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How To Prevent Relapse into Depression Pt. 1

How To Prevent Relapse into Depression Pt. 1

I’ve been asked a question in my Facebook group about recurrent depression. The question is why does depression come back? And so I’m going to do a short series of videos to just kind of try to explain that in more detail, because of course as always the case the more you know about something, the better prepared you are and the more able you are to deal with it.

So, I’ve just done a little…

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The Soup Of Threat

The Soup Of Threat

Hi, I’m Dr David Purves. I’d like to offer this strange image to you, if you like, really.

Threat is a soup of different ingredients.

Now, if you think about soup, it has all sorts of ingredients in it, right? Carrots, onions, potatoes, beans, whatever you like. So, soups can be basically anything, lots of different ingredients.

It’s rare to have a soup with just one ingredient. Well,…

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The Soup of Threat and how to break the chains that bind you.

The Soup of Threat and how to break the chains that bind you.

It’s Easter soon and traditionally Easter is a celebration of renewal. So for the whole of the Easter Holiday I am offering an opportunity to get onto a modern life changing path of renewal.

If you feel threatened or burdened, but in external reality there is no threat or burden then you can be pretty certain that your problem is psychological. If that is the case you need to break the chains…

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There is hope and here it is.

There is hope and here it is.

There is hope and here it is.

I can’t compete with big pharma. But I don’t need to. I only need to tell this story to those who want to learn how to be happy, healthy and free from anxiety and depression. 

Many people seem skeptical that they have the ability to help themselves out of the common mental health problems such as panic, anxiety and depression without a drug or a course of (hard…

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FB Live Q & A (January 24, 2019) If you missed the FB Live Q and A last January 24, 2019, this is the recorded video. Hope you get some nuggets from this Facebook Live.

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The power of practice for getting rid of depression and anxiety

The power of practice for getting rid of depression and anxiety

I know it seems like a curious thing to say but nevertheless here it is. Each day you live you are practicing the process of living as you lived yesterday. Yesterday is a blueprint or a pattern for the next day, and so on. It seems very unlikely that tomorrow will be so drastically different from today that you go WOW…I didn’t…

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What knowledge you need to get rid of depression and anxiety Once you accept that computer based CBT is as face to face CBT in treating depression and anxiety then you have no excuses that stand up to scrutiny for allowing these life sapping problems to remain in your life.

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What you need to do to get rid of depression and anxiety

What you need to do to get rid of depression and anxiety

Research has shown that computer-based CBT is as effective as face to face CBT. This means that, as I have been saying for nearly 20 years, that you don’t need a therapist to treat depression and anxiety so long as you use computer-based CBT instead, or as well if you want to speed things along a bit more. This also means that…

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The Power Of Perspective Problems like panic, anxiety, depression and stress have the quality of pulling you towards them like a black hole. In this video I share 3 tools for regaining perspective.

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Overcoming perfectionism

Overcoming perfectionism with Dr David Purves

Last month I was featured on a podcast focused on all things wedding related. That may not interest you but I was talking about how to not be perfect but still be brilliant. With the added bonus of keeping emotional control while doing it. I shared some of my powerful stories and tools, the ones I use in clinical practice…the ones that really do work. If you struggle with high standards,…

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Women get the short straw in depression again

Women get the short straw in depression again

The Guardian newspaper today published an article showing that:-

Girls’ much-higher rate of depression than boys is closely linked to the greater time they spend on social media, and online bullying and poor sleep are the main culprits for their low mood, new research reveals.

As many as three-quarters of 14-year-old girls who suffer from depression also have low self-esteem, are unhappy…

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Facebook Live – Q and A about Boost Your Self Esteem Challenge Facebook Live - Q and A about Boost Your Self Esteem Challenge

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Welcome to the 7 Day Self-Esteem Challenge. Let's start to focus and to really push the negative beliefs you have about yourself down. This week we will challenge them hard and reveal them for what they are...nothing but beliefs that ruin your life.

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Take Control of Your Robot Mind When you struggle with depression or anxiety then you MUST be doing unhelpful and self defeating things on a daily basis.

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Your Basket of Woes If you carry around with you all of the things you could worry about you will feel burdened and scared. Do you need to carry this baggage?

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What Kind of Helper Are You? It is possible to be the wrong kind of helper. Watch the video and decide which kind you are.

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Panic Pit Stop Program Bundle 20% Off

Panic Pit Stop Program Bundle 20% Off

You not only get the whole Panic Pit Stop Program Bundle but you get a 20 minute Recovery Road Map call with Dr Purves.

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