakthrough in understanding dreaming, is what makes depression treatment so much easier. The dreaming part works in this way.

Supposing you've borrowed something from your next door neighbour. You know he's a bit mad at your tardiness at returning it. You're a bit nervous about going round to his house, even to return the article, but finally you square your shoulders, pick up whatever it is he may have lent you, and round you go. He's delighted to have the item back again, and you're very pleased that the matter has been put to rest.

But supposing you've been putting it off and off, until it's really worrying you. The concern will be with you all day, and when you go to bed that night, and probably a lot of nights before and after. If you keep worrying about this, or you've been brooding about anything else, then you'll probably have the same dream night after night.

On the other hand, if there's nothing particularly onerous going on in your life, your brain will complete it's work of dreaming and 'repairing' your body. We dream every night, of course, but the chances are you can't remember them when you wake up in the morning. That's a good sign. Under normal circumstances, your mind cleanses your brain of everything that is of no use to you, so that when you wake in the morning, you feel refreshed.

But you ask; 'Is it my fault that I have depression?' No, absolutely not. You dream in metaphor. You may have a dream that comes reasonably close to what you were thinking about when awake. That in itself is fine. It's when you sit there brooding and ruminating that the trouble starts.

The more negative thoughts you pile into your brain, the more you'll dream and the more work the brain has to do. Dreaming occurs during R.E.M sleep, or Rapid Eye Movement. But this isn't the good, deep restful sleep that we all need. So if R.E.M. isn't restful sleep, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that you'll 'wake' in the morning feeling quite exhausted.

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