Having a good friend can be one of the best parts of life. However, when relationships are complicated, it can be really hard. All friends get into conflicts, but in the conflict, you may feel sad, hurt, angry, or betrayed. And, reacting calmly and sharing your feelings clearly can make a huge difference. But, with anger and hurt, often yelling and slammed doors are common. A lot of intense feelings can arise in fights with friends and therapy can help you gain clarity. For example, you might feel lonely, or depressed after a fight with your friend. So, your therapist can help you sort through your feelings and think about what to say next. At Wisdom Within Counseling, anxiety and depression therapy is one of our holistic specialities. Walk and talk therapy outdoors helps build self-confidence and relaxation skills.
To begin, book a free 30-minute phone consult for empowerment, confidence, and courage in depression therapy using the pink button below.
Breakups and relationship loss
Also, when fights end a relationship, that can be very sad and even cause anger. So, going through a break up with a friend or romantic partner is a time for self-care and self-love. It can be really hard to deal with losing your best friend when you have depression and anxiety.
Losing a friend to suicide
Perhaps, you have even lost a good friend to mental health challenges like suicide. Losing a friend can leave you feeling confused, guilty, regretful, and lonely. Sometimes, the survivors develop guilt around wishing they saw signs. One moment your friend was alive, and the next moment you are hearing news that they have passed away. Overcoming loss of a friend can feel like an impossible task when your friend was a big part of your life.
Also, humans aren’t taught skills to maintain healthy friendships in school, so therapy can be a safe place to build social skills.
Therefore, counseling can be a great way to help you maintain friendships while battling depression and anxiety. If you have depression, making friends can be more challenging, because you might feel socially awkward. Also, staying home and social withdrawal can prevent you from going out to dinner or going for a hike. And, these are healthy hobbies that naturally incorporate socialization.
How can friendships help parents raise a family
Further, parental friendships help parents stay refreshed and happy when it comes to parenting. As a parent, having a friend your own age allows you to rejuvenate your mind. After work, going out with some work friends and getting dinner allows you to be your best self when it comes to raising your children.
Drug or alcohol use can be a sign a relationship is unhealthy
Healthy friendships through thick and thin can be hard to find. But, friendships that are based on sex, drugs, or getting high usually don’t turn out to be successful. Really, long term, healthy friends will not want to use drugs or alcohol to create fake fun. Sometimes, college students will end up in a friend group that is more focused on partying. Unfortunately, if you have a friend who is stuck in an addiction or alcoholism, they probably can’t be the best friend back to you all that you deserve and need.
One way that you can tell that you have good friends is that you can do anything with them.
For instance, you might bake cookies, and the next day you might do yoga. Then, the next hang out time, you will have a vegetarian dinner. If you can only talk about certain topics with friends, then they aren’t your true friends. A true friend will want to hear about your day even if it was horrible and busy. And, if your day was calm and relaxing, a trude friend will enjoy hearing about it too. Also, a true blue friend will be the shoulder you need when you’re crying or when you’re sad. Sometimes, depression can occur because of loss of a friend. So, depression therapy can be exactly what you need to make yourself a priority in your life again!
Book a phone call for confidence, clarity, and holistic depression therapy using the pink button below.
Adult children of alcoholic parents
Sometimes, adult children of alcoholics end up surrounding themselves with people that they have to be a caretaker for. If you were in a relationship with someone where you had to always had to be the one to take care of them, you may end up being the caretaker in future relationships. Overall, too much care taking can take away from your self-care. And, co–dependency can create low self-worth. So, if you have low self-worth from over care taking, and are going into a relationship, you might end up picking a narcissist. Maybe, you find yourself picking the bad guy, someone that naturally creates drama and tension in your relationships. At Wisdom Within Counseling, we often work with the narcissism and empath dynamic with couples.
Friendships are also really important for a healthy marriage.
In a marriage, are you and your spouse will always have each other as friends. But, it is very important for each of you to have your own friends outside of your couple unit. Therefore, you can both bring positive energy into your marriage. And, friendships allow you to grow a strong confident sense of self for your marriage.
Childhood friendships and social skills
Additionally, friendships are really important for children, which has been very limited due to the pandemic and the coronavirus. Unfortunately, children are not getting as much social time or social interaction as they once were in school. Also, children with autism and social pragmatic learning disorders are really missing out on social time.
Therefore, counseling for children, families, and for your marriage, can help your whole family thrive. Counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut can be the safe space you or your child need to overcome depression and develop healthy relationships with friends and family.
It might feel like right now depression and anxiety are stealing your good mood. Book a phone call for confidence, clarity, and holistic depression therapy using the pink button below.
One tip for overcoming depression in therapy
But, simply texting a friend or calling a friend right now to reconnect can be a great way to step back into a social relationship. Often times, it isn’t about waiting for a good mood to come or waiting for the right time. Instead, if you want to double your chance of recovering from depression and making friends, take an action step today by calling or texting someone. Pick someone you want to reconnect with and call them right now.
Limit negative activities and choose positive activities for overcoming depression
Also, if you have depression limit negative activities. So, don’t watch the negative news. Remember, everything on the news is literally intended to scare you. So, choose not to feed the fear. Instead, watch cute puppies on youtube, or go for a walk in the sunshine outside. Overall, choose to focus on positive thoughts. So, you can distract yourself from your depression by doing chores or errands. Essentially, therapy helps you begin taking control over your own life again.
Wisdom Within Counseling, our team of therapists help you expressed challenging, intense feelings such as anxiety, depression, loneliness, and anger.
At Wisdom Within Counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut learn healthy ways to release anxiety and depression and build meaningful relationships with friends and family after loss and trauma. Right now, you might not know how to reach your goals. Our team is here for you every step of the way. As a team of marriage and family therapists, we can help you build a healthier, more positive life! Overall, creative, holistic therapy can help you develop positive coping skills for building positive relationships with your friends and your family!
You are taught about math and science, but you don’t learn skills for how to be in healthy relationships, to nurture ourselves, or skills to navigate anxiety.
In school, we are not taught social emotional skills. So, just like you go to the doctor when you’re sick, your Wisdom Within Counseling holistic depression therapist helps you move forward and feel calm. So, your therapist can support your marriage and family. Your counselor listens to what makes you feel sad, scared, and worried, and helps you release. We teach life skills for emotional confidence. Help from someone outside your family can make a big impact in your life. Wisdom Within Counseling is very unique in the way the therapists teach skills. So, the therapists offer skills for your whole self, your mind, body, and spirit. Wisdom Within Counseling provides a safe space where you can create a calm, confident life.
What is different about Wisdom Within Counseling and depression therapy?
Also, you and your family can pick from traditional talking, creative art, yoga, music, outdoor walking, or a combination. For emotional expression and release, have choices of creative art and music, including paints, glitter gel pens, watercolors, and clay. Also, you can go for an outdoor walk-and-talk session by the beach in the sun, on the Niantic Bay Boardwalk for depression coping skills and social confidence. You can choose to sit on a couch in an office, or talk outside at the picnic table in the fresh air. After loss and trauma, you can do mind-body therapies like yoga and mindfulness meditations to help you feel stronger, clear your head, and build a self-care toolbox. And, you can always come in and sit on one of our comfy couches and sit, unload stress, and simply talk too.
