Nonsense. Depression is a physical brain illness caused by an misbalance of neurotransmitters.
Dismissing a serious, dangerous and often fatal illness as something that can be cured by 'rebalancing your chakras' is akin to using homeopathy to cure cancer.
While I suspect those with mild mood disorders may be able to think their way out of a lethargic period those with a serious depression need real help.
Depression is a big killer:
• suicide is the 8th leading cause of death in the United States
• 15% of those who are clinically depressed die by suicide
• The majority of suicide attempts are expressions of extreme distress that need to be addressed, and not just a harmless bid for attention
Depression is an emotional-mental illness, and those two categorizations surely are not physical. Equilibrium of these aspects of the human being is not as simple as taking a drug - the drug does not correct the psycho-temporal conditions* that is causing the depression in the first place.
*For example, taking a drug will not relieve the depression caused by the loss of a loved one.
Dismissing a serious, dangerous and often fatal illness as something that can be cured by 'rebalancing your chakras' is akin to using homeopathy to cure cancer.
While I suspect those with mild mood disorders may be able to think their way out of a lethargic period those with a serious depression need real help.
Depression is a big killer:
• suicide is the 8th leading cause of death in the United States
• 15% of those who are clinically depressed die by suicide
• The majority of suicide attempts are expressions of extreme distress that need to be addressed, and not just a harmless bid for attention