DEPRESSION
WHAT CAUSES DEPRESSION?
DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS TO WATCH OUT FOR
- constantly feeling down or hopeless
- having little interest or pleasure in doing things you used to enjoy
- irritability or restlessness
- feeling tired all the time
- feelings of emptiness or loneliness
- no longer interested in favourite activities
- sleep problems – too much, or too little
- weight loss or gain
- low self-esteem
- problems with concentration
- reduced sex drive
- thinking about death a lot
HOW CAN EMPOWER THERAPIES HELP?
ARE YOU READY FOR THE SWITCH?
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HOW CAN YOU HELP YOURSELF?
There are many simple changes that you can make straight away that can start shifting your depression:
1. In a fascinating study of 30 people diagnosed with clinical depression, 29 of them resolved their depression in just one month by doing just three things:
a) Watch comedy for 30 minutes per day
b) Exercise for 30 minutes per day
c) Stick post-it notes all around their house and whenever they walked past one, they had to recall a happy memory from their life
While I realise this sounds too simple to be true, it has good science behind it. Laughing and exercise are both proven to change your brain chemistry. Recalling happy memories rewires your neural pathways into healthier patterns. It all makes sense why this very simple change can be very powerful.
2. People who are depressed slump forwards, look down a lot and talk with a flat voice. If you make an effort to straighten your shoulders, look up and talk with enthusiasm, you can also dramatically change your mood.
CLIENTS TESTIMONIALS
All Switch clients do three group follow-up calls where they share their progress since the course and ask me questions on things they need further help with. Here is a group of clients sharing about their progress since The Switch.
Jo talks about how she always felt like she was carrying around a sack of stones, and then at The Switch she suddenly realised a very specific moment decades earlier that had caused this feeling, and she was able to…
Brendan has had adrenal fatigue since 2008, which became so bad that he has not been able to work at all for two years and said that even walking to his letterbox had become a huge struggle. Here is his…
Mel Abbott has helped thousands of people recover from a wide range of chronic illnesses and achieve great health long term! Over 80% success rates. Treating the underlying cause gives longer lasting results.
Shannon had double pneuomonia as a 12 year old. She was in ICU and nearly died. She has had terrible lung problems for 20 years since and was recommended to have a partial lung removal! As a last resort, she…
Lawrence lost his 15yo son to illness and said he has felt no meaning in life for a decade since. He was so pleased to find joy in life again after attending The Switch.
On Feb 6 2019 I had a wakeboarding fall which resulted in a severe concussion that took me out big time. After the darkest, most gut wrenching year, on 28 Jan 2020 I attended a course called The Switch and…
Jo attended The Switch for depression, which she had experienced for over 50 years. Here is her joyful account of how much better she felt so quickly after attending The Switch, and about how she liked the characters in The…
When you are ill for a really long time, it's hard to even remember what life as a healthy person was like. Watch this movie of a group of previous clients having a fun day out with me, to be…
Karen was so depressed that she told me she was ready to commit suicide. She transformed herself during the course and left feeling joyful and ready to start a new life. Four months later, her joy continues and this is…
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Disclaimer: Mel Abbott is not a medically trained doctor. She is trained in psychology and neuro-linguistic programming. She uses mind-body interventions to help calm the stress response and allow natural healing to occur in the body. This can be used alongside mainstream treatments if you choose. She does not offer diagnoses or medication advice. She recommends that clients return to their doctors after her treatment to confirm that they no longer have their condition and to be advised about safe weaning from their medication.
Mel does careful assessments prior to the programme and only offers places to people whom she thinks would benefit from it. She follows up with all her clients at several junctions after their course and collates the data from their feedback forms to produce the statistics on this website. She is therefore confident that her interventions are helping over 80% of her clients to achieve significant improvements to their health. While many clients report that they have made a full recovery, Mel cannot guarantee this outcome. So far there are no independent research studies or peer reviewed journal articles about The Switch, though she would welcome such studies to take place.