Where to get massage to relieve depression

Massage can only be used as an auxiliary means in addition to the formal treatment of depression to relieve accompanying symptoms such as depression, irritability, and physical tightness. It absolutely cannot replace drug intervention and psychological counseling.

I once met a mildly depressed girl who was taking antidepressants as prescribed by a doctor. Whenever she felt depressed for no reason and felt tight in her chest, she would press her fingertips on the slightly sunken Baihui point in the middle of her head, and rub it with a little force until she felt sore and swollen. After pressing for three to five minutes each time, she said that the tightness in her chest seemed to slowly dissipate. However, the body sensations of different people are actually very different. Many people report that they feel nothing when pressing Baihui, but the effect of Neiguan acupoint is more obvious. A boy I know who is an Internet designer suffers from depression and severe palpitation and insomnia. He hides at his work station and rubs the Neiguan acupoint three fingers up from the horizontal crease of his wrist. He does not need to pay special attention to the technique. There is currently controversy over the effect of this type of acupoint massage in the academic community. Some small studies have confirmed that stimulation of specific acupoints can regulate autonomic nerves and affect serotonin secretion. Some scholars believe that the so-called effect is more of a placebo effect, or that the tactile soothing during massage has an emotional soothing effect. There are currently no large-scale studies that can provide a conclusive conclusion.

There is also the Taichong point on the instep between the big toe and the second toe that is pushed up to the bone seam. People who usually suppress their emotions and panic when angry will most likely experience severe pain when pressing this point. I worked on a project last month for a week, and I felt aggrieved and shed tears at every turn. After washing in the evening Sitting and rubbing my feet for ten minutes was too overwhelming, and after two or three days of rubbing, my unexplained depression was indeed reduced. I don’t know whether the acupuncture points really played a role, or the ten minutes deliberately set aside every day allowed me to escape from the anxiety for a while, which had a buffering effect to some extent.

I must also mention that don’t think that massage can replace regular treatment. A reader left me a message before, saying that after checking the information, he felt that the medicine was 30% toxic. After being diagnosed with mild depression, he refused to go back for follow-up consultation. He used acupoint conditioning at home every day. It took half a year to develop into moderate disease, and finally he had to be hospitalized for adjustment, which turned out to be a big detour. It doesn’t matter if you really can’t remember these acupuncture points. When you get emotional, you don’t have to forcefully find the position. Press the place that feels comfortable to you, pinch the back of your neck, rub your palms, or even squeeze a stress ball twice. Any method that can make you feel a little more relaxed and relaxed at the moment will actually work.