depression, language
March 15, 2007 - 5:39pm — Albert Virgil
would i be depressed if I did not possess language? if the answer is 'no', am I depressed because I have language? if the answer is 'yes', how do i alter my language to relieve me of my depression? a client asked me this question. this was in an early session. the presenting problem, 'i am depressed'. I said, no you are (name)....then etc....
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depression, language
would anybody be depressed without language? Maybe. Dogs -animals in general- become depressed without language as a reaction to environmental factors (learned helplessness). But perhaps language make things worse by adding cognitive complications (self-explanations about lost, guilt, shame, future helplessness..). I am not sure feelings and language are two different processes but the whole reaction of a human being that thinks-speaks-feels-and-acts together (and each factor influences the others).
how to relieve a depression? a) Taking things easy. b) Acting: when anybody begins any task (mainly hobbies or phisical activity) -easy or difficult- at least some part of his concentration focuses in some area of the task and: b.1) the field of the mind occupied by the worries becomes smaller and b.2) the result of the action may imply some degree of satisfaction. c) Relating with other people (the chances of distraction and satisfaction increase) d) Experiencing reassuring sensations -jackuzzy, massage...- (as a crying child may be consoled by hugs as a direct "language" without words, perhaps this kind of direct feelings may have some effect), e) Envisioning a more hopefull future, anticipating the outcomes of the "hard seeds" of activity he is planting in the present.
I think the trap is to suppose the language as the only, or the main, reason for our feelings and, so, to try to alter the language as the "only" way to get rid of the depression. The best way, I think, is to live the fullest life as possible and to let the consequences of living to arise.
Ramiro