Meditation: A Way to Treat Depression
In everyday life, there are three types of mental health problems that most commonly occur from the lightest to the most severe. Anxiety disorder, which is a condition where a person experiences excessive anxiety and is difficult to control so that it has a negative impact on their daily lives. Stress is a state when a person experiences very heavy pressure, both emotionally and mentally which usually will look restless, anxious, and can also interfere with concentration, reduce motivation, which will then trigger depression. Depression is a mood disorder that will cause the sufferer to have a constant feeling of sadness which generally lasts for several days to several months.
One a solution to solve the depression is through meditation.
Based on a study by Dr. Manny Alvarez (a health practitioner from New York University School of Medicine in the United States) describes four things that could be an alternative treatment for depression. (1) Light therapy, which can improve the mood of people suffering from mental health disorders that are affected by the season, usually people who experience depression, feel depressed only at certain times, such as in winter. (2) Massage has a significant effect in relieving depression and anxiety (according to a study published in the Journal of Psychiatry). (3) Herbal supplements can help relieve the symptoms of depression effectively by increasing the consumption of omega-3 and vitamin D. (4) Speech therapy has been proven effective as a treatment for depression which can be felt very positively positive for some people.
Meditation as an Alternative Treatment for Depression
Furthermore, depression can also be treat by meditation. This is evidenced by studies that study a group of people with depression and their treatment using antidepressant drugs and meditation. As a result, people who meditate together recover from depression like people taking anti-depressant drugs.
By doing meditation, it can help the body and mind become calmer. How to do meditation to eliminate depression, namely (1) Calming the mind, meditation will make us think more clearly and easier to find the cause of depression. (2) Calming the body, meditation can help make the muscles tense because the pain becomes more relaxed and even relieves the pain and can flow positive energy throughout the body. (3) Helps manage anxiety depression and reduce pain, mediation can help makes us calmer and helps us accept things in life and prepare ourselves for every change in life. The best way to meditate in the morning gives positive energy.
Meditation is considered a powerful way to relieve depression because it provides peace for people who are experiencing depression and proven safe. This method is also chosen by many people and of course by Hollywood celebrities such as Katy Perry and Kate Hudson. According to Katy Perry, she has been meditating for two years, and she feels that meditation is the best way she ever did when she was depressed to help herself become more creative, get positive energy and calm in life because it makes the mind clear, more relaxed and happy. Because according to him meditation makes positive things in yourself more visible and felt, then after knowing and feeling the advantages that can be used properly. Similar to Katy Perry, Kate Hudson also feel the benefits of regular meditation that has a tremendous impact when she feels that meditation has become a necessity for her life and feeling meditation makes her life more amazing.
By the following explanation, the two Hollywood artists chose to use alternative medicine, namely meditation to relieve depression compared to medical treatment. Their choices show that meditation as a way to treat depression makes their lives much calmer, gets positive energy and makes their lives happier and more amazing.
