Do you have depression? Real doctor. Real self care. {ASMR}

A real doctor talks with you about your depression. PLEASE use the following if you suffer depression:

-- Phone number for suicide helpline US: 1-800-273-8255
-- Crisis text line:Text HOME to 741741 in US; Text 686868 in Canada
-- International suicide numbers: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines
--Find therapy. If you don't have a good therapist, I affiliate with betterhelp.com, which you can use for online therapy at a 10 percent discount thru https://betterhelp.com/doctorjen
--Victor Frankl’s logotherapy for you to try for yourself: https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429X?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=becominghero-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=124a36ed45d7b61aadc7354c9e9c1b80&camp=1789&creative=9325

If you are in danger right now, please go to local authorites to protect you from yourself. Even if you can't afford or use the resources above, but you're suffering depression, please perform some self care on yourself with the first homework assignment from the video. What has meaning? What does your suffering mean? Go talk to someone about it. Your chaplain, therapist, pastor, advisor, the wise old lady on your street…

-- Don’t forget to schedule ONE outside activity this week. The opposite of depression is activity!

-- FYI, the DSM-V criteria for MDD: https://www.psycom.net/depression-definition-dsm-5-diagnostic-criteria/

--To give yourself self care, consider going through the depression playlist on Actualdoctorasmr and downloading the handouts in the descriptions. Work through them. They are best used with a therapist or someone who can help identify hurtful or sad thinking patterns. I really hope they help; they are evidence-based and they have helped me. If they don't help, go find some that do. Your life matters. I am not your therapist; I am a fellow sufferer along this journey, and I can tell you it can get better.

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**ASMR favorites by the pros to help you fall asleep (listen on random): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-vuOyi1nPfEZFlz1qomE3diUgOAM7s26

***I am not your therapist. If you need your own therapist, please go to your primary care physician and ask them to refer you. Ask for someone skilled in CBT/DBT. Alternatively, there are therapists you can talk to online affordably. (betterhelp.com/doctorjen) While I am a real doctor, I am not YOUR doctor; nothing I say here is official medical advice, diagnosis, or disease treatment, because I have not physically examined or spoken with YOU. You have the power to fact-check me. My medical license is publicly searchable under the state of Virginia medical boards at 0101265916.

***To follow my tragic adventures as I demonstrate how the American medical training system is BUILT to create a shortage of doctors who care, please listen to my show on the Emergency Escape Podcast Network: https://emergencyexit.podbean.com/ Search the page for “Death & The Doctor”

There, you’ll hear about the deaths that convinced me we’re doing it wrong; my dream to take modern medicine to those who can’t afford it; and ultimately the reason I left the American residency system.

***Jen Finelli is a world-traveling scifi author who's gone swimming with sharks, escaped being locked in a German nunnery, discovered murals and poetry in underground urban caves, explored jungles and coral deserts, and hung out with everyone from dead people and prostitutes to secret political influencers and Senators. She is coping with life as an MD by telling you stories, and when she grows up she’ll be a superhero.

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