Hi, Everyone,
Happy with you.
Topic:
Why do I get so depressed
over little things?
One of the best explanations for depression
I’ve ever heard is “because reality doesn’t
match what you want in your mind”.
On top of this, it then becomes habitual.
When I reflected on it and my own depression,
I found that it was a completely true statement.
From the smallest thing to the biggest thing.
Once I understood it, it got easier and easier
to overcome, because I realized then that
the problem was with me and my thoughts
and feelings about a particular situation, and
therefore only I had the power to change it.
This doesn’t mean it was easy.
Oh no, no.
In fact, I still get depressed from time to time.
But the episodes of depression are now very
rare (compared to pretty much every day)
and the length of staying depressed might
be a few hours, sometimes even a few minutes
(compared to weeks and sometimes months
on end!).
I NEEDED SOLUTIONS,
BUT I WAS TRAPPED IN
BEING A VICTIM
That was what kept me drowning in
that misery.
I LOVED it. But it was, of course,
a love/hate relationship.
I want to challenge you to look into
yourself and see
- do you really want to change,
or do you love that comfortable,
familiar feeling? I identified with it
When you realize it’s your own mind
which keeps you imprisoned,
then you can start to take back power
and fight against it!
MY SOLUTION
1) Meditation
- the meditation of self-reflection,
letting go, and repetition.
Reflecting on all the times
in my life, I felt depressed, the thoughts,
feelings, and places surrounding it,
then discarding it from my mind,
and doing this continuously.
Not only do the thoughts and feelings
fade away and eventually, disappear,
I had all sorts of “ah hah!”
moments (like realizing I actually loved
that feeling and was addicted to it!)
2) Move
- studies have shown changing up your
physiology can alter your mood.
I personally couldn’t do something like pretend
to laugh or pretend to be happy, but getting up,
moving (exercise) or even just trying to work
gradually lessened the intensity of the depression.
3) Self-awareness
- knowing what depression is and where it’s
coming from makes it a lot quicker to
detach from
“when reality doesn’t match your mind”.
Journalling helped a lot with this process
to continue to detach from those thoughts
and feelings.
4) Eating properly
- I can’t understate this!
I definitely noticed a pattern of poor eating
with depression.
The gut/brain connection is huge,
and I think a lot of it also had to do with
my feelings of a lack of control and guilt.
5) Realising change is gradual,
not instantaneous
- whenever I felt depressed,
it compounded the depression because of the
“here we go again!” “no matter how hard I try!”
types of thoughts I had.
Take 3 steps forward,
and 2 steps back, it’s OK.
You moved forward.
And that’s change.
Bit by bit, 1 step at a time.
DON’T LET IT DEFEAT YOU
You can take control, bit by bit,
and conquer this.
If I can do it, you can do it
Written by Steven
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