Let Go of Depression and Move Into Happiness
I wish I could say that I know about depression from a book but that would not be true. It was experience where I learned about it. Writing about it now from a place of deep knowing feels good now. We really only know something once we experience it. Experience is always our teacher.
Depression is a powerless feeling that can be described as despair, grief, hopelessness, sadness. It is a suffocating feeling, it's as if you can hardly breathe. Just think of someone walking down the street dragging them and looking lethargic, this is the face of depression. It is a state of having little energy, it is the opposite of happiness.
Its abnormal to feel depression, a person who has been joyful and then was depressed, knows this. This is because they have experienced their authentic state of being which is joy and happiness. A burning desire to get back into happiness is experienced by any person who once was depressed.
Sometimes a person has been depressed for so long that they have forgotten that their authentic state of being is happiness and joy. It can be a bit harder for this individual to move back into happiness and vibrant health. Some years ago, after the loss of my husband, I launched into a depression. It seemed to come on fast and furious.
I was a psychologist before my depression and I realized when I was in depression that I had actually not known much about it. I had no idea it felt so bad.
I now comprehend the suicidal part because when a person knows they are so faraway from who they really are and they have no idea how to help themselves, suicide can seem like the only way back into feeling better. Suicide will become a explanation when no other path back into your true nature of happiness seems possible.
Many young people I have worked with on a regular basis think of suicide. They so clearly comprehend happiness is their genuine nature but the powerless feeling they have, they do not know how to let go of.
During my depression, I was seeking help from anyone. I saw so many doctors and one psychiatrist over the years of my depression. This psychiatrist, was considered the best in my city. In looking back I can see that this doctor had no idea of how to help me outside of medication. I was on anti-depressants and sleeping medication the entire time.
The symptoms I experienced and lots of others do as well, were not being able to sleep, weight loss, fatigue, low self confidence, lack of clarity and feelings of guilt etc.
Anti-depressant medicine has many side effects including deadening our emotions. It\'s possible to not feel so bad with medication but you do not feel very good either. I always felt like I was in a straight jacket, numbed out and far away from happiness. Families are hugely affected by depression.
After a large amount searching, I discovered a method of therapy that moved me from my depression back into happiness effortlessly and quickly in only 5 sessions, this was after 5 years in depression. I swiftly got trained in this counseling and have been using this method on myself and others ever since.
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