What I really disliked is the lack of facts, tools, and methods for helping people. Its more of a victimhood mentality. It's not inspirational, nor is it nearly as informative as it could have been. What I really disliked, is the idea that we are genetically programmed for these mental illnesses.
Every single mental illness, and I mean every single one of them, begins at a point in one's life when they experience a severe trauma like abuse, loss of a loved one, and all sorts of things that can happen to people, especially during childhood, which manifest later on because the trauma was never addressed, thus spurring mental health issues. Everything comes down to an individual's environment when they experienced a trauma, the support system they have, etc. If they do not have the right environment, etc, then later on in life these traumas later manifest as a mental illness. There is nothing we cannot overcome! The biggest thing that they didn't touch on is how our mind impacts our bodies. For example, soldiers coming back from Iraq with PTSD all had B vitamin deficiencies. When we experience serious trauma it not only impacts our minds, but it influences our body, and our body compensates by releasing more stored nutrients, pumps out hormones like cortisol, and eventually, if the body is not addressed to, people develop serious mental health problems, which can easily be addressed with a REAL overview of the nutrient status and their hormones! There are so many studies out there that prove that Trauma = physiological overcompensation for the stressor they are dealing with. Most people who are experiencing depression, I can assure you, are probably also deficient in nutrients and their hormones are out of whack, which makes talk therapy ONLY part of the answer, and this is coming from a Clinical Psychologist!
Every single mental illness, and I mean every single one of them, begins at a point in one's life when they experience a severe trauma like abuse, loss of a loved one, and all sorts of things that can happen to people, especially during childhood, which manifest later on because the trauma was never addressed, thus spurring mental health issues. Everything comes down to an individual's environment when they experienced a trauma, the support system they have, etc. If they do not have the right environment, etc, then later on in life these traumas later manifest as a mental illness. There is nothing we cannot overcome! The biggest thing that they didn't touch on is how our mind impacts our bodies. For example, soldiers coming back from Iraq with PTSD all had B vitamin deficiencies. When we experience serious trauma it not only impacts our minds, but it influences our body, and our body compensates by releasing more stored nutrients, pumps out hormones like cortisol, and eventually, if the body is not addressed to, people develop serious mental health problems, which can easily be addressed with a REAL overview of the nutrient status and their hormones! There are so many studies out there that prove that Trauma = physiological overcompensation for the stressor they are dealing with. Most people who are experiencing depression, I can assure you, are probably also deficient in nutrients and their hormones are out of whack, which makes talk therapy ONLY part of the answer, and this is coming from a Clinical Psychologist!