AboutJurriaan Plesman Expertise I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition.
I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search.
I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”.
I am also the editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems.
Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at:
Degrees & Certifications:
BA (Psychology) Sydney University and Post Grad Dipl Clin Nutr
Web page:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Experience Psychotherapist
Organizations The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
Publications Book: GETTING OFF THE HOOK
Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Healh Association of Australia Newsletters
Education/Credentials BA (Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Expert: Jurriaan Plesman Date: 6/3/2008 Subject: Please please help me
Question I am 29 weeks pregnant and have sufferd from depression before, but now its making me feel ill and sick, i feel so lonley but ihave a partner he works all the time as we need money and i dont have a job so in all day on my own. i just dont want to live i would never halm my self but i just want to give up. i feel i have nothing to live for but wen i think of my baby i look forwad to it but i have been hurt by and ex boyfriend really bad and i cant put it behind me iv tryed councilers but nothing works. i feel really hurt ans upset. My boyfriend has advised me on friday nite hes going out drinking with his friends i do trust him but feel so strongly thats i feel like i cant trust him, none of my friends are free so its another day and nite on my own, i cant cope anymore i need help x please x
Answer Hello jill,
This is a difficult situation. I get the impression that you are suffering from depression and this is not always "psychological" but could be biological. For instance, it is not always possible to build up self-confidence when the body suffers from a metabolic disorder that prevents the manufacture of feel good neurotransmitters. A metabolic disorder can cause the body be bombarded with unnecessary stress hormones.
Thus we need to look at both the biological and the psychological angle. First we need to get rid of the depression, which is mostly biological. Please read:
especially the section dealing with "Psychotherapy".
You can educate yourself out of depression by nutritional means and also by retraining the mind by mental exercises.
Nevertheless if you strike any problems with the program please contact a Nutritional Doctor, A Clinical Psychologist or a Nutritional Psychologist.
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Jurriaan Plesman
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
Skype: jurplesman
