For the last week I have been listening to recordings from an online conference on the mind and body. There are around 60 speakers, and of course each one of them has different thoughts and concepts that they are presenting. While I enjoy learning new things and being exposed to new ideas, it is starting to get overwhelming because of the volume of information being presented. Now, I could choose to break these talks up more and listen to fewer of them during one sitting. I could also spread them out over a longer period of time. But, I have the feeling that no matter what, I would still be overwhelmed with all of the different viewpoints on healing and prevention.
A lot of these talks touch on mental health and depression. While it is exciting to see all of the ideas that are out there about what causes depression and how it can be treated, again it can be a lot of information. A lot of the ideas sound reasonable to me and worth a try, but where would you start? I mean, you can’t do it all, nor would you want to.
If I or someone I cared about was faced with depression again, I would look at the options that make the most sense to me. I would also consider the ease of getting that care. If there are simple things that could be done and don’t require a lot of time, money, or other resources, I would start with or recommend that first. If those things didn’t work, I would move on to things that might be a little more complex and require more resources. Although maybe not ideal and hopefully something that we can improve, essentially treatment involves a lot of trial and error. All of this is easier said than done, but the important thing is to start, and start somewhere that makes sense to you.