Depression is an opportunity for internal exploration
Meet yourself with all of the tenderness, all of the sweetness, the hugs, the love, and the acceptance that you hold within you. Go inside, find your golden nugget of truth, and come back out when you are ready-holding your treasure high.
We have the full range of human emotions for a reason. We feel sad because something is breaking our heart. We feel angry because something isn’t right and it needs to change. We feel fear because we are threatened or being asked to expand.
Something is not working for you. There is a yearning. An emotional chasm. Something that is crying out to be witnessed and seen like it’s never been seen before. Our wounds are rarely greeted with the exact kind of care and response that we are craving. When you accumulate a lifetime of hurts that have gone unnoticed or unattended to by others, the responsibility falls back to us to determine what we need.
Depression is often framed as something that just happens to us like getting a cold or a bummer draw of a genetic card. While environment, brain chemistry and family lineage can be part of long standing major depression; many of us experience it as a response to our lives.
Definition of Depression?
Depression is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work and at home.
Depression is one of the most common and hazardous diseases in the 21st century, surpassed only by obesity.It affects millions of people worldwide, and while some are suffering from mild and temporary depression that typically resolve themselves, suffer others by a deep state of depression!
Depression is definitely a negative thing that can seriously affect your life, but it also has its upsides.
We can use our depression constructively
1. It can help you focus on the things that really matter!
Few of us are actually aware of how important certain aspects of life are until we get depressed and start to analyze everything in a larger, deeper level. We often tend to take things for granted without thinking twice about them. For some of us, depression can be the tool we need to achieve greater things.
2. Depression is sometimes the mother of creativity!
It is widely known that some of the world’s greatest writers and painters created their masterpieces when they were depressed or deeply hurt. This is precisely what makes depression such a great paradox, since some often associated with a lack of focus, determination and motivation.
3. It can actually help you to think clearly!
Another common myth about depression is that it prevents you from thinking clearly. For some people, yes, but you’re actually to concentrate and see things in a completely different light. This aspect of depression is especially true if the depression was triggered by a traumatic life event, such as loss of a dear to you.
4. Depression can be the best motivator!
Depression is often associated with both grief and anxiety – these feelings are basic features of depression. What most of us do not understand is that depression actually turn out to be one of the most motivating things that happen to a person.
“You do not know the true value of something until it’s gone”
5. Depression can teach you how to find the meaning of life!
It may sound contradictory, since depression is often associated with a lack of desire to live, but in some cases where a person is so depressed that they only see the world in ‘black and white, helps Depression them to find reasons to live.
6. It can help you uphold your health and family!
When people are depressed, they tend to believe that there is nothing left in the world. But it often happens that our friends and family show their true support when we are down and we need them.
Depression can be a good test to see who is with you and who flees at the first sign of weakness.
7. Depression Stimulates analytical reasoning!
When depression is associated with an external factor (as it happens most of the time), it is widely promotes what is known as’ analytical reasoning, which means that it will get you to think about the factors that triggered the Great Depression, which allows you to look at the problem analytically.
Self-help and Coping
Depression is certainly not something you would wish for, but that does not mean that you can not make something positive out of it.
Those suffering from depression should try with an open mind and to analyze all the advantages and disadvantages objectively, it will mean that there are actually several upsides they have never considered.
There are a number of things people can do to help reduce the symptoms of depression. For many people, regular exercise helps create positive feeling and improve mood. Getting enough quality sleep on a regular basis, eating a healthy diet and avoiding alcohol (a depressant) can also help reduce symptoms of depression.
Depression is a real illness and help is available. With proper diagnosis and treatment, the vast majority of people with depression will overcome it. If you are experiencing symptoms of depression, a first step is to see your family physician or psychiatrist. Talk about your concerns and request a thorough evaluation. This is a start to addressing mental health needs.
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