I think I have explained before in my entries here that my writing is the equivalent of talk therapy, the third of four recommended treatments for mild depression. The four treatments are to consider diet, to ensure some exercise, to engage in talk therapy and then perhaps try medication. Things are not good. I have just been professionally diagnosed with moderate depression, requiring immediate professional attention for four one hour sessions, before more recommendations are to be made. I presume these sessions will be more than just talk therapy, I intend to blog about them here, one at a time, after they have been administered. Talk therapy for mild depression seems to be that the patient does the talking and the therapist does the listening without necessarily joining in. That is why I find writing here in my blog seems to fill the bill, as there are no replies to any of my entries. Out of interest, and I hope and pray it never applies to me, recent media reports have described how electro-convulsive therapy is being used successfully with some patients suffering from severe depression, and another electrical method has been used successfully on one patient suffering for five years when medication was having no effect.
The people working with me and for me are all Seventh Day Adventists, therefore a vegetarian diet and no alcohol are most important undertakings. I have no problems with this, but I will have to avoid contributing to any theological discussions with a reference to my interest in Christian Anarchism. I am willing to attend an SDA Church on the Sabbath Day if they organize my care and travel. They will certainly engage in prayer, worship, service and Bible study with me at home.
This entry is short, and is merely an introduction to what I hope to write in future entries, getting back to wider and general interest topics when I feel better. With God's help, I will feel better. I remain open-minded about the worldly efforts of my SDA companions, which include the professional counsellor recommending the four counselling sessions. He operates as a business with three colleagues, their business is entitled "Life Intervention and Support Services'', to whom I write my cheques. These worldly services do not come cheap.
The people working with me and for me are all Seventh Day Adventists, therefore a vegetarian diet and no alcohol are most important undertakings. I have no problems with this, but I will have to avoid contributing to any theological discussions with a reference to my interest in Christian Anarchism. I am willing to attend an SDA Church on the Sabbath Day if they organize my care and travel. They will certainly engage in prayer, worship, service and Bible study with me at home.
This entry is short, and is merely an introduction to what I hope to write in future entries, getting back to wider and general interest topics when I feel better. With God's help, I will feel better. I remain open-minded about the worldly efforts of my SDA companions, which include the professional counsellor recommending the four counselling sessions. He operates as a business with three colleagues, their business is entitled "Life Intervention and Support Services'', to whom I write my cheques. These worldly services do not come cheap.
