Despressed after moving overseas...

Did you move to Canada? Or your family moved back form Canada to home country?

Maybe you have heard what the top scientists have found about how our brain works. As it consists of more than 60% fats, it is important that the fats are of good quality. Otherwise there will be problems that are going to cause depression and even other serious problems like ADHD and mental illness. So what fats should we avoid? Transfats and fried food are the most harmful - (butter is better than margarine). The heated transfats will work like a computer virus in our brain. So what to eat? 1.Fish, at least three times a week or cold pressed fish oil from cold water fish, more than 30% of the fat in our brain should be Omega3. 2.Cold pressed vegetable oils and we could pour the oil on the food after it is cooked so that the heat does not destroy the good stuff in the oil. You can read what sort of oils the top nutrition scientists recommend by going to www.gnld.com and why they are difficult to get them from our ordinary food. Welcome to ask for more information if you wish.

Hi C.A. Are you sure the depression is from all the moving about or is he suffering from clinical depression and the move seems to have aggravated the depression? I have seen this before in my clinical life as a social worker. If he appears depressed and has zero energy level - it might be good for him to have a check up just to make sure there isn't any physical or mental health issues going on here. Was he showing any signs of depression in NZ? He may have been excited to go back to Canada thinking that his depression was because he was in NZ and a life change would do him good. However, we cannot run away from depression....no matter how much we might like to do so. The next issue is adjustments to different environment, climate, culture can truly be difficult for some people. You may want to suggest he go speak to a therapist - particularly one who specializes in immigration and cultural adjustments. There are some of us out there. Your brother is not alone in any case. He is fortunate to have a brother like you looking out for him.