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Dr. David Lake talks about how depression can be related to social anxiety, and about the different kinds of depression. He speaks of the kind that gets results, and the kind of depression for which you need medication. Here are a few quotes (this is a MUST listen if you’re depressed):

“When people have “melancholic depression” and they just drag themselves around and they can’t think and they can’t do anything at all, they’re absolutely exhausted all day long that’s actually a nasty business and is very very serious. And it’s important to recognise it because ordinary psychological treatments don’t work at all. Not at all. Not in the slightest. Whereas with the other kind of depression, where people are reactive to life, either over a long period or fairly quickly, reactive to negative events, you can often use psychological treatments very successfully. Especially the energy therapy treatments.”

“Doctors and alternative practitioners speak about how depression can be treated psychologically. They actually think that you either give medication or you shouldn’t. If it’s mild or moderate you can try treating your depression with psychological techniques. But if it isn’t mild or moderate, but it’s moderate or severe, you should really consider taking medication.”

“We need the best of both worlds, we need the best of orthodox medicine and we need the best of natural medicine.”

“Medication doesn’t treat an underlying problem, but it gives you an opportunity to address all these personality issues that people bring to the table when they have depression.”

“A lot of people don’t realise that anxiety and depression often coexist. And even that depression can drive anxiety. So when you actually treat the depression properly a tremendous amount of anxiety may well resolve quite quickly.”

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Sebastiaan van der Schrier