Daily Habits to Prevent Depression During Stressful Times

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Stress, anxiety, coronavirus, and social isolation can all contribute to depression, but you can prevent depression during stressful times by using daily habits that promote mental health. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional for $65/week. Try it now for 10% off: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=07072020 Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com?utm_medium=YTDescription&utm_source=podcast Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC, and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC Music licensed from www.Bensound.com or Artlist.io Images from Freepik.com (premium license), Pixabay, or Wikimedia commons

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to therapy in a nutshell. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family
0:17.3	therapist, and this is the podcast where I condense mental health skills
0:21.9	into bite-sized nuggets of help. If you're ready to learn more in-depth mental health skills,
0:32.7	check out my online courses on anxiety, coping skills, and how to change your brain. Ten
0:38.4	alternatives to medication to improve mental health. The link is in the
0:42.0	description. You can use the code nutshell for 25% off.
0:50.3	Hi everyone, Emma McAdam here. I'm a licensed therapist and today I want to talk about
0:55.2	habits and daily routines that you can do to help manage depression. So I've got a history of
1:01.4	depression in my family and in myself. When I was younger, in my teenage years and in my early
1:06.2	20s, I experienced some bouts of depression that were really painful and lasted a couple of months.
1:13.2	And so now I've developed a mental health routine, some habits and practices that keep me healthy
1:19.9	now. And I haven't, I can honestly say I haven't had a depressive episode for probably 13 years,
1:26.1	maybe longer. I'm not quite sure.
1:28.3	But I do have to constantly work to maintain my mental health.
1:32.3	And just like physical health, you know, you have to maintain your body by exercising and eating the right food.
1:38.3	And, you know, if you're sick or injured, you go to the hospital or you go to the doctor when you're, when you're ill. With mental
1:44.8	health, you also have to take this daily action to be healthy. And I think a lot of people don't
1:49.3	think about that. Like, they just think about taking care of their mental health when they are
1:52.2	depressed or when they are experiencing an anxiety disorder. And I see mental health much more about
1:57.8	this process of creating health instead of just treating illness.
2:03.6	And when things are stressful, I have to take extra care to manage my mental health.
2:07.6	So for example, when I was in grad school, which was really stressful, or when I'm pregnant,
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