Leaving depression behind
Depression is more than that sense of feeling "down" or
discouraged at times when things are not going well. Depression
involves sadness, pessimism, a preoccupation with personal
problems, and perhaps self-pity, anguish, crying, and
hopelessness.
Symptoms of depression can range from mild versions such as
temporary withdrawal, low energy, tiredness and sleeping
problems over moderate forms such as feelings of inadequacy or
worthlessness, decreased productivity, poor concentration or
poor appetite to severe symptoms of recurrent thoughts of death
or suicide.
There are many reasons why you might feel depressed. You may
undergo major life changes such as divorce, separation, loss of
a job, retirement or moving town. Or you may feel unhappy about
your marital situation or fear physical and mental problems of
old age. Or you may be sensitive to the change of seasons. As we
enter the dark time of the year, you may suffer from the lack of
light.
Depression may also occur without any outer trigger.
Perfectionism, low self worth, mood swings, dissatisfaction with
life, the chronic use of alcohol or other drugs or even
prescribed medications may lead to depression.
There are many effective ways to deal with depression.
You can use exercises to increase the energy level which has a
major impact in dealing with depression. Depressed people mostly
use shallow upper breathing. The chest is collapsed and in
breath seems to be difficult. The Latin word for "breathing in"
is inspirare, a word which we find in inspiration and to
inspire. If the breath is shallow, you may lack inspiration.
Exercises help to increase the breath and in this way the level
of inspiration.
You can learn to control your thoughts and feelings and replace
the typical negative thought habits that focus on problems and
faults with a realistic appraisal of the small successes and
joys of life that we all experience no matter how challenging
the conditions may be.
You may explore new activities and interests that give you
satisfaction, help you to feel good about yourself, and keep the
mind off problems and negative thoughts and emotions. On top of
it, they open the door to meet like minded people, improve
conversation skills and help in making and keeping friends.
You can replace bad habits of blaming, criticising and expecting
the worst through assertiveness skills, good problem-solving
skills, positive thinking and humour.
The most difficult part may be to get the first step and then
keep walking towards a self-empowered life. To support you, I
offer a range of options suitable for each pocket.
I offer on my website free articles and a free course with
suggestions of how you can cope with depression. The Ebook
'Beyond suffering' will help you to discover the four pillars of
how to grow joy in your life and provide tools for transforming
restrictive life patterns on the mental, emotional and physical
level.
Sometimes, a depression may reach so deep that it may feel like
a task too big to even start the journey out of it.
This deep-rooted resignation has to do with the underlying
energetic structure that keeps depressive thought forms, habits
and feelings in place. For basic shifts to happen the
body-mind-system needs rewiring so that new options become
available in order to successfully cope with depression.
The distance courses provide a continuous support by shifting
the resonance with those energetic patterns that keep the
depression in place