Two Sure-fire Ways to Tell if (at least part of) You is Depressed

Can you answer yes to either of the two questions below?

1. Do you drink fewer than four cups of water per day?

OR

2. Do you stay thirsty no matter how much water you drink?

If you fit in either category, there is at least part of your body that is dehydrated. If you are dehydrated, then chances are good that you are also suffering from some amount of depression.

Let me clarify this: from my observations of BodyTalk sessions in which dehydration has played a part, people almost always fit into one of the two categories above, and very often complain of a lack of joy in their life.

Two causes of dehydration

It makes sense that the person who doesn’t drink any water would be dehydrated. Garbage in, garbage out. Unfortunately, many of these people don’t like the taste of water. They’d sooner drink diet coke, or some flavored distilled water that their body can’t use.

However, you could also be dehydrated if you drink a TON of water. This is because it is not enough for the water to get into your body, it must also get into your cells. It is inside the cells (in the power plant mitochondria) that the water is used to make energy.

Getting water across cellular membranes is a electrical task. Water is polarized and so are the membranes. It makes sense that if electrolyte imbalance or pH is off, water might be blocked from entering the cells, leading to dehydration.

From my BodyTalk sessions, it is apparent that specific parts of the body can become dehydrated.

And the most common dehydrated body part in depression is the brain.

What does water have to do with depression?

I said at the beginning that people who are dehydrated often complain of a lack of joy in their life. This is because one of water’s responsibilities is carrying the emotion of joy.

See, emotions aren’t just feelings, they are tools that our body uses to get things done. Anger is a great motivator, grief helps clear out old trash, fear keeps us from doing stupid things that might get us killed, and joy is the great harmonizer that orchestrates our body’s concert.

In Chinese Medicine theory, joy (and its opposite emotion, sadness) are associated with the heart and blood, and blood is mostly water.

If not enough water gets to an organ or a body part then it is literally lacking in joy. Less joy means more sadness. Depression is when sadness starts affecting your daily life.

Luckily for my patients, rehydrating the part of the body that needed more joy is an easy process. Rehydration is built into the BodyTalk system and takes but a few seconds to get the process started.

Almost every time, the person who doesn’t like the taste of water will develop a craving for it. The person who drinks and drinks will finally be satisfied.

Sometimes, a little water in a dry part of the body is all that is needed to lift the clouds of depression.

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