{"id":217,"date":"2017-01-20T20:06:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2017-02-12T17:42:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T17:42:53","slug":"depression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/?page_id=217","title":{"rendered":"Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every year, about 7% of Americans will experience clinical depression, a disorder characterized by persistent sadness; disturbances in sleep and appetite; as well as loss of self-esteem, confidence and even interest in day-to-day activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are three key components of depression:<a href=\"http:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depression.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-378 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depression-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A crushing feeling of sadness<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Negative assessment of a person\u2019s history, situation and prospects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The perspective of self-doubt, helplessness and hopelessness<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although depression can be addressed by increasing physical activity, socialization good sleep patterns, and purposeful agendas, therapy sets out to change the way a person interprets the world into a more constructive perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mindfulness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We spend a lot of time and effort re-living the unchangeable past and worrying about a future that hasn\u2019t happened. This creates depressed and anxious moods. What is lost is the fact that at the present time, we are safe and well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mindfulness is the: \u2018Awareness of current experience, without judgment\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, about 7% of Americans will experience clinical depression, a disorder characterized by persistent sadness; disturbances in sleep and appetite; as well as loss of self-esteem, confidence and even interest in day-to-day activities. There are three key components of depression: A crushing feeling of sadness Negative assessment of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/?page_id=217\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgewaterpsychotherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}