I have been away from home for nearly 2 weeks and for most of it had little or no internet so the Beauty 2.0 didn't get published until I arrived back to the studio.
Depression is such a big subject, and a reality for too many people. So many factors are linked to depression, even down to body chemistry. Every one of these factors has a healing method focused on it. But depression still persists.
I must be the wrong person to talk about it, because I can't remember any depression in my life. I have been beleaguered at times, but I have never chose depression as a means of coping. Why is that? Probably because I could see it couldn't possible help the situation, but only make it worse.
Maybe some depressed people have a network, and think that some friend might help pull them out of it? I was on-my-own back then. Look; If there was a visible way out, wouldn't everyone move in that direction? So we must assume the depressed person sees NO SOLUTION to their woes. Is that true? Of course not, otherwise the world would be at a standstill.
Well, then it is a refusal to engage with a possible solution. It's too slow, and every time I tried, I was disappointed. I am not going down that road again! I'll ride it all the way down, (the last thread I commented on had an article about suicide). OK, the dead child was dead, but the living were devastated.
School never teaches about emotional management, not even conflict resolution. All conflicts are handled on the playground with intimidation, between the two gangs. More than our belief that the weak should be protected, we could be asking why are the weak so weak, why the depressed are depressed? Which is the same question as why are the strong so strong? I think that there is a bigger picture. These are the societal distortions that we want to get to the bottom of.
I would say that depression, and all mental illness comes from the belief in EQUALITY, and then from the practice of COMPARISON. Why am I not like him? I try and I try, and no progress. But things are NOT equal in the world. And comparison is only my attempt to denigrate my own self-image. I am ME. Why is that not enough?
I too have been perplexed by the term depression. What exactly is that? Or more to he point is there a "that" there? In more civilized times people spoke of bouts of melancholy as a sort of thick fog that from time to time descended upon a persons spirit. A blanket that dampened life and caused sadness. Melancholy was a poetic condition rather than a clinical opportunity to offload questionable drugs on to a vulnerable person.
I will say that there are chemical imbalance for people but I am likewise convinced that some illnesses are housed in the spirit that cause issues throughout the body and soul.
I am not a chemist. But the chemistry has to be manufactured by the body itself, doesn't it? How does that work? When you have a positive outlook, the chemistry production supports that with a good feeling.
To say that the spirit houses some illnesses may be true. But then what? Only wait until the spirit heals? Of course it is also true that believing you cannot take any action that will make a difference, (no light at the end of the tunnel), will sap your strength and your will.
Watch what you are continually telling yourself, your self-talk. If it is only drumming the same negative outlook, of course it builds up into a belief, and a filter through which you interpret everything. If you are not watching, it is still drumming in the dark.
Self-talk isn't supposed to be based on fantasy affirmations. There must be something real about it, but every situation has a few good aspects and a few (or more) bad aspects. Adjust your focus. I use good-or-bad as a shorthand, and I don't want to get into values.
Your Nostalgic Silhouettes accompany the reading and comments beautifully. Thanks.
I have been away from home for nearly 2 weeks and for most of it had little or no internet so the Beauty 2.0 didn't get published until I arrived back to the studio.
Depression is such a big subject, and a reality for too many people. So many factors are linked to depression, even down to body chemistry. Every one of these factors has a healing method focused on it. But depression still persists.
I must be the wrong person to talk about it, because I can't remember any depression in my life. I have been beleaguered at times, but I have never chose depression as a means of coping. Why is that? Probably because I could see it couldn't possible help the situation, but only make it worse.
Maybe some depressed people have a network, and think that some friend might help pull them out of it? I was on-my-own back then. Look; If there was a visible way out, wouldn't everyone move in that direction? So we must assume the depressed person sees NO SOLUTION to their woes. Is that true? Of course not, otherwise the world would be at a standstill.
Well, then it is a refusal to engage with a possible solution. It's too slow, and every time I tried, I was disappointed. I am not going down that road again! I'll ride it all the way down, (the last thread I commented on had an article about suicide). OK, the dead child was dead, but the living were devastated.
School never teaches about emotional management, not even conflict resolution. All conflicts are handled on the playground with intimidation, between the two gangs. More than our belief that the weak should be protected, we could be asking why are the weak so weak, why the depressed are depressed? Which is the same question as why are the strong so strong? I think that there is a bigger picture. These are the societal distortions that we want to get to the bottom of.
I would say that depression, and all mental illness comes from the belief in EQUALITY, and then from the practice of COMPARISON. Why am I not like him? I try and I try, and no progress. But things are NOT equal in the world. And comparison is only my attempt to denigrate my own self-image. I am ME. Why is that not enough?
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Thanks for the thoughtful comment.
I too have been perplexed by the term depression. What exactly is that? Or more to he point is there a "that" there? In more civilized times people spoke of bouts of melancholy as a sort of thick fog that from time to time descended upon a persons spirit. A blanket that dampened life and caused sadness. Melancholy was a poetic condition rather than a clinical opportunity to offload questionable drugs on to a vulnerable person.
I will say that there are chemical imbalance for people but I am likewise convinced that some illnesses are housed in the spirit that cause issues throughout the body and soul.
I am not a chemist. But the chemistry has to be manufactured by the body itself, doesn't it? How does that work? When you have a positive outlook, the chemistry production supports that with a good feeling.
To say that the spirit houses some illnesses may be true. But then what? Only wait until the spirit heals? Of course it is also true that believing you cannot take any action that will make a difference, (no light at the end of the tunnel), will sap your strength and your will.
Watch what you are continually telling yourself, your self-talk. If it is only drumming the same negative outlook, of course it builds up into a belief, and a filter through which you interpret everything. If you are not watching, it is still drumming in the dark.
Self-talk isn't supposed to be based on fantasy affirmations. There must be something real about it, but every situation has a few good aspects and a few (or more) bad aspects. Adjust your focus. I use good-or-bad as a shorthand, and I don't want to get into values.
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