I am not much of a TV watcher but I do love one advertisement (It is an ad for an antidepressant medication, I can’t remember which one). It starts out with a gloomy scene: 

“Who does depression hurt?” – then the film shows a variety of victims of depression including a dog with a ball in his mouth and no one to play with. The ad is addressing clinical depression, which is highly treatable with both medication and psychotherapy.

It’s a good message for all of us, even those with less serious problems then clinical depression. Life stresses can weigh us down, sap our energy and drain the joy right out of life. There are times when a loss or life change brings many feelings including the discomfort of anxiety and a feeling of low energy. These feelings seem to be in the mind but the truth is they live and linger in the body, finding places to grow. The growing of problems, stress, resentments and grief cause the body to speak its’ own language, by breaking down and become dis – eased or unbalanced. It doesn’t have to be that way – Seeing a qualified therapist who understands the link between body and mind can help… 

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