Depression will kill you, if you let it. That might sound melodramatic, but it’s the truth. Even if untreated clinical depression
doesn’t leave you physically dead, it will certainly kill off anything that might possibly be called your spirit. Depression strips its victims of their capacity for hope, and for joy, and turns them into strangers to themselves and the world. It is, simply stated, not the sort of disease that can be “lived with”…and it certainly isn’t a condition that will go away on its own. On the contrary, if you’re going to get better, it’s going to be because you get professional depression treatment from competent medical experts. In the end, nothing you do will ever be more important.
It’s important to note too that depression
is often the root cause of drug and alcohol addiction, and that drug and alcohol rehab programs must include intensive depression treatment where appropriate. If you’re an addict suffering from depression, you haven’t been “cured” in any meaningful sense until your psychological health has been thoroughly addressed. The best drug and alcohol treatment programs, then, are those that employ dual diagnosis techniques to identify and ameliorate a patient’s mental health issues. With so much at stake, you can’t afford to settle for anything less than that.
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