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Seminar focuses on surviving the blues, depression
BY THE SOUTHERN
Friday, January 9, 2009 5:14 AM CST
Everyone experience times of unhappiness, sadness or grief throughout the course of our life. An occasional “blue” day or feeling down in the dumps is normal. But when the down feelings last a long time and are more severe than just feeling blue, it is depression.

University of Illinois Extension seminar “Blues, Blahs and Bouncing Back” will discuss the differences between the everyday blues and depression, share tips to help bounce back from occasional blues, and explore how to help others through these times.

Joyce A Pyatt, U of I Extension family life educator, will conduct the seminar at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at University of Illinois Extension office, 402 Ava Road, Murphysboro.

The seminar is free, but advance registration is required by Wednesday, Jan. 28. To register, call U of I Extension at 687-1727, or email your name and phone number to jackson_co@extension.uiuc.edu.

If you need disability accommodations to participate in this program, please indicate when registering.

 

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human_being wrote on Jan 9, 2009 9:57 PM:

" Depression results from a combination of genetic, biochemical, environmental, and psychological factors. But drug companies will tell you it's chemical.

I hope you're not teaching this workshop. "

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Dolly wrote on Jan 9, 2009 7:10 PM:

" I think there are some people here that do not understand the point of this topic. There is a distinct difference between "the blues" and clinical depression. That is why this topic is being addressed in a workshop because of this misunderstanding of the differences between the two. True depression is chemical, that is why antidepressant drugs work. Just feeling down or "blue" for a day or two is normal and part of our life and reacting to the events surrounding us. Clinical depression may have nothing to due with a person's circumstances and it is not something that can be "fixed" by pulling one's self up by the bootstaps, as the saying goes. It needs medical intervention and there is no shame in that. Part of the reason people do not seek help for depression is because of the stigma and misconceptions surrounding it. Getting correct information may be the first step someone has in getting help. "

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drhouse wrote on Jan 9, 2009 12:20 PM:

" i got the perfect solution to ending the blues...

STOP READING THE SOUTHERN "

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human_being wrote on Jan 9, 2009 8:25 AM:

" Turn off your television, stop shopping (other than the obvious bills and food - you know, survival stuff) and help the community you are in - be it volunteering. For the most part, depression is a product of a person's lifestyle - how they live in their environment. "

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everyday citizen wrote on Jan 9, 2009 6:23 AM:

" Of course most people are depressed these days. It might be the weather, the worry over finances, the terrible preventable economic shape that this country is in and the unknown of what will happen to my kids and family. The sense that the governments of this world are out of control and children as fodder for bombs and hunger doesn't help either. It is not a feel good time. We are by and large an isolated society hiding behind our tvs and trying to ignore that gnawing feeling that things are working so well. Hopefully we will creep out and think about the enduring things of our lives and try to establish links in our communities. It is time to reach out to people, to not see ourselves or others as being just service cogs to provide the needs and wants of some gigantic machine. We are real live human beings who can sing and dance to our own music. Just listen. "

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