How to Live and Deal with Depression – Speaking with ‘The Happiness Doctor’ Dr Ikhenemoh
Christina Talks Podcast
English - September 05, 2022 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBEntrepreneurship Business Marketing Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr Ikhenemoh is a GP, mental health specialist and author. He joins Christina in this episode to talk about how he found his passion for psychological health, what it means to have a mission in life and how you can help yourself, or others when they are struggling with their mental health.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Starting medical school in Nigeria, Dr Ikhenemoh then spent some time in Russia, he left Russia for Holland where he continued his medical studies. ¼ people have an episode of depression in their life. Asking the right questions, in the right way for the individual, is essential when talking with an individual with mental health issues. Dr Ikhenemoh believes the word depression is often misused. All humans feel down sometimes, this is normal, but it doesn’t mean you are depressed. In order to diagnose clinical depression, there are two questions you can ask a patient, if they have feelings of hopelessness combined with a lack of interest in life and they have been feeling this way for two weeks. There are conditions that can mimic depression, such as thyroid gland dysfunction, it’s important to be able to distinguish when something physical is affecting a patient's mood. One of the upsides of the pandemic is that it lead to people talking more about mental health. It has become less stigmatised and more recognisable. Depression doesn’t define the individual, Dr Ikhenemoh doesn’t believe anyone was born to be depressed, he believes you have to find yourself outside of depression. You have to be able to recognise your own symptoms of low mood and/or depression. You can then start to deal with them, preventing spiralling.BEST MOMENTS
08:05 “We are all human beings; we can’t be happy all of the time”
18:08 “Depression is not you, it’s a state, it’s a condition, it’s not you”
22:30 “No human being should suffer depression”
33:50 “Every second of every day, I have the power, I have the control, I have the responsibility to choose my state”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.green-umbrella.biz/how-to-launch-anything-using-social-media/
ABOUT THE HOST
Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of
social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t
matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player.
For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know
how to use them!