Watch Out for Depression

                                              Introjective depression occurs when a person feels that they have failed to meet their own standards or the standards of important others and that therefore they are failures.  Introjective depression arises from a harsh, unrelenting, highly critical superego that creates feelings of worthlessness, guilt and a sense of having failure.  A person with this depression experiences intense fears of losing approval, recognition and love from a desired object.  Source: National Institute of Health; Huffington Post

Caring for the Caregiver

                                    

If you are caring for a loved one, remember to take care of yourself.  Monitor yourself for depression - anaclitic and introjective depression. Anaclitic depression involves a person who feels dependent upon relationships with others and who essentially grieves over the threatened or actual loss of those relationships.  Anaclitic depression is caused by the disruption of a caregiving relationship with a primary object and is characterized by feelings of helplessness and weakness.  A person with anaclitic depression experiences intense fears of abandonment and desperately struggles to maintain direct physical contact with the need-gratifying object.

Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12626134; huffington post