Depression Awareness

Depression can take on many forms. Here I would like to share some of my experiences with it from a long time ago. I do not consider myself as depressed now really, there are other things I deal with though, but yeah, depression to me is a state where you can not manage to cry or laugh, where feeling happy is something the mind of some reason thinks is not possible. It can come sneaking into you over time, and it is all from going for a long time having negative thoughts, or also it could be several other things, like loss of someone you care about, or a relationship of any kind. It could come from severe trauma too, but then there are other factors also to consider. Well, depression to me was an experience of a close to total lack of motivation, a state where you just wished to escape your mind but couldn't, where existing in a moment seemed impossible, yet you couldn't escape it. I could write a lot about the feelings, but for now that is enough.

The Solution For Me

My solution to get out of depression back then, after two years of being in the above mentioned situation, was to start believing that as a matter of logic; I was human, and humans are capable of feeling happy, it was illogical that I shouldn't also be. It took a few months where I held this belief firmly, repeated it to myself, worked with myself by listening to Anthony Robins tapes and other things, and then one day I was in the shower and suddenly it felt nice to shower. I ended up showering 4 times a day for a while, and that was the start for me on the path to get out of it.

Notes On Medicines

I was given a lot of different medicines which I feel did more harm than good, awareness of this might be a good thing, some medicines promise relief while not really being a good solution at all. Maybe I could write more here later. Depression is tough, if you are a sufferer of such, I know.

For God's sake, realize that a lot of psychopharmaca has potential "end-of-the-world" consequences, so you really need to consider the effect on people and their ability to both trust and treat each other in proper ways.

The Power Of Intention

Awareness Of The Power Of Intention And Conscious Thought

The power of intention is such an important factor in these times I feel. If there is a God or God(s) of any belief system you believe in, the idea with intention would be to focus on the good sides of any belief system, or if you do not hold any particular belief in any God(s), to focus on the good sides of progress.

We're dealing with some negative influences from all areas which are limiting and does not solve any problems whatsoever. If this is from my perspective or not it doesn't matter, what matters is focusing on how you think and what influences you. So one of the keys to progress this world to a better state is that channeling of intentions and letting go of past bad memories, present traumatic events would, if focused on with disbelief and hopelessness not really solve much, on the other hand if seen with compassion and positive intention to better conditions, well there you have one of the keys to progress.

I'll try think of how war situations could be solved in better ways than propagation of trauma, as I feel people have negative impact of trauma of course, these memories is one of the key parts of anyone's existence, which could potentially be tuned by new research in science, but also with trying to focus on conscious thoughts and energies.

Subconscious Trauma Processing & Thoughts About Opposing Emotions

I had some thoughts today about how, if you for example think, or fear, that "others will think this", that is a driving force you can be aware of that might generate that reality for you (worst case), but if you are able to convince yourself, your deepest self that it is not the case, that people actually will like this or that, it is an intentional positive force. Well there are many angles of looking at how conscious and subconscious thoughts can dominate your experience of the world, unrelated to what happens anywhere where there are horrible things in the world; in areas where there is not, this focus can be, as I wrote a bit about in another post, a way of transcendence.

More on this later. I try focusing on conscious thoughts, but have had this experience myself of guilt inside, which is more of a mix of "they will think this because of that, even if it isn't true they will think it", and when you think that way you might contribute to that manifestation actually. So, well it might be difficult for some to understand, but maybe some will understand it.

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Some good ideas on intention