How I cure my depression in one month with only one book?

I got depression in my college.
I didn't know where the future was, dull teacher, tedious study all day long, misunderstandings with my best friend, pressure from exams that I had to take about 8 exams in just half year...
Combined together.
I found myself in a state that I didn't want to do anything, I would rather stay in the dormitory all day long, I didn't want to talk to anyone, I felt tired and sad, I cried a lot, I lost hope to all of my interests...
It's depression sure I know because that's what I learned for quite a long time and I would remember every definition and every medicines for that.
But at that time, I had depression myself.
(It's just like doctors also have illness sometimes, lol)

It lasts for several months when I even believed I would keep that motion for all of my life.
One day, another friend gave me a book, he gave it to me and said, I think you are in depression, read it, it sure will help you.

It's a classical combined book from Dale Carnegie, called: How to stop worrying and start living and How to win friends and influence people. In some other countries, it translates into: people's weaknesses.

At that time, I didn't believe only one book can cure depression. I have read too many ebooks about how to stop worring, how to win friends, how to influence people etc. So many superior books with similar ideas. Anyhow, I randomly opened one page and began to read it.

It took me 2 days reading, and then I did what it recommended me to do then surprisingly I felt better. For the following week, the following months... I read it again and again and at the same time analyzed and about what I have experienced. I recovered. I became normal again.

Why I recommend this book?
Because unlike the others, you can see from this book(or books) that Carnegie knows people's mind very much and also he had too many experience for that.
He didn't focus on why you had depression, but he told you the most effective way of depression cure is to face it, analyze why you have that feeling, what caused it, what's your plan to do next, what's the main obstacle. This way will tackle all of your problems from origin and you will recover from your past.
It also tells you how to treat people from the point of physiology. One key point is to think what the others feel from your point of view. Then you will become more generous to your friends and gain relationships.

Read it if you are interested.
Along with

P.S If I got depression now and needed to treat it, I would not just read only one ebook, but I will combine different depression treatments together because it would be more quicker to control depression and would not easily to recur.

Which form of depression you have? Easy examples to show you

Hello guys, long time not seeing you here because I was a little too busy in the last few weeks.
Linda wrote a letter to me and asked me if I had a depression myself those days, lol I haven't. I always have a peaceful feeling, not depression, sometimes may feel happy, but for more time just peacefulness.
(BTW, in my future post I will tell you guys a little story about my depression days and how I conquered it several years ago, I would be appreciated if you would like to share your story to me too)

Now I assume you have known much about these:
What is major depression
Why you have depression
Why hate panic away
Top 7 trustful online shops for ordering health products
Quickest way to be depression-free

Let's continue to talk about the depression forms because I know some guys don't quite know how to distinguish them.
Knowing which depression form you have is quite important because if you have made quite a clear view of your depression form you will then understand which way of treatment is the right one.
Now according to the national institute of mental health.

Here are five different depression forms.

1. Major depression disorder
Just like its name, major, you can tell its the most serious kind of depression.
It's a combination of symptoms that you will loose all the interests to your outside world, and it even prevents you from sleeping, eating, working etc. If not treated, the big chance is that the major depression will recur throughout your life.
For example: I am unable to work.

2. Dysthymic disorder (dysthymia)
Long term durance but less severe than the major depression. For example, you will still go to work or go to school, you will still eat quite a lot or less, but you always feel sad. Dysthymic disorder may also accompanied by sleeplessness, eating less but not always disable you.
For example: I can work but I feel sad about it.

Some other forms of depression like:
1. phychotic depression
It's a special kind of depression because it's accompanied by psychosis such as delusions, hallucinations etc.
For example: I can work but I always see my boss scolding me.

2. Postpartum depression
Diagnosed of a new mother that has depression within a month after delivery. It's reported that the ratio of the postpartum depression is 10%-15%. So you can see it's quite common.
For example: ... quite easy to know it right? So just skip it.

3. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
You mood will change according to the seasons?
Not exactly, in fact, it's the sunlight that influence your mood. Especially when you are in winter months that you can not get enough sunlight. You SAD will occur.
The treatment is to use light therapy as well as other therapies like antidepressant medication and psychotherapy.
Please note that the sunlight or other light will have positive effect on your feelings and have effect on other depressions too. Which I will talk about in my future post.

Why you have depression while the others don't?

I will show you the reason why you have depression while the others don't.

But first I would like to introduce a dual process model of cognitive vulnerability to depression to you.

(Ref: Cognitive vulnerability to depression: A dual process model. Here the "depression means unipolar depression")

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According to dual process theories, humans possess two modes of information processing. An associative mode involves quick, effortless processing that rests on well-learned associations. A reflective mode involves slow, effortful processing that rests on symbolic rule-based inferences. Whereas the associative mode occurs automatically, the reflective mode operates when expectancies are violated and sufficient cognitive resources are available to respond. A cognitive vulnerability to depression is observed when negatively biased associative processing is uncorrected by reflective processing. The circumstances when this is likely to occur are reviewed.

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Put it simply: You have two ways to tackle any problem(also discussed in our last post). One is easy while the other one is hard. When you believe its too hard and feel sad,

There is a trick to break this vicious cycle, also the key point of the upper figure:

Accurately adjust the associative bias: face the difficulties and solve that.

It means: First you have to distinguish between the easy procedure and the hard procedure. Then you have to judge properly about your ability and where you go next.

The trick is: always find your successful part no matter how small it is and always give yourself positive judgement.

Little by little, you will break this vicious cycle and come to your normal state.

Do you know the difference between depression and boredom?

Here is an interesting figure that vividly tell you what's the difference between anxiety and boredom.
(quoted from here: availagility.wordpress.com)
Flow is the state when you get a balance of enough ability and skills.
If your work required more skill than your ability, you will be in the state of anxiety, if you have more ability than skills required, you will feel boredom.
There are two routes to get to your goal:
1. from the anxiety state, when you are in the anxiety state, you will think about increasing your skill to reach your goal.
2. from the boredom state, when you need to increase your ability as to take more work that needs more skills.

So where are you now?
Think about it and find the right way to get your final goal.